vertigine
Dictionary entries
- Entry →vertigo, vertiginis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
gyration/rotation, whirling/spinning movement; giddiness, dizziness; changing;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
- A
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...patiuntur, "circium" appellant a turbine, opinor, eius ac vertigine; ex Iapygias ipsius orae proficiscentem quasi sinibus Apuli eodem..." - L
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...palpitatio [corporum] sine intermissione vibrantium. Quid capitis vertigines dicam? quid oculorum auriumque tormenta et cerebri exaestuantis verminationes..." - P
Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...supremos vertere vultus, verum, ubi sit, nescit: tanta vertigine pontus fervet, et inducta piceis e nubibus umbra omne..." - P
Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Tethys solet ipsa vereri. adde, quod adsidua rapitur vertigine caelum sideraque alta trahit celerique volumine torquet. nitor..."