perturbo
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
per-turbo: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I to throw into confusion or disorder, to confuse, disturb (cf.: confundo, misceo).
I Lit.: omnia, Ter. And. 3, 4, 22: provinciam, Cic. Sull. 20, 56: aetatum ordinem, id. Brut. 62, 223: condiciones pactionesque bellicas perjurio, id. Off. 3, 29, 108: dies intermissus aut nox interposita saepe perturbat omnia, id. Mur. 17, 35: reliquos (milites) incertis ordinibus perturbaverunt, Caes. B. G. 4, 32: aciem, Sall. J. 59, 3: domum, Sen. Thyest. 83.—Pass., Plin. Pan. 76, 8.—
B Transf., to mix or mingle together: omnia subtiliter cretā permisceas cum salibus torrefactis ac tritis et diu oleo injecto perturbes, Pall. 12, 18.—
II Trop., to disturb, discompose, embarrass, confound: mea consilia, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 127: mentes animosque perturbat timor, Caes. B. G. 1, 39: clamore perturbari, Cic. Rab. Perd. 6, 18: animum, joined with concitare, id. Or. 37, 128: de rei publicae salute perturbari, id. Mil. 1, 1: haec te vox non perculit? non perturbavit? id. Verr. 2, 3, 57, § 132: magno animi motu perturbatus, id. Att. 8, 11, 1.—Hence, perturbātus, a, um, P. a.
A Troubled, disturbed, unquiet: mihi civitatem perturbatam vestris legibus et contionibus et deductionibus tradidistis, Cic. Agr. 1, 8, 23: perturbatissimum tempestatis genus, Sen. Q. N. 7, 10, 3: flamma quassatae rei publicae perturbatorumque temporum, Cic. Sest. 34, 73.—
B Disturbed, embarrassed, discomposed: homo perturbatior metu, Cic. Att. 10, 14, 1: sane sum perturbatus cum ipsius familiaritate, id. ib. 1, 1, 4.—Subst.: per-turbāta, ōrum, n., confused visions, perverted truths: nunc onusti cibo et vino perturbata et confusa cernimus, Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60.—Adv.: perturbātē, confusedly, disorderly: ne quid perturbate, ne quid contorte dicatur, Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 29; id. Or. 35, 122: muta animalia perturbate moveri, Sen. Ep. 124, 19.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
perturbō,⁹ āvī, ātum, āre, tr.,
1 troubler à fond, mettre en un profond désordre, bouleverser : contiones Cic. Fl. 17 ; aciem Sall. J. 59, 3, jeter le désordre dans les assemblées, dans les rangs de l’armée ; pactiones bellicas perjurio Cic. Off. 3, 108, bouleverser (rompre) par un parjure des conventions de guerre ; ætatum ordinem Cic. Br. 223, renverser l’ordre chronologique
2 troubler moralement, remuer profondément : hæc te vox non perturbavit ? Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 132, ces paroles ne t’ont pas profondément troublé ? animos perturbat timor Cæs. G. 1, 39, 1, la crainte jette le désarroi dans les cœurs ; de rei publicæ salute perturbari Cic. Mil. 1, être inquiet au sujet du salut de l’État ; odio, motu animi aliquo perturbari Cic. Br. 200, être violemment remué par la haine ou par telle et telle émotion, cf. Cic. Att. 8, 11, 1 || perturbantur, copiasne ducere... an... an... præstaret Cæs. G. 4, 14, 2, dans le désarroi ils se demandent s’il vaut mieux conduire les troupes... ou... ou...
