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
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..."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..."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..."