LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

perturbātiō

perturbātiō f (genitive perturbātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. confusion
  2. disturbance, disorder
  3. commotion
  4. revolution
  5. perturbation
  6. passion

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeperturbātiōperturbātiōnēs
genitiveperturbātiōnisperturbātiōnum
dativeperturbātiōnīperturbātiōnibus
accusativeperturbātiōnemperturbātiōnēs
ablativeperturbātiōneperturbātiōnibus
vocativeperturbātiōperturbātiōnēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

animi perturbationes exstirpare
to eradicate passion from the mind.
perturbatio omnium rerum (Flacc. 37)
general confusion; anarchy.

perturbātĭo, ōnis, f. perturbo,
I. confusion, disorder, disturbance.
I. Lit.: caeli (opp. serenitas), Cic. Div. 2, 45, 94: hostium, Vulg. 2 Macc. 13, 16.—
II. Trop.
A. In gen., political disturbance, disorder, revolution: quid est enim aliud tumultus nisi perturbatio tanta, ut major timor oriatur? Cic. Phil. 8, 1, 3: quantas perturbationes et quantos aestus habet ratio comitiorum? id. Mur. 17, 35: cum enim omnes post interitum Caesaris novarum perturbationum causae quaeri viderentur, id. Fat. 1, 2: videtis, quo in motu temporum, quantā in conversione rerum ac perturbatione versemur, id. Fl. 37, 94: magna totius exercitūs perturbatio facta est, Caes. B. G. 3, 28.—
B. Mental or personal disturbance, disquiet, perturbation: motus atque perturbatio animorum atque rerum, Cic. Agr. 1, 8, 24: vitae et magna confusio, id. N. D. 1, 2, 3: rationis, id. Par. 3, 2, 26: valetudinis, id. Fam. 9, 3, 9.—
C. In partic., an emotion, passion: quae Graeci πάθη vocant, nobis perturbationes appellari magis placet, quam morbos, Cic. Tusc. 4, 5, 10: est igitur Zenonis haec definitio, ut perturbatio sit aversa a rectā ratione, contra naturam animi commotio: quidam brevius perturbationem esse appetitum vehementiorem, id. ib. 4, 6, 11: ex quā (vitiositate) concitantur perturbationes, quae sunt turbidi animorum concitatique motus, aversi a ratione et inimicissimi mentis vitaeque tranquillae, id. ib. 4, 15, 34: perturbationes sunt genere quatuor, partibus plures, aegritudo, formido, libido, laetitia, id. Fin. 3, 10, 35: impetu quodam animi et perturbatione magis, quam judicio aut consilio regi, id. de Or. 2, 42, 178: perturbationem afferre, id. Div. 1, 30, 62: in perturbationes atque exanimationes incidere, id. Off. 1, 7, 36; opp. to tranquillitas, id. ib. 1, 17, 66.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin perturbātiō From perturbō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanpertorbació
  • Frenchperturbation
  • Italianperturbazione
  • Portugueseperturbação
  • Spanishperturbación
  • Englishperturbation
  • Galicianperturbación
  • Polishperturbacja
  • Russianпертурбация

Quick answers

What does perturbātiō mean in Latin?
perturbātiō, a noun, means “confusion; disturbance, disorder; commotion”.
What is the genitive of perturbātiō?
The genitive singular is perturbātiōnis. perturbātiō is feminine, third declension.