disturbance Copy link Outline I. As act (rare)II. (More freq. in this sense)1. turba (esp., a popular or tumultuous d.)2. turbātio (esp. with rerum3. perturbātio (stronger than turbatio4. confūsio (a confused blending of things)5. tŭmultus, ūs (d. on a large scale)6. mōtus, ūs (esp. a political movement or commotion)7. expr. by verb, esp. impers. (see L. G. § 632)8. interpellātio, i. e. interruption (of a speaker)9. A means of exciting d., turbāmentum • disturbance: I. As act (rare): turbātio, perturbātio: Cic. Or expr. by verb: v. preced. art. II. (More freq. in this sense): the disorder itself: 1. turba (esp., a popular or tumultuous d.): to foster violence and d., vim (belli) ac t. alere, Cic.: in what universal d. and confusion we live, quanta in t., quantaque in confusione vivimus, Cic.: to prevent any d., ne quid turbae fiat, Pl. 2. turbātio (esp. with rerum: see L. G. § 595): in this d. (or confusion): in hac t. rerum, Liv. 3. perturbātio (stronger than turbatio: esp. of the mind): d. of the atmosphere (stormy weather), p. coeli, Cic. Join: conversio rerum et perturbatio, Cic. For mental sense, v. emotion. 4. confūsio (a confused blending of things): v. confusion. 5. tŭmultus, ūs (d. on a large scale): to cause alarm and (general) d., formidinem et t. facere, Sall.: Liv.: Cic.: v. tumult, commotion. 6. mōtus, ūs (esp. a political movement or commotion): to cause a d. in the commonwealth, m. afferre reip., Cic. 7. expr. by verb, esp. impers. (see L. G. § 632): there had been a d. in the camp, tumultuatum in castris fuerat, Liv.: such a d. is there in the fields, usque adeo turbatur in agris, Virg.: to cause d. in the state, rempublicam in miscere, Cic.: v. to disturb. 8. interpellātio, i. e. interruption (of a speaker): q. v. 9. A means of exciting d., turbāmentum: Tac.
DISTURBANCE Copy link • DISTURBANCEAs act, turbatio: perturbatio (the act of troubling, confusing; e.g., the tranquillity of the state, otii; of the order of things, ordinis perturbatio): interpellatio (interruption [as act, and also as circumstance] by the intervening of an event or the intervention of a person): impedimentum (hindrance; a circumstance or occurrence of a disturbing nature). Without any disturbance (= interruption), sine ulla interpellatione: to cause a disturbance in anything, aliquid interpellare (to interrupt anything) or impedire (to hinder). As state, tumultus (noisy uproar, especially threatening or causing a breach of the public peace). (The words are found in this connection and order.) motus ac tumultus (Cic.); strepitus ac tumultus (Caes.); terror ac tumultus (Liv.): turba (and when used indefinitely, turbae, plur.; interruption of public order). (The words are found in this connection and order.) turba ac tumultus (Cic.); turba et confusio rerum (Cic.); turbae atque seditiones (of seditious disturbances; Sall.); turbae atque discordiae (Tac.). An exciter of disturbances, turbae ac tumultus concitator: to excite disturbances in the camp, efficere turbas in castris: to be making a disturbance (by noisy, passionate language, etc.), tumultuari: that no disturbance may be made, ne quid turbae fiat (Plaut.): what is all this disturbance? quid hoc tumultus est (Ennius, where it is tumulti)? a general disturbance, omnium rerum perturbatio: to cause a general disturbance, omnia miscere et turbare: disturbance of mind, conturbatio mentis (☞ labefactatio is the disturbance as act or cause of the disturbed state of things, Quint., 8, 4, 14): to cause a disturbance in the state, civitatem perturbare; rempublicam labefactare, or conturbare, or quassare (to shake), or dilacerare (to tear it to pieces): to cause ruinous political disturbances in one’s country, lacerare patriam.