tŭmultŭōsus, a, um, adj. [tumultus],
full of bustle , confusion , or tumult , restless , turbulent , tumultuous (class.): qui homo tam tumultuoso sonitu me excivit foras? Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 52: seditiosa ac tumultuosa vita, Cic. Inv. 1, 3, 4: contiones, id. Fam. 2, 12, 1: actio, Quint. 11, 1, 29: nuntius, Liv. 2, 24, 1: turba, id. 6, 14, 6: multitudo, id. 24, 29, 1: genus pugnae, id. 1, 14, 7; 28, 15, 5: proelia, id. 27, 2, 11: excursiones, id. 30, 8, 4: somnia, Cels. 1, 2; 8, 4: mare, Hor. C. 3, 1, 26: in otio tumultuosi, in bello segnes, Liv. 4, 28, 4.— Comp. : iter tumultuosius, Liv. 42, 66, 6: ex Syriā tumultuosiora nuntiata sunt, Cic. Fam. 12, 17, 1: Caesar Italiam tumultuosiorem repperit, Vell. 2, 74, 1: litterae, i. e. announcing disturbances , Suet. Ner. 40 fin. : tumultuosius atque turbidius, Quint. 3, 8, 60.— Sup. : quod tumultuosissimum pugnae erat, Liv. 2, 10, 7.—Adv.: tŭmultŭōsē , with bustle or confusion , tumultuously : tumultuose et cunctis copiis, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 197 P.; Liv. 2, 28, 2; 2, 29, 5.— Comp. , Caes. B. G. 7, 45; Liv. 2, 29, 5; Suet. Caes. 16.— Sup. , Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 14, § 37; Suet. Calig. 45.