torqui
Dictionary entries
- Entry →torques, torquis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
collar/necklace of twisted metal (often military); wreath (L+S); ring; chaplet;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg. - Entry →torquis, torquis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
collar/necklace of twisted metal (often military); wreath (L+S); ring; chaplet;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Liber IX
Aulus Gellius
"...factum est Torquatus. III. Causam cognomenti fuisse accepimus torquis ex auro induvias, quam ex hoste, quem occiderat, detractam..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...ceruice remissa uerba solo uultusque cadunt, colloque decorus torquis in hostiles cecidit per uulnus harenas. soluitur interea uallum..."Liber XLIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...bellum auxilia. gratiae ab senatu actae muneraque missa, torquis aureus duo pondo et paterae aureae quattuor pondo, equus..."
