conturbatio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

conturbātĭo, ōnis, f. [conturbo], disorder, confusion. *

I Lit.: oculorum, confused, indistinct vision , as a disease, Scrib. Comp. 19.—

II Trop., confusion, disquiet, perturbation of mind (rare): conturbatio metus excutiens cogitata, a fear that drives away all thought , Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 19; id. Top. 12, 52: mentis, id. Tusc. 4, 13, 30.

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