turbŭlentus, a, um, adj. [turba], full of trouble or commotion.
I Pass. , restless , agitated , confused , disturbed , boisterous , stormy , tempestuous (class.; syn. tumultuosus): tempestas, stormy , Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26; Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 143; Auct. B. Alex. 45, 2: loci Neptunii, Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 3: aqua, turbid , muddy , Phaedr. 1, 1, 5: atomorum turbulenta concursio, confused , Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20: est igitur quiddam turbulentum in hominibus singulis, id. Rep. 3, 35, 49 ( Non. 301, 6): res publica, id. Fam. 12, 10, 3: heu edepol res turbulentas! Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 68: praeda, id. Rud. 4, 4, 142: ea sunt et turbulenta et temeraria et periculosa, Cic. Caecin. 12, 34: errores, id. N. D. 2, 28, 70: animi, stirred up , aroused , excited , id. Tusc. 4, 5, 9.— Comp. : turbulentior inde annus excepit, Liv. 2, 61, 1.— Sup. : turbulentissimum tempus (opp. tranquillissimum), Cic. Pis. 15, 33; id. Fam. 9, 1.—
II Act. , making trouble , troublesome , turbulent , factious , seditious : turba plerumque est turbulenta, Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 11, 3: P. Decius fuit ut vita sic oratione etiam turbulentus, Cic. Brut. 28, 108: seditiosus civis et turbulentus, id. de Or. 2, 11, 48: turbulenti et mali cives, id. ib. 2, 31, 135: tribuni, Tac. H. 2, 38: contiones, Cic. Att. 4, 3, 4; Quint. 5, 13, 39: consilia Antonii, Cic. Att. 15, 4, 1: minae populi, Quint. 2, 20, 8.— Sup. : tribuni plebis, Caes. B. C. 1, 5: leges, Suet. Caes. 16.—Hence, adv.: turbŭlen-tē , in a turbulent manner , confusedly , tumultuously , boisterously , with violence (cf. also turbulenter).
α Form turbulente: qui non turbulente humana patiantur, without agitation , composedly , Cic. Tusc. 4, 28, 60: se gerere, Dig. 48, 19, 28, § 3.—
β Form turbulenter: nihil turbulenter, nihil temere facere, Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 7.— Comp. : egit de Caepione turbulentius, Cic. Part. Or. 30, 105.— Sup. : regere, Sid. Ep. 2, 13 med.