sēdĭtĭōsus, a, um, adj. [seditio].
I Full of civil discord , factious , turbulent , mutinous , seditious (freq. and class.; syn.: tumultuosus, turbulentus): adhortari adulescentes, ut turbulenti, ut seditiosi, ut perniciosi cives velint esse, Cic. Phil. 1, 9, 22; so, seditiosus et turbulentus civis, id. de Or. 2, 11, 48; cf. id. ib. 2, 31, 135: qui pro republicā seditiosum civem toties compescuisset, Quint. 11, 1, 40: seditiosi tribuni plebis, Cic. Leg. 3, 19, 44; cf.: triumviri seditiosissimi, id. Rep. 1, 19, 31: seditiosissimus quisque, Tac. A. 1, 44; id. H. 2, 66; 4, 34; Suet. Caes. 70.—Esp. of language: in summam invidiain contionibus cum cottidianis seditiosis et turbulentis adduxerat, Cic. Clu. 37, 103: seditiosa atque improba oratio, Caes. B. G. 1, 17: seditiosissima oratio, Auct. B. Afr. 28, 2: seditiosae voces, Liv. 6, 20; Tac. H. 3, 50: seditiosis vocibus regem increpare, Curt. 9, 4, 16; 10, 2, 12: seditiosior contio (Q. Pompeii), Ascon. Cic. Mil. 17, 45, p. 49 Orell.: tribunatus L. Saturnini, Suet. Caes. 12.—
II Transf.
a In gen., quarrelsome : ego illam (Clodiam) odi. Ea est enim seditiosa: ea cum viro bellum gerit, etc., Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5.—
b Exposed to discord , troubled : seditiosa ac tumultuosa vita, Cic. Inv. 1, 3, 4.—Adv.: sēdĭtĭōsē , seditiously (acc. to I.), Cic. Clu. 1, 2; id. Mil. 3, 8; Liv. 4, 6; Tac. A. 3, 12.— Comp. , Tac. H. 5, 12.— Sup. , Cic. Att. 2, 21, 5.