retortas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →retorta, retortae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Calepinus
- Age:
- Neo-Latin
- Field:
- Science
retort (chemistry);
acc. pl. - Entry →retorqueo, retorquere, retorsi, retortus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
twist back; cast back; fling back; turn aside;
acc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- L
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...aiunt imagines in speculo sed ipsa aspici corpora retorta oculorum acie et in se rursus reflexa. Nunc nihil..." - L
Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...condat diem, ac uersa retro sidera obliquos agant retorta cursus. tuque, sidereum caput, radiate Titan, tu nefas stirpis..."