compelled him to divorce Silana

ex-turbo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to drive or thrust out, to drive away, thrust away (class.; syn.: expello, eicio, deicio, everto, etc.).

Lit.:

aliquem ex aedibus,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 100:

nos ex nostris aedibus,

id. ib. 2, 4, 200:

homines e possessionibus,

Cic. Sull. 25, 71:

hominem e civitate,

id. Mur. 22, 45:

plebem ex agris (with expellere),

id. Agr. 2, 31, 84; cf. id. Clu. 5, 14: cunctos [p. 711] aedibus, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 76:

aliquem focis patriis disque penatibus praecipitem,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 23; cf.:

Antiochus praeceps provincia exturbatus,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 67: extorris regno, exturbatus mari, Att. ap. Non. 14, 27:

fortunis omnibus,

Cic. Quint. 31, 95:

aliquem foras,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 77:

Marium urbe,

Vell. 2, 19, 1:

omnibus mala sterilitatis,

Plin. Pan. 32.—

Transf., of things as objects:

alicui oculos atque dentes,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 169:

pinus radicibus exturbata,

Cat. 64, 108:

radix ex vino pota calculos quoque exturbat,

Plin. 20, 10, 42, § 109:

nervo exturbante sagittas,

Sil. 16, 482.—

Esp., to put away a wife:

exturbat Octaviam, sterilem dictitans,

Tac. A. 14, 60 init.; cf.:

in Silium ita exarserat, ut Silanam matrimonio ejus exturbaret,

i. e. compelled him to divorce Silana, id. ib. 11, 12.—

Trop.:

aegritudinem ex animo,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 9:

facti memoriam ex animo,

Just. 15, 3, 11: Si. Numquid Tranio Turbavit? Th. Immo exturbavit omnia, Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 38:

spem pacis,

Liv. 6, 21, 8: mentem, to disturb (= vexare), Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 4:

odiis tranquilla silentia noctis,

Stat. Th. 1, 441.