turbines
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. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Auster. in sua regna furens temptatum classibus aequor turbine defendit longeque a Syrtibus undas egit et inlato confregit..." - M
Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...cunctos solita de parte ruentis 610defendisse suas uiolento turbine terras,sic pelagus mansisse loco. nam priua procellisaequora rapta..." - M
Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...campi tremuere sono, terraque soluta,quantus Bistonio torquetur turbine, puluisaera nube sua texit traxitque tenebras.ut uero in pedites..." - M
Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...neque enim solis excussa lacertislancea, sed tenso ballistae turbine rapta, 465haut unum contenta latus transire quiescit,sed pandens..." - M
Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...terris olimque fugatae uirtutis iam sola fides, quam turbine nullo excutiet fortuna tibi, tu mente labantem derige..." - A
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...terra flantem, quem saevissimum patiuntur, "circium" appellant a turbine, opinor, eius ac vertigine; ex Iapygias ipsius orae proficiscentem..." - T
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...venti conlecta procella nubibus intorsit sese conclusaque ibidem turbine versanti magis ac magis undique nubem cogit uti fiat..." - T
Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quasi canes, haud secus, circum stabant navem turbines venti, imbres fluctusque atque procellae infensae frangere malum, ruere antemnas..."