contur-bātus

con-turbo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to throw into disorder or confusion, to confuse, derange, disorder, confound (rare, but class. in prose and poetry; most freq. in Lucr. and Cic.; not in Verg., Hor., or Quint.).

In gen.

Lit.:

posituras principiorum corporis atque animi,

Lucr. 4, 943; cf. id. 4, 958; 3, 483 al.:

ordines Romanorum (militum),

Sall. J. 50, 4; cf. id. ib. 98, 4:

equites tormentis,

Curt. 7, 2, 4:

rempublicam,

Sall. C. 37, 10; 48, 8; cf.

rem,

id. J. 79, 7: annus neglegentiā conturbatus atque confusus, * Suet. Aug. 31:

vocem,

Lucr. 4, 559:

prima vulnera novis plagis,

id. 4, 1070: basia, i. e. to exchange in confused multitudes, * Cat. 5, 11.—In mal. part.:

pedes, i. e. implicare,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 24.—

Trop., to disturb, disquiet in mind or feeling:

valetudo tua me valde conturbat,

Cic. Att. 7, 2, 2:

quid est? num conturbo te?

id. Phil. 2, 13, 32:

incidunt multae causae, quae conturbent animos utilitatis specie,

id. Off. 3, 10, 40; cf.:

vemens violentia vini Conturbare animum consuevit,

Lucr. 3, 483.— Absol.:

haec sunt, quae conturbent in deliberatione non numquam, etc.,

Cic. Off. 3, 20, 81.—

In partic., t. t. in the lang. of business: conturbare rationes or rationem, or absol. conturbare, to bring one's pecuniary affairs into disorder, to become bankrupt.

Lit.:

rationem sibi commissam,

Dig. 11, 3, 1 fin.:

nihil esse, quod posthac arcae nostrae fiducia conturbaret,

bring into pecuniary embarrassment, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 10 (12), 5:

fac me multis debere, et in his Plancio: utrum igitur me conturbare oportet?

id. Planc. 28, 68:

homo Graecus, qui conturbat et idem putat sibi licere quod equitibus Romanis,

id. Att. 4, 7, 1; Dig. 14, 3, 5, § 9; 15, 3, 16; cf. ib. 11, 3, 1, § 5; Juv. 7, 129 al.—

Trop.:

neque edepol quid nunc consili capiam scio De virgine istac: ita conturbasti mihi Rationes omnes,

you have so disturbed all my plans, Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 29.—Hence, contur-bātus, a, um, P a. (acc. to I. B.), distracted, disturbed, confused, disquieted (very rare):

oculus,

diseased, disordered, Cic. Tusc. 3, 7, 15:

homo tristis et conturbatus,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 32:

eram in scribendo conturbatior,

id. Att. 1, 12, 4:

animus,

id. Tusc. 3, 7, 15.