tornos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tornus, torni:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
lathe; turner's lathe;
acc. pl.nom. sg.
Examples
- P
Ecloga III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...ponam fagina, caelatum divini opus Alcimedontos, lenta quibus torno facili superaddita vitis diffusos hedera vestit pallente corymbos..." - P
Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...taxi torquentur in arcus. nec tiliae leues aut torno rasile buxum non formam accipiunt ferroque cauantur acuto..."