noun · neutersecond declension
turbamentum
turbamentum n (genitive turbamentī)
Classical[tʊr.baˈmɛn.tũː]Ecclesiastical[tur.baˈmɛn.tum]
Meaning
- neuterraremeans of disturbance or disruption
Quae si vobis pax et conposita intelleguntur, maxuma turbamenta rei publicae atque exitia probate
“If this is what you recognize as ‘peace’ and ‘order,’ give your approval to the utter disruption and destruction of the nation”86 BCE – c. 35 BCE, Gaius Sallustius Crispus, Or. Lepid. 25inserendo saepius querelas et ambiguos de Galba sermones quaeque alia turbamenta vulgi
“oftentimes he let drop words of complaint and remarks of a double meaning concerning Galba, and did other things that tended to disturb the common soldiery”c. 100 CE – 110 CE, Tacitus, Historiae 1.23
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | turbamentum | turbamenta |
| genitive | turbamentī | turbamentōrum |
| dative | turbamentō | turbamentīs |
| accusative | turbamentum | turbamenta |
| ablative | turbamentō | turbamentīs |
| vocative | turbamentum | turbamenta |
turbāmentum, i, n. turbo,
I. a means of disturbance (very rare):
turbamenta reipublicae, Sall. Or. Lepid. 11: turbamenta vulgi, Tac. H. 1, 23.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
turbāmentum ī, n
turbo, a means of disturbance : volgi, Ta.
Origins
- Ancient Greek τύρβη(túrbē)bor.?
- Latinturbamentum
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin turbō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin turbāmentum From turbō (“to disturb, unsettle, agitate”) + -mentum (“instrument; medium; result of”).