turbini
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;
dat. sg.loc. sg. - Entry →turben, turbinis:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
that which whirls; whirlwind, tornado; spinning top; spiral, round, circle;
dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...imitetur; hic ubi se in terras demisit dissoluitque, turbinis immanem vim provomit atque procellae. sed quia fit raro..."Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...esse debet quale est id quod ignem efficit; turbinis autem rotunda facies est (in eodem enim uestigio uersatur..."
Liber Secundus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...vertice caeli devolvit. ruit ille polo noctemque diemque turbinis in morem, Lemni dum litore tandem insonuit. vox inde..."Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...fremunt nec fulmine tanti dissultant crepitus. volat atri turbinis instar exitium dirum hasta ferens orasque recludit loricae..."Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...campos edebat funera ductor Dardanius torrentis aquae vel turbinis atri more furens. tandem erumpunt et castra relinquunt Ascanius..."Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...caelum, duplicataque noctis imago est. frangitur incursu nimbosi turbinis arbor, frangitur et regimen, spoliisque animosa superstes unda, velut..."