turbulentus

Latin

Etymology

From turba (“stir, tumult”) +‎ -ulentus (“full of, abounding in”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [tʊr.bʊˈɫɛn.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t̪ur.buˈlɛn̪.t̪us]

Adjective

turbulentus (feminine turbulenta, neuter turbulentum, superlative turbulentissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. stormy, turbulent

   Synonyms: sēditiōsus, tumultuōsus

   Antonyms: obsequēns, obsequiōsus, oboediēns, facilis

2. unruly, riotous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	turbulentus	turbulenta	turbulentum		turbulentī	turbulentae	turbulenta
genitive	turbulentī	turbulentae	turbulentī		turbulentōrum	turbulentārum	turbulentōrum
dative	turbulentō	turbulentae	turbulentō		turbulentīs
accusative	turbulentum	turbulentam	turbulentum		turbulentōs	turbulentās	turbulenta
ablative	turbulentō	turbulentā	turbulentō		turbulentīs
vocative	turbulente	turbulenta	turbulentum		turbulentī	turbulentae	turbulenta

Descendants

• English: turbulent
• French: turbulent
• Galician: turbulento
• Italian: turbolento, turbulento
• German: turbulent
• Norwegian: turbulent
• Romanian: turbulent
• Portuguese: turbulento
• Spanish: turbulento

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.
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  • revolutionists: homines seditiosi, turbulenti or novarum rerum cupidi