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
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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...terra flantem, quem saevissimum patiuntur, "circium" appellant a turbine, opinor, eius ac vertigine; ex Iapygias ipsius orae proficiscentem..."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..."Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quasi canes, haud secus, circum stabant navem turbines venti, imbres fluctusque atque procellae infensae frangere malum, ruere antemnas..."