verticis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →vertex, verticis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
whirlpool, eddy, vortex; crown of the head; peak, top, summit; the pole;
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.
Examples
- G
Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...locorum miraculis repente a Messana noctu profugit Aetnaei verticis fumo ac murmure pavefactus. Adversus barbaros quoque minacissimus..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...corona foret, sed nos quoque fulgeremus deuotae flavi verticis exuviae, vuidulam a fluctu cedentem ad templa deum..." - P
Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...novat repetitum stipite vulnus terque quaterque gravi iuncturas verticis ictu rupit, et in liquido sederunt ossa cerebro. 'Victor..." - P
Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...Amymone siccis erravit in agris, cum premeret summi verticis urna comas— talis eras; aquilamque in te taurumque timebam..."