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Latin
Etymology
From turba (“stir, tumult”) + -ulentus (“full of, abounding in”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
turbulentus (feminine turbulenta, neuter turbulentum, superlative turbulentissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- stormy, turbulent
- Synonyms: sēditiōsus, tumultuōsus
- Antonyms: obsequēns, obsequiōsus, oboediēns, facilis
- unruly, riotous
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “turbulentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “turbulentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- turbulentus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a demagogue, agitator: plebis dux, vulgi turbator, civis turbulentus, civis rerum novarum cupidus
- revolutionists: homines seditiosi, turbulenti or novarum rerum cupidi