wheel
wheel
subs.
P. and V. τροχός, ὁ. V. κύκλωμα, τό (Eur. Phoen. 1185).
Be broken on the wheel, v.: P. ἐπὶ τοῦ τροχοῦ στρεβλοῦσθαι.
Broken on the wheel, adj.: V. ἁρμᾰτήλᾰτος (Of Ixion) (Eur. H. F. 1297).
I saw the death of Hector dragged at the wheel: V. σφαγὰς μὲν Ἕκτορος τροχηλάτους κατεῖδον (Eur. And. 399).
Potter’s wheel: Ar. and P. τροχός, ὁ.
Military term, sudden change of direction: P. ἐπιστροφή, ἡ.
subs.
P. and V. τροχός, ὁ. V. κύκλωμα, τό (Eur. Phoen. 1185).
Be broken on the wheel, v.: P. ἐπὶ τοῦ τροχοῦ στρεβλοῦσθαι.
Broken on the wheel, adj.: V. ἁρμᾰτήλᾰτος (Of Ixion) (Eur. H. F. 1297).
I saw the death of Hector dragged at the wheel: V. σφαγὰς μὲν Ἕκτορος τροχηλάτους κατεῖδον (Eur. And. 399).
Potter’s wheel: Ar. and P. τροχός, ὁ.
Military term, sudden change of direction: P. ἐπιστροφή, ἡ.
wheel
v. trans.
P. and V. στρέφειν, ἐπιστρέφειν.
Spin: Ar. and V. κυκλεῖν, στροβεῖν, V. ἑλίσσειν, εἱλίσσειν (once Ar.), δῑνεῖν (also Plat. in pass. but rare P.).
V. intrans. Change direction (of fleets, armies, etc.): P. and V. ὑ̆ποστρέφειν, Ar. and P. ἀ̆ναστρέφειν (or pass.), ἐπᾰναστρέφειν (or pass.).Spin: P. and V. κυκλεῖσθαι, στρέφεσθαι, P. περιστρέφεσθαι, περιφέρεσθαι, V. ἑλίσσεσθαι, εἱλίσσεσθαι. Ar. and V. στροβεῖσθαι.
v. trans.
P. and V. στρέφειν, ἐπιστρέφειν.
Spin: Ar. and V. κυκλεῖν, στροβεῖν, V. ἑλίσσειν, εἱλίσσειν (once Ar.), δῑνεῖν (also Plat. in pass. but rare P.).
V. intrans. Change direction (of fleets, armies, etc.): P. and V. ὑ̆ποστρέφειν, Ar. and P. ἀ̆ναστρέφειν (or pass.), ἐπᾰναστρέφειν (or pass.).Spin: P. and V. κυκλεῖσθαι, στρέφεσθαι, P. περιστρέφεσθαι, περιφέρεσθαι, V. ἑλίσσεσθαι, εἱλίσσεσθαι. Ar. and V. στροβεῖσθαι.
WHEEL
rota (general term): tympanum (τύμπανον a wheel composed of boards etc. like our wheels of water-mills): radii (the spokes of a carriage-wheel; e.g. to put one’s head into the wheel caput radiis inserere): terebra (a stone-cutter’s wheel): *rhombus cujus ope nentur stamina; or by metonymy *machina qua nentur stamina (a spinning-wheel): rota figularis or figuli (a potter’s wheel). To lock a wheel sufflaminare rotam: rotam (multo) sufflamine stringere († Juv.). Wheel in a pulley orbiculus (per tres orbiculos circumvehi to pass over three wheels): toothed wheels dentata tympana (of solid wheels; Vitr.). ☞ Wheel (= instrument of torture) [Vid: RACK]. To break anybody on the wheel alicui crura frangere or effringere: death on the wheel *rotae supplicium.
A carriage moving on wheels [Vid. COACH CARRIAGE].
Circular motion decursus -ūs: decursio (of a body of soldiers evolution): circulatio: circinatio: ambitus rotundus (rotation): circuitus -ūs: circuitio (a compass or compassing about): gyrus (the orb or circle described by anything moving round a centre).
rota (general term): tympanum (τύμπανον a wheel composed of boards etc. like our wheels of water-mills): radii (the spokes of a carriage-wheel; e.g. to put one’s head into the wheel caput radiis inserere): terebra (a stone-cutter’s wheel): *rhombus cujus ope nentur stamina; or by metonymy *machina qua nentur stamina (a spinning-wheel): rota figularis or figuli (a potter’s wheel). To lock a wheel sufflaminare rotam: rotam (multo) sufflamine stringere († Juv.). Wheel in a pulley orbiculus (per tres orbiculos circumvehi to pass over three wheels): toothed wheels dentata tympana (of solid wheels; Vitr.). ☞ Wheel (= instrument of torture) [Vid: RACK]. To break anybody on the wheel alicui crura frangere or effringere: death on the wheel *rotae supplicium.
A carriage moving on wheels [Vid. COACH CARRIAGE].
Circular motion decursus -ūs: decursio (of a body of soldiers evolution): circulatio: circinatio: ambitus rotundus (rotation): circuitus -ūs: circuitio (a compass or compassing about): gyrus (the orb or circle described by anything moving round a centre).
v. Transitively in gyrum ducere: circumagere (to wheel round; e.g. equos Liv. 8 7 to wheel their horses round).
Intransitively circumagi: in gyros ire: gyros edere peragere ducere.
Military; right wheel! in hastam! left wheel! in scutum! (Vid: Herzog Caes. B.G. 1 25).
Intransitively circumagi: in gyros ire: gyros edere peragere ducere.
Military; right wheel! in hastam! left wheel! in scutum! (Vid: Herzog Caes. B.G. 1 25).
wheel:
1. rŏta: the spokes of broken w.s, radii fractarum rotarum, Ov. M. 2, 317: a potter's w., rota figularis, Pl. Epid. 3, 2, 35: in this he is thought to say that happiness does not mount the w. (of torture), in eo putatur dicere in rotam beatam vitam non escendere, Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 24: the w. (inconstancy) of fortune, rota fortunae, id. Pis. 10, 22.
2. tympănum (a drum-like w.): by pulleys and w.s, per trochleas et tympana, Lucr. 4, 906.
3. rhombus (a magician's w. or circle): to draw down the moon by Thessalian w., Thessalico lunam deducere rhombo, Mart. 9, 30, 9.
4. orbis, is, m. (poet.): iron-tired w.s, ferrati orbes, Virg. G. 3, 361.
5. orbĭcŭlus (the w. of a pulley): Vitr. Phr.: to lock a w., sufflaminare rotam, Sen.: he locks the w., rotam astringit sufflamine, Juv. 8, 148. For wheel in the sense of a turning round, v.EVOLUTION .
1. rŏta: the spokes of broken w.s, radii fractarum rotarum, Ov. M. 2, 317: a potter's w., rota figularis, Pl. Epid. 3, 2, 35: in this he is thought to say that happiness does not mount the w. (of torture), in eo putatur dicere in rotam beatam vitam non escendere, Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 24: the w. (inconstancy) of fortune, rota fortunae, id. Pis. 10, 22.
2. tympănum (a drum-like w.): by pulleys and w.s, per trochleas et tympana, Lucr. 4, 906.
3. rhombus (a magician's w. or circle): to draw down the moon by Thessalian w., Thessalico lunam deducere rhombo, Mart. 9, 30, 9.
4. orbis, is, m. (poet.): iron-tired w.s, ferrati orbes, Virg. G. 3, 361.
5. orbĭcŭlus (the w. of a pulley): Vitr. Phr.: to lock a w., sufflaminare rotam, Sen.: he locks the w., rotam astringit sufflamine, Juv. 8, 148. For wheel in the sense of a turning round, v.
wheel (v.):
1. circumăgo, ēgi, actum, 3: before they could w. round their horses, prius quam equos frenis circumagerent, Liv. 1, 14, fin.: the enemy w.ing round, circumagens se hostis, id. 4. 28.
2. converto, ti, sum, 3: they force the rest to w. round, reliquos sese convertere cogunt, Caes. B. C. 1, 46. Phr.: again, at the word of command, they w.'d round, rursus vocati convertere vias, Virg. Aen. 5, 582: the kite w.ing in circles through the air, ducens per aera gyros miluus, Ov. Am. 2, 6, 33: to w. right about, signa convertere, Caes. B. G. 1, 25: to w. to the right, in hastam: to w. to the left, in scutum (R. and A.).
1. circumăgo, ēgi, actum, 3: before they could w. round their horses, prius quam equos frenis circumagerent, Liv. 1, 14, fin.: the enemy w.ing round, circumagens se hostis, id. 4. 28.
2. converto, ti, sum, 3: they force the rest to w. round, reliquos sese convertere cogunt, Caes. B. C. 1, 46. Phr.: again, at the word of command, they w.'d round, rursus vocati convertere vias, Virg. Aen. 5, 582: the kite w.ing in circles through the air, ducens per aera gyros miluus, Ov. Am. 2, 6, 33: to w. right about, signa convertere, Caes. B. G. 1, 25: to w. to the right, in hastam: to w. to the left, in scutum (R. and A.).
Wheel
See rota; tympanum.