motus

See also: mõtus

English

Noun

motus

1. plural of motu

Anagrams

• Musto, Mutos, smout

French

Etymology

From mot with a fanciful Latinisation in -us.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.tys/, /mo.tys/

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Interjection

motus

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

Derived terms

• motus et bouche cousue

Further reading

• “motus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmoː.tus/, [ˈmoːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.tus/, [ˈmɔːt̪us]

Participle

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

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mōtus	mōta	mōtum		mōtī	mōtae	mōta
genitive	mōtī	mōtae	mōtī		mōtōrum	mōtārum	mōtōrum
dative	mōtō	mōtae	mōtō		mōtīs
accusative	mōtum	mōtam	mōtum		mōtōs	mōtās	mōta
ablative	mōtō	mōtā	mōtō		mōtīs
vocative	mōte	mōta	mōtum		mōtī	mōtae	mōta

Derived terms

• immōtus
• motile
• motility

Noun

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

Fourth-declension noun.

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

Descendants

• Italian: moto

References

• “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)