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perturbatio

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See: confusion, turmoil


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9) Cicerone, De natura deorum I: 3: "In specie autem fictae simulationis sicut reliquae virtutes item pietas inesse non potest; cum qua simul sanctitatem et religionem tolli necesse est, quibus sublatis perturbatio vitae sequitur et magna confusio; atque haut scio an pietate adversus deos sublata rides etiam et societas generi humani et una excellentissima virtus iustitia tollatur.
74) All of these are historical contingencies which produce anxiety and distress, the perturbatio which the philosophical poet seeks to assuage by pointing to their causes: "Pleasant it is, when on the great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation: not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive what ills you are free from yourself is pleasant" (2:1-4).
Quanta perturbatio cum Mediolani princeps Philippus Maria sine ulla virili prole diem suum obiisset et sola Diva Bianca, tanquam altera Lavinia, Vicecomitum domum et tantas sedes servaret, nisi magnanimus et post hominum memoriam fortissimus imperator Franciscus Sfortia dignus esset inventus qui id gubernaculum iure coniugii exciperet.
 
 
 
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