vortex
Dictionary entries
- Entry →vortex, vorticis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
whirlpool, eddy, vortex; crown of the head; peak, top, summit; the pole;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- T
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...seque simul cum eo commiscuit igni, insinuatus ibi vortex versatur in arto et calidis acuit fulmen fornacibus intus..." - P
Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...ibidem torquet agens circum, et rapidus vorat aequore vortex. Adparent rari nantes in gurgite vasto, arma virum, tabulaeque..."