turba
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turba: ae, f. = τύρβη; cf. Sanscr. turāmi, to hasten; turas, hasty; Lat. turma,
I a turmoil, hubbub, uproar, disorder, tumult, commotion, disturbance, of a crowd of people (syn. tumultus): praetor ait: cujus dolo malo in turbā damnum quod factum esse dicetur ... Turbam appellatam Labeo ait ex genere tumultūs, idque verbum ex Graeco tractum ἀπὸ τοῦ θορυβεῖν. Turbam autem ex quo numero admittimus? Si duo rixam commiserint, utique non accipiemus in turbā id factum, quia duo turba non proprie dicentur. Enimvero si plures fuerint, decem aut quindecim homines, turba dicentur. Quid ergo, si tres aut quattuor? Turba utique non erit. Et rectissime Labeo inter turbam et rixam multum interesse ait; namque turbam multitudinis hominum esse turbationem et coetum, rixam etiam duorum, Dig. 47, 8, 4: turba et confusio rerum, Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 13; cf.: ut exsistat ex populo turba et confusio, id. Rep. 1, 45, 69: vis belli ac turba, id. Rosc. Am. 32, 91: multitudo ac turba fugientium, Caes. B. C. 2, 35: turbā atque seditionibus sine curā aluntur, Sall. C. 37, 3.—Plur.: seditiones turbaeque populares, Quint. 2, 16, 2; cf. Tac. H. 4, 1 fin.: efficere turbas in castris, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 31: turba est nunc apud aram, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 53: inter Officium turbamque sacri vocesque precantūm, Ov. M. 12, 33: festaque confusā resonabat regia turbā, id. ib. 12, 214 et saep.—
II Transf.
A In gen., for a disturbance made by a few or a single person, a brawl, confusion, disturbance, quarrel (in good prose rare): non vides, quam turbam quosve fluctus concites? Att. ap. Non. 524, 26: turba atque rixa, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 149: fugiam intro, ne quid hic turbae fiat itidem, Plaut. Aul. 2, 9, 9: Amphitruo actutum uxori turbas conciet, id. Am. 1, 2. 14: quas mihi filius turbas turbet, id. Bacch. 4, 10, 1: ebrius turbam aliquam dare, Caecil. ap. Non. 525, 4: jam tum inceperat Turba inter eos, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 59; 4, 1, 2; 4, 3, 11; id. Heaut. 1, 2, 16; 5, 2, 17. —
B Concr., a crowd, throng, multitude, mob; a band, train, troop, etc.
1 Of persons (freq. and class.; cf.: multitudo, vulgus): in foro turbāque, Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 28: domus praetoria turbā referta, id. Verr. 2, 1, 52, § 137: ut te eripias ex eā, quam ego congessi in hunc sermonem, turbā patronorum, id. Brut. 97, 332: admiratio vulgi atque turbae, id. Fam. 7, 1, 13: cum ex hac turbā et colluvione discedam, id. Sen. 23, 85: videt in turbā Verrem, id. Verr. 1, 7, 19: turbae carmina, Manil. 2, 136.—With gen.: Iliadum turbā comitata, Verg. A. 2, 580: omnis Circi, Quint. 1, 6, 45: hominum ejus aetatis, id. 1, 2, 2: discipulorum, id. 10, 5, 21: omnis eum stipata tegebat Turba ducum, Verg. A. 11, 13: scriptorum, Prop. 3 (4), 1, 12: Dario majorem turbam hominum esse, virorum sibi, Just. 11, 14, 10: forensem turbam in quattuor tribus conjecit, Liv. 9, 46, 14: consul alter velut unus, militaris turba erat, id. 22, 42, 3: conferta turba iter reliquum clauserat, id. 39, 49, 9: Quiritium, Hor. C. 1, 1, 7: clientium, id. ib. 3, 1, 13: poëtarum seniorum, id. S. 1, 10, 67: pauperiorum, id. ib. 1, 1, 111: mea turba, Liv. 6, 15, 10.—Esp., the common crowd, = vulgus: turba patronorum, Cic. Brut. 97, 332.—
2 Without the notion of a crowd or confusion, a great number, multitude: quid tibi de turbā narrem numeroque virorum? Ov. H. 15 (16), 181: plebes, turbā conspectior cum dignitates deessent, Liv. 22, 40, 4. —
3 Of other things, animate or inanimate, a crowd, throng, troop, multitude, number: turba ignotorum deorum, Cic. N. D. 1, 15, 39: praeter vulgum turbamque animantum, Lucr. 2, 920: ferarum, Ov. M. 11, 44: canum, id. ib. 4, 722: volucrum, id. ib. 10, 144: luporum, Sil. 7, 129: materiaï, Lucr. 1, 1113; 2, 127: refertis itineribus agrestium turbā pecorumque, Liv. 26, 10, 8; cf. Ov. M. 10, 106: rotarum, id. ib. 6, 219: jaculorum, id. P. 4, 7, 35: vulnerum, Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 162: castrensium negotiorum, Plin. Ep. 9, 25, 1.—Of a speech: mediocria in mediam turbam atque in gregem coiciantur, Cic. de Or. 2, 77, 314: inanium verborum, Quint. 8, 2, 17: argumentorum, id. 4, 2, 82; cf. id. 6, 1, 1; 4, 5, 7; 5, 13, 12.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
turba,⁷ æ, f. (τύρβη),
1 trouble d’une foule en désordre, mêlée, désordre, confusion, cf. Dig. 47, 8, 4 ; nova turba atque rixa Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 148, une nouvelle mêlée, une nouvelle querelle, cf. Verr. 2, 1, 67 ; Fam. 6, 6, 13 ; turbas efficere Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 31, faire éclater des désordres || [en parl. d’une pers.] trouble, agitation : Ter. Andr. 235
2 [en part. chez les com.] a) désordre, tapage : turbam facere Pl. Pers. 726, faire du tapage || querelle : turbam facere alicui Ter. Eun. 616, faire une scène à qqn ; tum illæ turbæ fient Ter. Andr. 380, alors ce seront de belles scènes ! cf. Eun. 726 ; tuæ turbæ Pl. Mil. 479, tes algarades ; b) trouble, embarras, désagrément : turbas dare Pl. Bacch. 354 ; Ter. Eun. 653 ; conciere Ter. Haut. 970, causer du trouble, des désagréments
3 foule en désordre, cohue, multitude : Cic. Rep. 1, 28 ; Verr. 2, 1, 137 ; de Or. 2, 143 ; etc. || [en part.] = vulgus, foule, tourbe : turba patronorum Cic. Br. 332, foule obscure des avocats ; hæc turba Cic. Br. 251, cette foule obscure, cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 114 || [poét.] troupe des Muses] : Ov. F. 5, 108 ; [ironiquement, en parl. de deux pers.] Ov. M. 6, 200 ; F. 2, 716 ; [en parl. de trois] Luc. 1, 86 || [en gén.] foule, amas de choses diverses : magnam turbam congregat ignotorum deorum Cic. Nat. 1, 39, il assemble une grande troupe de dieux inconnus ; turba novorum voluminum Cic. Br. 122, une foule d’ouvrages nouveaux, cf. Cic. Tusc. 5, 29 ; mediocria in mediam turbam atque in gregem conjiciantur Cic. de Or. 2, 114, que les idées de valeur moyenne soient rejetées au milieu de la masse et dans la foule ; turbā valent Quint. 4, 2, 82 [certains arguments] valent par la masse.