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
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..."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..."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..."