motus
See also: mõtus
English
Noun
motus
- 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
- (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) IPA(key): /ˈmoː.tus/, [ˈmoːt̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.tus/, [ˈmɔːt̪us]
Participle
mōtus (feminine mōta, neuter mōtum); first/second-declension participle
- moved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved
- aroused, excited, begun, inspired, having been aroused
- troubled, concerned, tormented, having been troubled
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | mōtus | mōta | mōtum | mōtī | mōtae | mōta | |
Genitive | mōtī | mōtae | mōtī | mōtōrum | mōtārum | mōtōrum | |
Dative | mōtō | mōtō | mōtīs | ||||
Accusative | mōtum | mōtam | mōtum | mōtōs | mōtās | mōta | |
Ablative | mōtō | mōtā | mōtō | mōtīs | |||
Vocative | mōte | mōta | mōtum | mōtī | mōtae | mōta |
Derived terms
- immōtus
Noun
mōtus m (genitive mōtūs); fourth declension
- A movement, motion.
- Synonyms: movimentum, agitatio
- (by extension) An advance, progress.
- (figuratively) A movement, operation, impulse, passion; disturbance; sensation; emotion
- (figuratively) A political movement, tumult, commotion, revolt, rebellion
- Synonyms: seditio, insurrectio, inquies, perculsus, tumultus, rebellio, concursus
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Case | 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, 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)
- the regular courses of the stars: motus stellarum constantes et rati