torosa
Dictionary entries
- Entry →torosus, torosa, torosum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
muscular, brawny;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.)
Examples
- L
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...uitrea, striata uel pluribus angulis in modum clauae torosa: haec si in transuersum solem accipit, colorem talem, qualis..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...cuncta mugienti fremitu loca retonent, rutilam ferox torosa cervice quate iubam.' ait haec minax Cybebe religatque iuga manu..." - P
Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...ignibus aras muneribusque deos inplet, feriuntque secures colla torosa boum vinctorum cornua vittis. nullus Erecthidis fertur celebratior illo..."