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coil of flame

  • 1 vertex

    vertex ( vortex; cf. Quint. 1, 7, 25 The archaic form vortex was already disused in Cicero's time; cf. Ribbeck, Prol. Verg. 436 sq.; id. G. 1, 481 n. Wagn. The grammarian Caper distinguishes thus: vortex fluminis est, vertex capitis; but this distinction was unknown in the class. per.; v. Charis. p. 68), ĭcis, m. [verto].
    I.
    A whirl, eddy, whirlpool, vortex: secundo modo dicitur proprium inter plura, quae sunt ejusdem nominis, id, unde cetera ducta sunt: ut vertex est contorta in se aqua vel quicquid aliud similiter vertitur: inde propter flexum capillorum pars summa capitis;

    ex hoc id, quod in montibus eminentissimum. Recte dixeris haec omnia vertices, proprie tamen, unde initium est,

    Quint. 8, 2, 7:

    ut aquae circumlatae in se sorbeantur et vorticem efficiant,

    Sen. Q. N. 5, 13, 2:

    torto vertice torrens,

    Verg. A. 7, 567:

    illam... rapidus vorat aequore vertex,

    id. ib. 1, 117:

    (flumen) minores volvere vertices,

    Hor. C. 2, 9, 22; Ov. M. 5, 587; 8, 556; 9, 106; id. F. 6, 502; Sil. 4, 230:

    citatior solito amnis transverso vertice dolia inpulit ad ripam,

    Liv. 23, 19, 11; 28, 30, 11; Curt. 6, 13, 16.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    amoris,

    Cat. 68, 107:

    officiorum,

    Sen. Ep. 82, 2:

    quā medius pugnae vocat agmina vertex,

    Sil. 4, 230.—
    II.
    An eddy of wind or flame, a whirlwind, coil of flame:

    (venti) interdum vertice torto Corripiunt rapideque rotanti turbine portant,

    Lucr. 1, 293; 6, 444; Liv. 21, 58, 3:

    extemplo cadit igneus ille Vertex,

    Lucr. 6, 298; Verg. A. 12, 673; cf.:

    ventus saepius in se volutatur, similemque illis, quas diximus converti aquas, facit vorticem,

    Sen. Q. N. 5, 13, 2. —
    III.
    The top or crown of the head.
    A.
    Lit.:

    ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 4; Plin. 11, 37, 48, § 132; Hor. C. 1, 1, 36; Ov. M. 12, 288; 2, 712; id. P. 3, 8, 12; Quint. 8, 2, 7; 1, 11, 10.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    The head ( poet.) Cat. 64, 63; 64, 310:

    toto vertice supra est,

    Verg. A. 7, 784:

    nudus,

    id. ib. 11, 642:

    moribundus,

    Ov. M. 5, 84:

    intonsus,

    Stat. Th. 6, 607; Val. Fl. 4, 307.—
    2.
    The pole of the heavens, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 41, 105; id. Rep. 6, 20, 21; Verg. G. 1, 242. —
    3.
    The highest point, top, peak, summit of a mountain, house, tree, etc.:

    ignes, qui ex Aetnae vertice erumpunt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 106; Quint. 8, 3, 48; Lucr. 6, 467; Tib. 1, 7, 15; Ov. M. 1. 316; 13, 911; Petr. poët. 122; 134 fin.; Curt. 8, 3, 26:

    in Erycino vertice,

    Verg. A. 5, 759; Val. Fl. 1, 700:

    arcis,

    Lucr. 6, 750:

    domus,

    Mart. 8, 36, 11; cf. Hor. C. 4, 11, 12:

    theatri,

    Mart. 10, 19, 7:

    quercūs,

    Verg. A. 3, 679:

    pinūs,

    Ov. M. 10, 103.—Hence, a vertice, from above, down from above, Verg. G. 2, 310; id. A. 1, 114; 5, 444.—
    b.
    Trop., the highest, uttermost, greatest ( poet.):

    dolorum anxiferi vertices, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 21: principiorum,

    the highest officers, Amm. 15, 5, 16:

    Alexandria enim vertex omnium est civitatum,

    id. 22, 16, 7.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > vertex

  • 2 vertex (vortex)

        vertex (vortex) icis, m    [VERT-], a whirl, eddy, whirlpool, vortex: torto vertice torrens, V.: (flumen) minores volvere vertices, H.: sine vertice aquae euntes, O.: amnis transverso vertice dolia inpulit ad ripam, L.— A whirlwind: contra (ventum) enitentes vertice intorti adfligebantur, L.— Of flame, a coil, whorl: flammis inter tabulata volutus Ad caelum undabat vertex, V.—The highest point, top, peak, summit: ignes, qui ex Aetnae vertice erumpunt: flammae rotantes Vertice fumum, H.: a vertice, from above, V.—Of the head, the top, crown: ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum: talos a vertice pulcher ad imos, H.: toto vertice supra est, by the head, V.: moribundus, O.— The pole: caeli vertices ipsi: Hic vertex nobis semper sublimis, V.—The highest, greatest (poet.): dolorum vertices.

    Latin-English dictionary > vertex (vortex)

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