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See also: mõtus

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Noun

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motus

  1. plural of motu

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Etymology

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From mot with a fanciful Latinisation in -us.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mɔ.tys/, /mo.tys/
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motus

  1. (colloquial) interjection to request silence; Hush!, Quiet!

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *mowetos. Perfect passive participle of moveō (I move).

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Participle

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mōtus (feminine mōta, neuter mōtum); first/second-declension participle

  1. moved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved
  2. aroused, excited, begun, inspired, having been aroused
  3. troubled, concerned, tormented, having been troubled

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

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Noun

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mōtus m (genitive mōtūs); fourth declension

  1. A movement, motion.
    Synonyms: movimentum, agitatio
  2. (by extension) An advance, progress.
  3. (figuratively) A movement, operation, impulse, passion; disturbance; sensation; emotion
  4. (figuratively) A political movement, tumult, commotion, revolt, rebellion
    Synonyms: seditio, insurrectio, inquies, perculsus, tumultus, rebellio, concursus

Declension

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Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative mōtus mōtūs
genitive mōtūs mōtuum
dative mōtuī mōtibus
accusative mōtum mōtūs
ablative mōtū mōtibus
vocative mōtus mōtūs

Descendants

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  • Italian: moto

References

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  • motus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • motus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • motus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • motus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the regular courses of the stars: motus stellarum constantes et rati
    • the emotions, feelings: animi motus, commotio, permotio
    • to excite emotion: motus excitare in animo (opp. sedare, exstinguere)