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motio

motio, a moving, motion, removing

mōtĭo, ōnis, f. [moveo], a moving, motion; a removing (class.).
  • I Lit.: principium motionis, Cic. Fat. 19, 43: corporum, id. N. D. 2, 58, 145: ab ordine motio, a removing, Dig. 47, 20, 3.—Abstr., motion: ipsum animum ... quasi quamdam continuatam motionem, Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 22.—
    • B In partic., in medicine, an ague-fit, Cels. 3, 5, 28.—
  • II Trop.: motiones animi, emotions or affections of the soul (old reading), Cic. Ac. 1, 8; better, notionibus.

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