to raise a disturbance

ob-turbo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to stir up, make turbid.

Lit.:

obturbata proculcatione prius aqua,

Plin. 8, 18, 26, § 68. —

Trop., to throw into disorder or confusion; to disorder, confuse, trouble, disturb, distract:

(eos) denso agmine obturbabat,

Tac. H. 3, 25:

ne obturba, ac tace,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 49:

lectorem,

Suet. Aug. 86; cf.:

obturbatur militum vocibus,

Tac. H. 3, 10:

me scriptio et litterae non leniunt sed obturbant,

distract, Cic. Att. 12, 16 fin.:

solitudinem,

to disturb, id. ib. 12, 18.— Absol.: obturbabant patres specie detestandi, to raise a disturbance or clamor, Tac. A. 6, 24 (30 Ritter).— Impers.:

obturbatur, obstrepitur,

Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 19.

tŭmultŭor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. [tumultus], to make a bustle or disturbance, to be in great agitation or confusion, be in an uproar, raise a tumult:

in otio tumultuaris, in tumultu es otiosus,

Auct. Her. 4, 15, 21:

non decet tumultuari,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 22:

saepe et sine causā,

Cic. Agr. 2, 37, 101:

quid tumultuaris, soror? quid insanis?

id. Cael. 15, 36:

fortis et constantis est, non perturbari in rebus asperis nec tumultuantem de gradu deici,

confused, agitated, id. Off. 1, 23, 80; Petr. 79:

tumultuari Gallias comperit,

to be in an uproar, Suet. Galb. 9; Aur. Vict. Caes. 24, 3.—

Esp. of oratory, to storm, rant, talk at random, etc.:

mihi ne dicere quidem videtur, nisi qui disposite, ornate, copiose dicit, sed tumultuari,

Quint. 10, 7, 12:

oratio carens hac virtute (i. e. ordine) tumultuetur necesse est,

id. Inst. 7, prooem. § 3; so id. ib. 2, 12, 11.

Act. collat. form tŭmultŭo, āre:

quid sit mi expedi, quor tumultues,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 15; 3, 2, 24.—

Impers. pass.: hostibus nuntiatur, in castris Romanorum praeter consuetudinem tumultuari, that there is a tumult or disturbance in the camp, Caes. B. G. 7, 61; Liv. 36, 44, 4:

cum tumultuatum in castris sciret,

id. 25, 21, 2:

cum Gallis tumultuatum verius quam belligeratum,

id. 21, 16, 4; Flor. 4, 12, 30.

fluctus, ūs (ante-class. form of the gen. sing. fluctuis, Varr. and Nigid. ap. Gell. 4, 16, 1; nom. plur. flucti, Pac. and Att. ap. Non. 488, 12), m. [fluo; cf. fluctio], the peculiar motion of fluids, a flowing, waving.

In abstr. (rare; cf.:

unda, fluentum): jactetur aquae fluctu quoque terra vacillans,

Lucr. 6, 554 sq. —Of the flowing motion of the magnetic fluid (v. aestus):

Cogitur offensare pulsareque fluctu Ferrea texta suo,

Lucr. 6, 1053.—In mal. part., Lucr. 4, 1271; cf. fluctuo, I. a fin. —

Transf., a flow, flood. —In concr., a wave, billow, surge, esp. of the sea (the predom. signif. of the word in prose and poetry; esp. freq. in the plur.).

Sing.: fons aquae dulcis, qui fluctu totus operiretur, nisi, etc., the flood, i. e. high tide, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118: alia fluctus differt, dissipat visceratim membra, Maria salsa spumant sanguine, Enn. ap. Non. 183, 18 (Trag. v. 144 ed. Vahl.):

ab saxo avortit fluctus ad litus scapham,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 76; 82:

fluctum a saxo frangi,

Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 6:

fluctus uti... volutus Ad terras immane sonat per saxa,

Verg. G. 3, 237:

ad fluctum aiunt declamare solitum Demosthenem, ut fremitum assuesceret voce vincere,

to the waves, Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 5.—

Plur.: indu mari magno fluctus extollere certant, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 ed. Vahl.): mulserat huc navim compulsam fluctibus pontus, id. ap. Prisc. p. 870 P. (Ann. v. 257 ed. Vahl.):

excitatis maximis fluctibus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 6:

(insulae) fluctibus cinctae,

id. ib. 2, 4; cf.:

Massilia, quae cincta Gallorum gentibus barbariae fluctibus alluitur,

id. Fl. 26, 63:

sese fluctibus committere,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 37, § 91:

sedatis fluctibus,

id. Inv. 2, 51, 154:

puppes ad magnitudinem fluctuum tempestatumque accommodatae,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 3:

in fluctibus consistere,

id. ib. 4, 24, 2:

fluctibus compleri,

id. ib. 4, 28 fin.:

luctantem Icariis fluctibus Africum Mercator metuens,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 15:

o navis, referent in mare te novi Fluctus,

id. ib. 1, 14, 2:

mulcere fluctus et tollere vento,

Verg. A. 1, 66:

procella... fluctus ad sidera tollit,

id. ib. 1, 103:

revomere salsos fluctus pectore,

id. ib. 5, 182.—Prov.: excitare fluctus in simpulo, to raise a tempest in a tea-pot, i. e. to make much ado about nothing, Cic. Leg. 3, 16, 36.—

Poet. transf., a stream of odors:

unde fluens volvat varius se fluctus odorum,

Lucr. 4, 675.—And of a stream of fire:

atro volvens incendia fluctu,

Val. Fl. 7, 572.—

Trop., like tempestas and unda, and our waves or billows, for turbulence, commotion, disturbance:

qui in hac tempestate populi jactemur et fluctibus,

Cic. Planc. 4, 11; cf.

contionum,

id. Mil. 2, 5:

rerum Fluctibus in mediis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 85; cf. also Lucr. 5, 11:

hoc omne tempus post consulatum objecimus iis fluctibus, qui per nos a communi peste depulsi, in nosmet ipsos redundarunt,

Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 3; id. Att. 8, 3, 5:

fluctus civiles,

Nep. Att. 6:

capere irarum fluctus in pectore,

Lucr. 3, 298; so,

irarum,

id. 6, 74; Verg. A. 12, 831; Val. Max. 9, 3 init.:

tristes curarum,

Lucr. 6, 34:

belli,

id. 5, 1290.

miscĕo, miscŭi, mixtum (mistum is found in many MSS. and edd., but is probably a corruption of copyists, representing the weakened sound of x in later times; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 556), 2, v. a. [root mik-, mig-; Sanscr. micras, mixed; Gr. misgô, mignumi; cf. miscellus], to mix, mingle, to intermingle, blend (for the difference between this word and temperare, v. below, II. A.; cf. confundo).

Lit.

In gen.; with abl.:

(sortes) pueri manu miscentur,

Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86:

toxicum antidoto,

Phaedr. 1, 14, 8:

mella Falerno,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 24:

vina Surrentina faece Falernā,

id. ib. 2, 4, 55:

pabula sale,

Col. 6, 4:

nectare aquas,

Ov. H. 16, 198.— With dat.:

dulce amarumque mihi,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 61:

fletum cruori,

Ov. M. 4, 140; Col. 7, 5:

inter curalium virides miscere smaragdos,

Lucr. 2, 805:

cumque meis lacrimis miscuit usque suas,

Ov. P. 1, 9, 20. —

In partic.

To join one's self to, have carnal intercourse with one:

corpus cum aliquā,

Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60.—With dat.:

sic se tibi misceat,

Ov. M. 13, 866:

cum aliquo misceri in Venerem,

App. M. 9, p. 228, 16:

sanguinem et genus,

to intermarry, Liv. 1, 9, 4.—

To mix, prepare a drink:

alteri miscere mulsum,

Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 17; Ov. Am. 1, 4, 29:

Veientana mihi misces,

Mart. 3, 49, 1:

pocula alicui,

Ov. M. 10, 160:

lurida terribiles miscent aconita novercae,

id. ib. 1, 147; cf.: miscenda Cum Styge vina bibas, = you shall die, id. ib. 12, 321:

nullis aconita propinquis miscuit (Orestes),

Juv. 8, 219.—

Miscere se, or misceri, to mingle with others, to unite, assemble:

miscet (se) viris,

Verg. A. 1, 440:

se partibus alicujus,

Vell. 2, 86, 3:

ipsa ad praetoria densae Miscentur,

assemble, Verg. G. 4, 75.—

Miscere manus or proelia, to join battle, engage ( poet.):

miscere manus,

Prop. 2, 20, 66:

proelia dura,

id. 4, 1, 28;

hence, vulnera,

to inflict wounds on each other, Verg. A. 12, 720.—

Of storms, to throw into confusion, to disturb, confound, embroil ( poet.):

caelum terramque,

Verg. A. 1, 134:

magno misceri murmure pontum,

id. ib. 1, 124:

miscent se maria,

id. ib. 9, 714.—Hence, of persons, to raise a great commotion, make a prodigious disturbance, to move heaven and earth:

caelum ac terras,

Liv. 4, 3, 6:

quis caelum terris non misceat et mare caelo,

Juv. 2, 25; cf.:

mare caelo confundere,

id. 6, 282. —

Trop.

In gen., to mix, mingle, unite, etc.:

dulce amarumque una nunc misces mihi,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 63: miscent inter sese inimicitiam agitantes, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 275 Vahl.):

animum alicujus cum suo miscere,

Cic. Lael. 21, 81:

gravitate mixtus lepos,

id. Rep. 2, 1, 1:

misce Ergo aliquid de nostris moribus,

Juv. 14, 322:

ex dissimillimis rebus misceri et temperari,

Cic. Off. 3, 33, 119; cf.

, joined with temperare,

id. Or. 58, 197;

also opp. to temperare, since miscere signifies merely to mix, but temperare to mix in due proportion: haec ita mixta fuerunt, ut temperata nullo fuerint modo,

Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 42.—

In partic.

To share with, impart to another; to take part in, share in a thing (rare and perhaps not ante-Aug.):

cum amico omnes curas, omnes cogitationes tuas misce,

share, Sen. Ep. 3, 3:

se negotiis,

to take part in, engage in, Dig. 26, 7, 39, § 11:

administrationi,

ib. 27, 1, 17, § 5:

paternae hereditati,

ib. 29, 2, 42, § 3. —

(Acc. to I. B. 5.).

To throw into confusion, to embroil, disturb (class.): om [p. 1150] nia infima summis paria fecit, turbavit, miscuit, Cic. Leg. 3, 9, 19:

rem publicam malis concionibus,

id. Agr. 2, 33, 91:

coetus,

Tac. A. 1, 16:

animorum motus dicendo,

Cic. de Or. 1, 51, 220:

anima, quae res humanas miscuit olim,

Juv. 10, 163.—

To stir up, occasion, excite, rouse:

ego nova quaedam misceri et concitari mala jam pridem videbam,

stirred up, devised, Cic. Cat. 4, 3, 6:

seditiones,

Tac. H. 4, 68 fin. —

Misceri aliquo, to be changed into:

mixtus Enipeo Taenarius deus,

Prop. 1, 13, 21.