vortice
Dictionary entries
- Entry →vortex, vorticis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
whirlpool, eddy, vortex; crown of the head; peak, top, summit; the pole;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...crederemus, repente video corpus humanum circum actum levi vortice ad litus deferri. Substiti ergo tristis coepique umentibus oculis..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Haec nos i littera finimus. XXV. Quid dicam "vortices" et "vorsus" ceteraque ad eundem modum, quae primus Scipio..."