turbinem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →turbo, turbinis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
that which whirls; whirlwind, tornado; spinning top; spiral, round, circle;
acc. sg.
Examples
- L
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...terrenaque in se globus aliquis aeris clausit, quem turbinem dicimus, quacumque fertur, praebet speciem ignis extenti, quae..." - L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...cogitur nec in tempestatem inpellitur nec uersatur in turbinem; omni tumultu caret: inferiora fulminantur. Eodem modo sublimis animus..." - G
Liber III
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...gratissimos: mihi certe debere se praedicant, quod illum turbinem evaserint. Hic erit epistulae finis, re vera finis; litteram..."