jactatio

jactātĭo, ōnis, f. [jacto], a throwing or tossing to and fro, a shaking, agitation, violent or frequent motion.

I.

Lit.:

corporis,

motion, gestures, Cic. Or. 25, 86:

ubi primum ducta cicatrix, patique posse visa jactationem,

Liv. 29, 32:

manus,

Quint. 10, 7, 26;

of a storm at sea: ex magna jactatione terram videre,

Cic. Mur. 2, 4:

armigeri in castra referebant (eum) jactationem vulnerum haud facile tolerantem,

the jolting, Curt. 6, 5, 1.—

II.

Trop.

A.

In gen., of mental agitation:

jactationes animorum incitatae,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 15.—

B.

Esp.

1.

A boasting, bragging; ostentation, display, vanity:

jactatio est voluptas gestiens et se efferens insolentius,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, 20: verborum, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 2:

nulla cultūs,

Tac. G. 6:

extemporalis garrulitas circulatoriae jactationis est,

Quint. 2, 4, 15:

eruditionis,

id. 1, 5, 11: nonnullorum hominum jactationem et insolentiam ferre non potes, Cael. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 9, A, 5.—

2.

Jactatio popularis, a striving after popular applause, Cic. Clu. 35, 95; id. Har. Resp. 20, 43; so,

jactatio cursusque popularis,

id. Prov. Cons. 16, 38; cf.:

eloquentia haec forensis... ornata verbis atque sententiis jactationem habuit in populo,

id. Or. 3, 13.