turbĭdus — Lewis & Short
turbĭdus, a, um, adj.turba,
I full of confusion or disorder, wild, confused, disordered (class.; cf.: agitatus, tumultuosus).
I Lit.:
turbida tempestas heri fuit,wild, stormy, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 3:
tempestas,Lucr. 4, 169; 6, 376; Cic. Inv 1, 3, 4; Caes. B. C. 2, 22; Suet. Calig. 15:
tempestas telorum,Verg. A. 12, 283:
Auster,Hor. C. 3, 3, 5:
aequora ponti,Lucr. 5, 1000:
scaturiges,Liv. 44, 33, 3:
nubila,Verg. A. 4, 245:
caelum inmite ac turbidum,Plin. Ep. 8, 17, 1:
imber,Verg. A. 12, 685:
caligine atrā Pulvis,id. ib. 11, 876:
coma,Ov. H. 10, 16:
freta ventis Turbida,id. ib. 17 (18), 7.—
B In partic., of fluids, troubled, thick, muddy, turbid:
aqua,Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97:
torrentes,Quint. 12, 10, 19:
turbidus caeno gurges,Verg. A. 6, 296:
auro turbidus Hermus,id. G. 2, 137.—
II Trop., troubled, disordered, disturbed, perplexed, violent, boisterous, turbulent, vehement:
mens, quae omni turbido motu semper vacet,Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, 80: turbidi animorum, concitatique motus, id. ib. 4, 15, 34:
mores,Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 18:
ingenium,Tac. A. 14, 59:
Venulo adversum se turbidus infert,Verg. A. 11, 742; 9, 57:
turbidus et clamosus altercator,Quint. 6, 4, 15:
reduxit in hiberna turbidos et nihil ausos,mutinous, seditious, Tac. A. 1, 38; so,
civitas,id. H. 4, 11:
ex oculis se turbidus abstulit Arruns,frightened, confused, Verg. A. 11, 814; cf.
frons,Sen. Hippol. 432:
acies oculi,id. Herc. Fur. 954:
lumen lunae,id. Hippol. 790:
puella,Ov. A. A. 3, 246:
C. Caesar turbidus animi,Tac. H. 4, 48:
turbidus irae,Sil. 12, 417;
for which: turbidus irā,Stat. S. 3, 1, 39:
turbidus ausi,Sil. 13, 214:
res timida aut turbida,i. e. troubled, dangerous, perilous, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 11; cf.: res turbidas tractare, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199 (Trag. v. 189 Vahl.):
esse in turbidis rebus,Cic. Phil. 2, 16, 39:
hoc tum turbido tempore,Nep. Pelop. 4, 1.—Comp.:
pectora sunt ipso turbidiora mari,Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 34:
tumultuosius atque turbidius,Quint. 3, 8, 60.—Sup.:
turbidissimus quisque,Tac. H. 3, 49:
actiones,Quint. 1, 10, 28. —
b Neutr. absol.: si turbidissima sapienter ferebas, the most perilous or troubled circumstances, Cic. Fam. 6, 14, 3: nisi quod in turbido minus perspicuum fore putent quid agatur, in confused or troubled times, Liv. 3, 40, 10; so,
in turbido,Sen. Ep. 3, 5; Tac. H. 1, 21; Curt. 4, 3, 18.—Turbidum, adverb.:
mens turbidum Laetatur,confusedly, Hor. C. 2, 19, 6.—Hence, adv.: turbĭdē, in disorder, confusedly, Cic. Tusc. 4, 10, 24; Tac. A. 3, 12; Gell. 5, 9, 6.