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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la turba}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * Classical: [kɔnˈtʊr.boː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * Ecclesiastical: [konˈtur.bo]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''conturbō''' (present infinitive conturbāre, perfect active conturbāvī, supine conturbātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|con-|turbō|t2=to disturb]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) The verb [[m|la|turbō]] is formed from [[m|la|turba|t=commotion, crowd]], whose origin is uncertain.^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The Thesaurus finds it from Plautus on,^(TLL) whose ''Casina'' jokes that two people “will mix up their feet”, that is, sleep together.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It is to mix up, confound or throw into disorder, also of an organ of the body put out of order.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short note that it is most frequent in Lucretius.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of people it is to dismay or perturb, as Cicero's “what is it? am I upsetting you?”^(OLD 2012) Used absolutely it is a business term, to go bankrupt or default, as in Cicero's letters.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
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+ Church Latin glosses it “disturb, trouble, disquiet, vex, confuse”.^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of mixing up.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius, who uses it most.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of dismay and of bankruptcy.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To [[m|en|confuse]], confound, throw into disorder.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)
+ # To [[m|en|dismay]], [[m|en|disturb]], disquiet.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # To go [[m|en|bankrupt]], default.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[conturbātiō]]
+ * [[conturbātor]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[conturbātus]]
+ * [[turbo|alt=turbō]]
+ * [[turba]]
+ * [[turbulentus]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}