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
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..."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..."