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
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...aureis octo, obsidionali una, muralibus tribus, civicis quattuordecim, torquibus tribus et octoginta, armillis plus centum sexaginta, hastis duodeviginti..."Satura XVI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...felicissimus idem, ut laeti phaleris omnes et torquibus, omnes..."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..."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..."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..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...servati civis decus rettulit donatusque est ab Apronio torquibus et hasta. Caesar addidit civicam coronam, quod..."