con moto noun 2adjective 1adverb 1 noun2 •A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played "with motion" •A passage having this mark adjective1 •describing a passage having this mark adverb1 •played "with motion"The tune starts in largo and voices the first stage, the outpouring of the soul. With the fifth bar, con moto, the tune progresses to the second stage, the spiritual awakening. — 1929