torquibus
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. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - 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. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
- A
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...aureis octo, obsidionali una, muralibus tribus, civicis quattuordecim, torquibus tribus et octoginta, armillis plus centum sexaginta, hastis duodeviginti..." - D
Satura XVI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...felicissimus idem, ut laeti phaleris omnes et torquibus, omnes..." - L
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...species rei, aliubi ipsa res. Imperator aliquem torquibus, murali et ciuica donat: quid habet per se corona pretiosum..." - P
Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...violae sublucet purpura nigrae; [saepe deum nexis ornatae torquibus arae;] asper in ore sapor; tonsis in vallibus illum..." - P
Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...dehinc, ubi libera colla seruitio adsuerint, ipsis e torquibus aptos iunge pares, et coge gradum conferre iuuencos; atque..." - P
Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...servati civis decus rettulit donatusque est ab Apronio torquibus et hasta. Caesar addidit civicam coronam, quod..."