whirlwind
whirlwind
subs.
Ar. and P. πρηστήρ, ὁ (Xen.). Ar. and V. θύελλα, ἡ, τῡφώς, ὁ, V. χεῖμα, τό ; see storm.
subs.
Ar. and P. πρηστήρ, ὁ (Xen.). Ar. and V. θύελλα, ἡ, τῡφώς, ὁ, V. χεῖμα, τό ; see storm.
WHIRLWIND
turbo (violent and destructive): vortex (less violent).
turbo (violent and destructive): vortex (less violent).
whirlwind:
1. turbo, ĭnis, m.: wind driven round and circling round the same place is a w., ventus circumactus et eundem ambiens locum turbo est, Sen. Q. N. 5, 13: I who amid w.s and waves had steered the ship of the state, qui in turbinibus ac fluctibus rei publicae navem gubernassem, Cic. Pis. 9, 20.
2. vortex, ĭcis, m.: they were swept round and beaten down by the w., vortice intorti affligebantur, Liv. 21, 58.
3. prester, ēris, m.: what the Greeks called fiery w.s from their nature, presteras Graii quos ab re nominitarunt, Lucr. 6, 423: a "prester" is a fiery w., prester igneus est turbo, Sen. Q. N. 5, 13.
1. turbo, ĭnis, m.: wind driven round and circling round the same place is a w., ventus circumactus et eundem ambiens locum turbo est, Sen. Q. N. 5, 13: I who amid w.s and waves had steered the ship of the state, qui in turbinibus ac fluctibus rei publicae navem gubernassem, Cic. Pis. 9, 20.
2. vortex, ĭcis, m.: they were swept round and beaten down by the w., vortice intorti affligebantur, Liv. 21, 58.
3. prester, ēris, m.: what the Greeks called fiery w.s from their nature, presteras Graii quos ab re nominitarunt, Lucr. 6, 423: a "prester" is a fiery w., prester igneus est turbo, Sen. Q. N. 5, 13.