bridalbed

tŏrus, i, m. (also tŏrum, i, n., Varr. ap. Non. 11, 14; Lact. 6, 23, 15) [for storus; root ster-, stra-, of sterno, stramen; Gr. storennumi, to spread, scatter], prop., a round, swelling, or bulging place, an elevation, protuberance, prominence; hence,

A knot, bulge: (funis) Cato, R. R. 135, 4:

funiculorum,

Col. 11, 3, 6; cf.:

vitis toris ad arborem religetur,

id. 5, 6, 25:

firmi vitis,

id. Arb. 16, 4.—

The muscular or fleshy part, the muscle, brawn of animal bodies (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): o lacertorum tori! Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 22; Ov. M. 2, 854; 9, 82; 12, 402; 14, 283; 15, 230; id. H. 9, 60:

leo gaudet comantes Excutiens cervice toros,

Verg. A. 12, 7:

luxuriatque toris animosum pectus,

id. G. 3, 81; Plin. 18, 7, 18, § 78; Sen. Hippol. 1042; Val. Fl. 4, 245; Tac. Or. 21:

venarum tori,

varicose dilatations of the veins, Cels. 7, 18 fin. —

Transf., the bulge, thickness of trees:

utile toros futuri draconis pasci,

Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 211; cf.:

(asparagus) in toros striatur,

id. 19, 8, 42, § 146; App. Flor. p. 363, 31.—

A raised ornament, a knot, on a garland;

trop., of language: isque (stilus mediocris) uno tenore fluit, aut addit aliquos, ut in coronā, toros omnemque orationem ornamentis modicis verborum sententiarumque distinguit,

Cic. Or. 6, 21.—

A bolster, cushion, so named from its protuberances; hence, a couch, sofa, bed (mostly poet.;

syn.: stratum, lectus): antiquis torus e stramento erat, qualiter etiam nunc in castris,

Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 193:

viridante toro consederat herbae,

Verg. A. 5, 388; cf.:

praebuit herba torum,

Ov. H. 5, 14; id. M. 8, 655:

datque torum caespes,

id. ib. 10, 556:

gramine vestitis accubuere toris,

id. F. 1, 402:

silvestrem montana torum cum sterneret uxor Frondibus,

Juv. 6, 5:

discumbere toris,

Ov. M. 8, 565.—So of a sofa:

toro sic orsus ab alto,

Verg. A. 2, 2; Ov. M. 12, 579.—Of a bed:

ambierantque torum,

Ov. M. 7, 332:

concutiuntque torum de molli fluminis ulvā Impositum lecto,

id. ib. 8, 655:

ebeno sublimis in atrā,

id. ib. 11, 610; Suet. Aug. 73. — Of a corpse-bed, Ov. M. 9, 503; id. F. 6, 668:

membra toro defleta reponunt,

Verg. A. 6, 220.—Of a bridalbed, Ov. M. 6, 431:

(lectica) sive illa toro resupina feretur,

Ov. A. A. 1, 487; cf. Becker, Gallus, 2, p. 240 (2d ed.).—

Transf., like thalamus, as a designation for marriage:

Deucalion... Cum consorte tori,

with his consort, spouse, Ov. M. 1, 319; cf.:

socia tori,

id. ib. 1, 620; so id. ib. 7, 91; 7, 332; id. F. 3, 511; id. P. 3, 3, 50; id. H. 2, 41:

genialis,

Tac. A. 15, 37; Val. Max. 2, 6, 14:

obscenus,

i. e. illicit connection, Ov. Tr. 2, 378; cf.

illiciti (with stupra),

Sen. Hippol. 97:

receptus in torum,

Plin. 34, 2, 6, § 12.—Hence, also, for a mistress:

torum donare alicui,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 87.—

An elevation, bank of earth:

riparum,

Verg. A. 6, 674; Stat. Th. 4, 819:

pulvinorum,

Plin. 19, 4, 20, § 60; 22, 22, 34, § 76.—

In architecture, a large, round moulding at the base of a column, a torus, Vitr. 3, 3, 8.

tŏrus, i, m. (also tŏrum, i, n., Varr. ap. Non. 11, 14; Lact. 6, 23, 15) [for storus; root ster-, stra-, of sterno, stramen; Gr. storennumi, to spread, scatter], prop., a round, swelling, or bulging place, an elevation, protuberance, prominence; hence,

A knot, bulge: (funis) Cato, R. R. 135, 4:

funiculorum,

Col. 11, 3, 6; cf.:

vitis toris ad arborem religetur,

id. 5, 6, 25:

firmi vitis,

id. Arb. 16, 4.—

The muscular or fleshy part, the muscle, brawn of animal bodies (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): o lacertorum tori! Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 22; Ov. M. 2, 854; 9, 82; 12, 402; 14, 283; 15, 230; id. H. 9, 60:

leo gaudet comantes Excutiens cervice toros,

Verg. A. 12, 7:

luxuriatque toris animosum pectus,

id. G. 3, 81; Plin. 18, 7, 18, § 78; Sen. Hippol. 1042; Val. Fl. 4, 245; Tac. Or. 21:

venarum tori,

varicose dilatations of the veins, Cels. 7, 18 fin. —

Transf., the bulge, thickness of trees:

utile toros futuri draconis pasci,

Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 211; cf.:

(asparagus) in toros striatur,

id. 19, 8, 42, § 146; App. Flor. p. 363, 31.—

A raised ornament, a knot, on a garland;

trop., of language: isque (stilus mediocris) uno tenore fluit, aut addit aliquos, ut in coronā, toros omnemque orationem ornamentis modicis verborum sententiarumque distinguit,

Cic. Or. 6, 21.—

A bolster, cushion, so named from its protuberances; hence, a couch, sofa, bed (mostly poet.;

syn.: stratum, lectus): antiquis torus e stramento erat, qualiter etiam nunc in castris,

Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 193:

viridante toro consederat herbae,

Verg. A. 5, 388; cf.:

praebuit herba torum,

Ov. H. 5, 14; id. M. 8, 655:

datque torum caespes,

id. ib. 10, 556:

gramine vestitis accubuere toris,

id. F. 1, 402:

silvestrem montana torum cum sterneret uxor Frondibus,

Juv. 6, 5:

discumbere toris,

Ov. M. 8, 565.—So of a sofa:

toro sic orsus ab alto,

Verg. A. 2, 2; Ov. M. 12, 579.—Of a bed:

ambierantque torum,

Ov. M. 7, 332:

concutiuntque torum de molli fluminis ulvā Impositum lecto,

id. ib. 8, 655:

ebeno sublimis in atrā,

id. ib. 11, 610; Suet. Aug. 73. — Of a corpse-bed, Ov. M. 9, 503; id. F. 6, 668:

membra toro defleta reponunt,

Verg. A. 6, 220.—Of a bridalbed, Ov. M. 6, 431:

(lectica) sive illa toro resupina feretur,

Ov. A. A. 1, 487; cf. Becker, Gallus, 2, p. 240 (2d ed.).—

Transf., like thalamus, as a designation for marriage:

Deucalion... Cum consorte tori,

with his consort, spouse, Ov. M. 1, 319; cf.:

socia tori,

id. ib. 1, 620; so id. ib. 7, 91; 7, 332; id. F. 3, 511; id. P. 3, 3, 50; id. H. 2, 41:

genialis,

Tac. A. 15, 37; Val. Max. 2, 6, 14:

obscenus,

i. e. illicit connection, Ov. Tr. 2, 378; cf.

illiciti (with stupra),

Sen. Hippol. 97:

receptus in torum,

Plin. 34, 2, 6, § 12.—Hence, also, for a mistress:

torum donare alicui,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 87.—

An elevation, bank of earth:

riparum,

Verg. A. 6, 674; Stat. Th. 4, 819:

pulvinorum,

Plin. 19, 4, 20, § 60; 22, 22, 34, § 76.—

In architecture, a large, round moulding at the base of a column, a torus, Vitr. 3, 3, 8.