turbinum
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;
gen. pl. - 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;
gen. pl.
Examples
- L
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...Marium ambitio ducebat. Isti cum omnia concuterent, concutiebantur turbinum more, qui rapta convolvunt sed ipsi ante volvuntur..." - L
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...dicit, non notat qualis sit turbinum cursus et qualis cometarum: illorum rapidus ac uiolentus et ipsis uentis citatior..." - P
Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...quis ex longinquo revenerat, miracula narrabant, vim turbinum et inauditas volucris, monstra maris, ambiguas hominum et beluarum formas..."