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“riot” in Latin
cōmissātiōcarousing, merrymaking, feasting, revelrytumultusan uproar; bustle, violent commotion, disturbance, tumult; turmoil, panic; a storm, tempest, thunderclap; a sudden outbrsēditiōinsurrection, dissension, mutiny, sedition, rebellion, outbreak, uprising, riot; discord, strife, quarrel, turmoil, dissturbaturmoil, disorder, stir, disturbance, tumult, uproar, hubbub, commotion, trouble, confusion, disarray, brawl; mob, crowdbacchātiōBacchanaliacōmissorto carouse, revel, make merry; to hold a festive processionbacchorto celebrate the festival or rites of Bacchus; to revel, rave or rant like the bacchanals; to go, run or roam about in adēbacchorto rave like the Bacchantes, to rage without control, to revel wildly; to ragetumultuorto make a disturbance; to cause an uproarpraebeōto proffer, offer; to provide, grant, furnish, supply, service; to show, display
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
riot s.
Revelry, comissatio; bacchanalia, plur. (drunken feasts): bacchatio.
Tumult, uproar, tumultus: seditio: turbae, plur., SYN. and PHR. in COMMOTION.
riot v.
To revel, comissari: bacchari: debacchari.
To be in a state of uproar, tumultuari; tumultus movere; tumultum facere or praebere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for riot?
- The usual Latin words for “riot” are cōmissātiō, tumultus, sēditiō; also turba, bacchātiō, cōmissor. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.