of+whirling+round

turbo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. ( fut. perf. turbassit, for turbaverit, Cic. Leg. 3, 4; al. turbassitur) [turba], to disturb, agitate, confuse, disorder; to throw into disorder or confusion (freq. and class.; syn.: confundo, misceo, agito).

Lit.:

ventorum vi agitari atque turbari mare,

Cic. Clu. 49, 138:

aequora ventis,

Lucr. 2, 1:

hibernum mare,

Hor. Epod. 15, 8; Ov. M. 7, 154; 14, 545 al.:

eversae turbant convivia mensae,

id. ib. 12, 222; cf. in a poet. transf.:

ancipiti quoniam bello turbatur utrimque,

Lucr. 6, 377:

ne comae turbarentur, quas componi vetuit,

Quint. 11, 3, 148:

ne turbet toga mota capillos,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 75:

capillos,

id. M. 8, 859; id. Am. 3, 14, 33; cf.

in a Greek construction: turbata capillos,

id. M. 4, 474:

ceram,

the seal, Quint. 12, 8, 13:

uvae recentes alvum turbant,

Plin. 23, 1, 6, § 10.— Absol.:

instat, turbatque ruitque,

Ov. M. 12, 134.—Reflex.:

cum mare turbaret (sc. se),

Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 7 Schneid. ad loc. (al. turbaretur).—

In partic.

Milit. t. t., to throw into disorder, break the line of battle, disorganize:

equitatus turbaverat ordines,

Liv. 3, 70, 9:

aciem peditum,

id. 30, 18, 10.— Absol.:

equites eruptione factā in agmen modice primo impetu turbavere,

Liv. 38, 13, 12:

turbantibus invicem copiis,

Flor. 4, 2, 49:

hic rem Romanam, magno turbante tumultu, sistet,

Verg. A. 6, 857.—

Of water, to trouble, make thick or turbid:

lacus,

Ov. M. 6, 364:

fons quem nulla volucris turbarat,

id. ib. 3, 410:

flumen imbre,

id. ib. 13, 889:

limo aquam,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 60:

aquas lacrimis,

Ov. M. 3, 475; cf.:

pulvis sputo turbatus,

Petr. 131.—

Trop.:

non modo illa permiscuit, sed etiam delectum atque ordinem turbavit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 50, § 123:

qui omnia inflma summis paria fecit, turbavit, miscuit,

id. Leg. 3, 9, 19:

Aristoteles quoque multa turbat, a magistro Platone non dissentiens,

id. N. D. 1, 13, 33:

quantas res turbo!

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 1:

quas meus filius turbas turbet,

id. Bacch. 4, 9, 1; cf.:

quae meus filius turbavit,

id. ib. 5, 1, 5; id. Cas. 5, 2, 6:

ne quid ille turbet vide,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 7, § 24:

haec, quae in re publicā turbantur,

id. ib. 3, 9, 3:

cum dies alicui nobilium dicta novis semper certaminibus contiones turbaret,

Liv. 3, 66, 2: ne incertā prole auspicia turbarentur, id. 4, 6, 2:

milites nihil in commune turbantes,

Tac. H. 1, 85:

turbantur (testes),

Quint. 5, 7, 11; cf. id. 4, 5, 6; 5, 14, 29; 10, 7, 6:

spem pacis,

Liv. 2, 16, 5.— Absol.: Ph. Ea nos perturbat. Pa. Dum ne reducam, turbent porro, quam velint, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 12 (cf. I. B. 1. supra):

repente turbare Fortuna coepit,

Tac. A. 4, 1:

si una alterave civitas turbet,

id. ib. 3, 47: M. Servilius postquam, ut coeperat, omnibus in rebus turbarat, i. e. had deranged all his affairs, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 2.— Impers. pass.:

nescio quid absente nobis turbatum'st domi,

Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 7:

totis Usque adeo turbatur agris,

Verg. E. 1, 12:

si in Hispaniā turbatum esset,

Cic. Sull. 20, 57.—Hence, turbātus, a, um, P. a., troubled, disturbed, disordered, agitated, excited.

Lit.:

turbatius mare ingressus,

more stormy, Suet. Calig. 23:

turbatius caelum,

id. Tib. 69.—

Trop.:

hostes inopinato malo turbati,

Caes. B. C. 2, 12:

oculis simul ac mente turbatus,

Liv. 7, 26, 5:

turbatus religione simul ac periculo,

Suet. Ner. 19; cf.:

turbatus animi,

Sil. 14, 678:

placare voluntates turbatas,

Cic. Planc. 4, 11: seditionibus omnia turbata sunt, Sall. Or. Phil. contr. Lepid. 1:

turbata cum Romanis pax,

Just. 18, 2, 10:

omnia soluta, turbata atque etiam in contrarium versa,

Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 7; cf.:

quae si confusa, turbata, permixta sunt, etc.,

id. ib. 9, 5, 3.—Hence, adv.: turbātē, confusedly, disorderly:

aguntur omnia raptim atque turbate,

in confusion, Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 1.

turbo, ĭnis, m. (collat. form tur-ben, ĭnis, n., Tib. 1, 5, 3; id. ap. Charis. p. 118 P.; gen. turbonis, Caes. ib.) [1. turbo], that which spins or twirls round (cf. vertex).

A whirlwind, hurricane, tornado: ventus circumactus et eundem ambiens locum et se ipse vertigine concitans turbo est. Qui si pugnacior est ac diutius volutatur, inflammatur, et efficit, quem prêstêra Graeci vocant:

hic est igneus turbo,

Sen. Q. N. 5, 13, 3:

falsum est faces et trabes turbine exprimi,

id. ib. 7, 5, 1; 2, 22, 2; id. Ep. 109, 18:

procellae, turbines,

Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 51; cf.: saevi exsistunt turbines, Pac. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 39, 157 (Trag. Rel. p. 111 Rib.); Enn. ap. Schol. Vat. ad Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 4 (Ann. v. 553 Vahl.):

venti vis rapido percurrens turbine campos,

Lucr. 1, 273; cf. id. 1, 279; 1, 294; 5, 217; Ov. M. 6, 310:

senatus decrevit, ut Minerva, quam turbo dejecerat, restitueretur,

Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 1:

turbo aut subita tempestas,

id. Cael. 32, 79:

pulvis collectus turbine,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 31:

venti rotanti turbine portant,

Lucr. 1, 294:

ita turbine nigro Ferret hiemps,

Verg. G. 1, 320:

venti ruunt et terras turbine perflant,

id. A. 1, 83:

accendi turbine quodam aëris,

Sen. Q. N. 7, 4, 1.—In apposition with ventus:

exoritur ventus turbo,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 47:

circumstabant navem turbines venti,

id. Trin. 4, 1, 16.—

Trop., whirlwind, storm, etc.:

qui in maximis turbinibus ac fluctibus rei publicae navem gubernassem,

Cic. Pis. 9, 20:

tu, procella patriae, turbo ac tempestas pacis atque otii,

id. Dom. 53, 137:

ego te in medio versantem turbine leti Eripui,

Cat. 64, 149:

cum illi soli essent duo rei publicae turbines,

Cic. Sest. 11, 25:

miserae mentis,

Ov. Am. 2, 9, 28:

miserarum rerum,

id. M. 7, 614:

nescio quo miserae turbine mentis agor,

id. Am. 2, 9, 28:

Gradivi,

i. e. tumult of war, Sil. 11, 101:

virtutem turbine nullo Fortuna excutiet tibi,

Luc. 2, 243:

horum mala, turbo quīs rerum imminet,

Sen. Agam. 196.—

Lit., a spinning-top, whipping-top, Verg. A. 7, 378 sq.; Tib. 1, 5, 3.—

Transf., of things that have the shape or whirling motion of a top, as a reel, whirl, spindle, etc., Cic. Fat. 18, 42; Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 449; Hor. Epod. 17, 7; Cat. 64, 315; Ov. M. 1, 336; Plin. 2, 10, 7, § 47; 9, 36, 61, § 130; 27, 4, 5, § 14; 36, 13, 19, § 90; 37, 4, 15, § 56.—

A whirling motion, a whirl, twirl, twist, rotation, revolution, a round, circle (mostly poet.):

cum caeli turbine ferri,

Lucr. 5, 624:

lunae,

id. 5, 632:

ignium,

id. 6, 640; cf. Verg. A. 3, 573:

teli (contorti),

id. ib. 6, 594; cf. id. ib. 11, 284; Luc. 3, 465; Sil. 4, 542:

saxi,

whirling force, circular hurling, Verg. A. 12, 531:

serpentis,

i. e. the coiling, Sil. 3, 191:

Aegaeus,

whirlpool, vortex, Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 287; so, rapax, Stat [p. 1918] Th. 4, 813:

verterit hunc (servum in emancipatione) dominus, momento turbinis exit Marcus Dama,

i. e. of whirling round, Pers. 5, 78: militiae turbine factus eques, i. e. through the round of military gradation or promotion, Ov. Am. 3, 15, 6:

vulgi,

i. e. a throng, crowd, Claud. II. Cons. Stil. 200.

Turbo, ōnis, m., the name of a gladiator, Hor. S. 2, 3, 310.

turbo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. ( fut. perf. turbassit, for turbaverit, Cic. Leg. 3, 4; al. turbassitur) [turba], to disturb, agitate, confuse, disorder; to throw into disorder or confusion (freq. and class.; syn.: confundo, misceo, agito).

Lit.:

ventorum vi agitari atque turbari mare,

Cic. Clu. 49, 138:

aequora ventis,

Lucr. 2, 1:

hibernum mare,

Hor. Epod. 15, 8; Ov. M. 7, 154; 14, 545 al.:

eversae turbant convivia mensae,

id. ib. 12, 222; cf. in a poet. transf.:

ancipiti quoniam bello turbatur utrimque,

Lucr. 6, 377:

ne comae turbarentur, quas componi vetuit,

Quint. 11, 3, 148:

ne turbet toga mota capillos,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 75:

capillos,

id. M. 8, 859; id. Am. 3, 14, 33; cf.

in a Greek construction: turbata capillos,

id. M. 4, 474:

ceram,

the seal, Quint. 12, 8, 13:

uvae recentes alvum turbant,

Plin. 23, 1, 6, § 10.— Absol.:

instat, turbatque ruitque,

Ov. M. 12, 134.—Reflex.:

cum mare turbaret (sc. se),

Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 7 Schneid. ad loc. (al. turbaretur).—

In partic.

Milit. t. t., to throw into disorder, break the line of battle, disorganize:

equitatus turbaverat ordines,

Liv. 3, 70, 9:

aciem peditum,

id. 30, 18, 10.— Absol.:

equites eruptione factā in agmen modice primo impetu turbavere,

Liv. 38, 13, 12:

turbantibus invicem copiis,

Flor. 4, 2, 49:

hic rem Romanam, magno turbante tumultu, sistet,

Verg. A. 6, 857.—

Of water, to trouble, make thick or turbid:

lacus,

Ov. M. 6, 364:

fons quem nulla volucris turbarat,

id. ib. 3, 410:

flumen imbre,

id. ib. 13, 889:

limo aquam,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 60:

aquas lacrimis,

Ov. M. 3, 475; cf.:

pulvis sputo turbatus,

Petr. 131.—

Trop.:

non modo illa permiscuit, sed etiam delectum atque ordinem turbavit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 50, § 123:

qui omnia inflma summis paria fecit, turbavit, miscuit,

id. Leg. 3, 9, 19:

Aristoteles quoque multa turbat, a magistro Platone non dissentiens,

id. N. D. 1, 13, 33:

quantas res turbo!

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 1:

quas meus filius turbas turbet,

id. Bacch. 4, 9, 1; cf.:

quae meus filius turbavit,

id. ib. 5, 1, 5; id. Cas. 5, 2, 6:

ne quid ille turbet vide,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 7, § 24:

haec, quae in re publicā turbantur,

id. ib. 3, 9, 3:

cum dies alicui nobilium dicta novis semper certaminibus contiones turbaret,

Liv. 3, 66, 2: ne incertā prole auspicia turbarentur, id. 4, 6, 2:

milites nihil in commune turbantes,

Tac. H. 1, 85:

turbantur (testes),

Quint. 5, 7, 11; cf. id. 4, 5, 6; 5, 14, 29; 10, 7, 6:

spem pacis,

Liv. 2, 16, 5.— Absol.: Ph. Ea nos perturbat. Pa. Dum ne reducam, turbent porro, quam velint, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 12 (cf. I. B. 1. supra):

repente turbare Fortuna coepit,

Tac. A. 4, 1:

si una alterave civitas turbet,

id. ib. 3, 47: M. Servilius postquam, ut coeperat, omnibus in rebus turbarat, i. e. had deranged all his affairs, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 2.— Impers. pass.:

nescio quid absente nobis turbatum'st domi,

Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 7:

totis Usque adeo turbatur agris,

Verg. E. 1, 12:

si in Hispaniā turbatum esset,

Cic. Sull. 20, 57.—Hence, turbātus, a, um, P. a., troubled, disturbed, disordered, agitated, excited.

Lit.:

turbatius mare ingressus,

more stormy, Suet. Calig. 23:

turbatius caelum,

id. Tib. 69.—

Trop.:

hostes inopinato malo turbati,

Caes. B. C. 2, 12:

oculis simul ac mente turbatus,

Liv. 7, 26, 5:

turbatus religione simul ac periculo,

Suet. Ner. 19; cf.:

turbatus animi,

Sil. 14, 678:

placare voluntates turbatas,

Cic. Planc. 4, 11: seditionibus omnia turbata sunt, Sall. Or. Phil. contr. Lepid. 1:

turbata cum Romanis pax,

Just. 18, 2, 10:

omnia soluta, turbata atque etiam in contrarium versa,

Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 7; cf.:

quae si confusa, turbata, permixta sunt, etc.,

id. ib. 9, 5, 3.—Hence, adv.: turbātē, confusedly, disorderly:

aguntur omnia raptim atque turbate,

in confusion, Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 1.

turbo, ĭnis, m. (collat. form tur-ben, ĭnis, n., Tib. 1, 5, 3; id. ap. Charis. p. 118 P.; gen. turbonis, Caes. ib.) [1. turbo], that which spins or twirls round (cf. vertex).

A whirlwind, hurricane, tornado: ventus circumactus et eundem ambiens locum et se ipse vertigine concitans turbo est. Qui si pugnacior est ac diutius volutatur, inflammatur, et efficit, quem prêstêra Graeci vocant:

hic est igneus turbo,

Sen. Q. N. 5, 13, 3:

falsum est faces et trabes turbine exprimi,

id. ib. 7, 5, 1; 2, 22, 2; id. Ep. 109, 18:

procellae, turbines,

Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 51; cf.: saevi exsistunt turbines, Pac. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 39, 157 (Trag. Rel. p. 111 Rib.); Enn. ap. Schol. Vat. ad Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 4 (Ann. v. 553 Vahl.):

venti vis rapido percurrens turbine campos,

Lucr. 1, 273; cf. id. 1, 279; 1, 294; 5, 217; Ov. M. 6, 310:

senatus decrevit, ut Minerva, quam turbo dejecerat, restitueretur,

Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 1:

turbo aut subita tempestas,

id. Cael. 32, 79:

pulvis collectus turbine,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 31:

venti rotanti turbine portant,

Lucr. 1, 294:

ita turbine nigro Ferret hiemps,

Verg. G. 1, 320:

venti ruunt et terras turbine perflant,

id. A. 1, 83:

accendi turbine quodam aëris,

Sen. Q. N. 7, 4, 1.—In apposition with ventus:

exoritur ventus turbo,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 47:

circumstabant navem turbines venti,

id. Trin. 4, 1, 16.—

Trop., whirlwind, storm, etc.:

qui in maximis turbinibus ac fluctibus rei publicae navem gubernassem,

Cic. Pis. 9, 20:

tu, procella patriae, turbo ac tempestas pacis atque otii,

id. Dom. 53, 137:

ego te in medio versantem turbine leti Eripui,

Cat. 64, 149:

cum illi soli essent duo rei publicae turbines,

Cic. Sest. 11, 25:

miserae mentis,

Ov. Am. 2, 9, 28:

miserarum rerum,

id. M. 7, 614:

nescio quo miserae turbine mentis agor,

id. Am. 2, 9, 28:

Gradivi,

i. e. tumult of war, Sil. 11, 101:

virtutem turbine nullo Fortuna excutiet tibi,

Luc. 2, 243:

horum mala, turbo quīs rerum imminet,

Sen. Agam. 196.—

Lit., a spinning-top, whipping-top, Verg. A. 7, 378 sq.; Tib. 1, 5, 3.—

Transf., of things that have the shape or whirling motion of a top, as a reel, whirl, spindle, etc., Cic. Fat. 18, 42; Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 449; Hor. Epod. 17, 7; Cat. 64, 315; Ov. M. 1, 336; Plin. 2, 10, 7, § 47; 9, 36, 61, § 130; 27, 4, 5, § 14; 36, 13, 19, § 90; 37, 4, 15, § 56.—

A whirling motion, a whirl, twirl, twist, rotation, revolution, a round, circle (mostly poet.):

cum caeli turbine ferri,

Lucr. 5, 624:

lunae,

id. 5, 632:

ignium,

id. 6, 640; cf. Verg. A. 3, 573:

teli (contorti),

id. ib. 6, 594; cf. id. ib. 11, 284; Luc. 3, 465; Sil. 4, 542:

saxi,

whirling force, circular hurling, Verg. A. 12, 531:

serpentis,

i. e. the coiling, Sil. 3, 191:

Aegaeus,

whirlpool, vortex, Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 287; so, rapax, Stat [p. 1918] Th. 4, 813:

verterit hunc (servum in emancipatione) dominus, momento turbinis exit Marcus Dama,

i. e. of whirling round, Pers. 5, 78: militiae turbine factus eques, i. e. through the round of military gradation or promotion, Ov. Am. 3, 15, 6:

vulgi,

i. e. a throng, crowd, Claud. II. Cons. Stil. 200.

Turbo, ōnis, m., the name of a gladiator, Hor. S. 2, 3, 310.

vertīgo, ĭnis, f. [verto], a turning or whirling round (perh. not ante-Aug.).

Lit.:

assidua caeli,

Ov. M. 2, 70:

ponti,

id. ib. 11, 548:

venti,

Sen. Q. N. 5, 13, 3:

torti fili,

Luc. 6, 460:

rotarum,

Prud. Psych. 414:

assiduā vertigine rotare aliquem,

Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 150: quibus una Quiritem Vertigo facit, a turn, twirl of a slave in manumission, Pers. 5, 76.—

Transf., a whirling of the head, giddiness, dizziness, vertigo, Liv. 44, 6, 8; Plin. 20, 15, 57, § 161; 20, 17, 73, § 194; 25, 9, 70, § 117; 25, 11, 89, § 139 al.; Macr. S. 7, 9.—Of persons intoxicated, Juv. 6, 304.—

Trop., a revolution, change, alteration:

vertigine rerum Attoniti,

Luc. 8, 16.

contortĭo, ōnis, f. [contorqueo].

A whirling round:

dexterae,

Auct. Her. 4, [p. 452] 19, 26 fin. —

An intertwining, involving; intricacy, complication; of discourse, in the plur.: contortiones orationis, * Cic. Fat. 9, 17; Aug. Retract. 1, 50.

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rŏto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [rota].

Act., to turn a thing round like a wheel; to swing round, whirl about ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf. torqueo).

Lit.:

Learchum bis terque per auras More rotat fundae,

Ov. M. 4, 517; cf. id. ib. 9, 217; id. A. A. 2, 374:

jactare caput et comas excutientem rotare, fanaticum est,

Quint. 11, 3, 71:

sanguineos orbes (i. e. oculos),

to roll about, Val. Fl. 4, 235: ensem fulmineum, to brandish (in order to add force to the blow), Verg. A. 9, 441:

telum,

Liv. 42, 65, 10:

telum in ora loquentis,

Stat. Th. 9, 802:

clipeum, Val Fl. 6, 551: saxa,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 6:

flammam (venti),

Lucr. 6, 202; cf.:

(venti) trudunt res ante rapidique rotanti turbine portant,

in a whirling tornado, id. 1, 295:

flammae fumum,

Hor. C. 4, 11, 11:

se in vulnus (ursa),

Luc. 6, 222:

conreptum rotatumque sternit,

Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 51.— Mid., to turn or go round in a circle, to roll round, revolve:

Tyrrheni greges circumque infraque rotantur,

Stat. Achill. 1, 56:

circum caput igne rotato,

Ov. M. 12, 296:

poterisne rotatis Obvius ire polis?

id. ib. 2, 74; cf.:

nivibus rotatis (with glomerari),

id. ib. 9, 221: sphaerico motu in orbem rotari, Macr Somn. Scip. 2, 14, 31.—

Trop.:

aut curtum sermone rotato Torqueat enthymema,

round, compact, concise, Juv. 6, 449:

sic ordinem fati rerum aeterna series rotat,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 35, 2.—

Neutr., = rotari, to turn or roll round, to revolve (very rare):

parte ex aliā, quā saxa rotantia late Impulerat torrens,

Verg. A. 10, 362 Serv. (cf.:

volventia plaustra,

id. G. 1, 163);

so of a peacock spreading its tail out like a wheel,

Col. 8, 11, 8.

vŏlūbĭlis, e, adj. [volvo], that is turned round or (more freq.) that turns itself round, turning, spinning, whirling, circling, rolling, revolving.

Lit.:

buxum,

i. e. a top, Verg. A. 7, 382:

caelum,

Cic. Univ. 6 fin.:

sol,

Prud. Cath. 3 praef.:

nexus (anguis),

Ov. M. 3, 41:

volubilis et rotundus deus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 17, 46:

figurae aquae,

Lucr. 3, 190:

procursus,

id. 2, 455:

aquae,

Hor. C. 4, 1, 40; cf.:

labitur (sc. amnis), et labetur in omne volubilis aevum,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 43:

aurum,

i. e. the golden apple, Ov. M. 10, 667; cf. id. H. 20, 209:

electrum,

Plin. 37, 3, 11, § 42:

pila,

App. M. 2, p. 116.—

Trop.

Of speech, rapid, fluent, voluble (the figure taken from rolling waters):

vis volubilis orationis,

Auct. Her. 3, 14, 25:

oratio,

Cic. Brut. 28, 108:

rotunda volubilisque sententia,

Gell. 11, 13, 4.— Transf., of the speaker:

homo volubilis quādam praecipiti celeritate dicendi,

Cic. Fl. 20, 48; id. Brut. 27, 105; id. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 617 P.—

Of fate, changeable, mutable:

vaga volubilisque fortuna,

Cic. Mil. 26, 69; cf.:

cum videamus tot varietates tam volubili orbe circumagi,

Plin. Ep. 4, 24, 6:

fortunae volubiles casus,

Amm. 22, 1, 1:

volubilium casuum diritas,

id. 26, 1, 3.— Adv.: vŏlūbĭ-lĭter.

Swiftly rolling, spinning, Amm. 20, 11, 26; cf. Non. p. 4, 1.—

Trop., of speech, rapidly, fluently, volubly:

funditur numerose et volubiliter oratio,

Cic. Or. 62, 210.

vŏlūbĭlis, e, adj. [volvo], that is turned round or (more freq.) that turns itself round, turning, spinning, whirling, circling, rolling, revolving.

Lit.:

buxum,

i. e. a top, Verg. A. 7, 382:

caelum,

Cic. Univ. 6 fin.:

sol,

Prud. Cath. 3 praef.:

nexus (anguis),

Ov. M. 3, 41:

volubilis et rotundus deus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 17, 46:

figurae aquae,

Lucr. 3, 190:

procursus,

id. 2, 455:

aquae,

Hor. C. 4, 1, 40; cf.:

labitur (sc. amnis), et labetur in omne volubilis aevum,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 43:

aurum,

i. e. the golden apple, Ov. M. 10, 667; cf. id. H. 20, 209:

electrum,

Plin. 37, 3, 11, § 42:

pila,

App. M. 2, p. 116.—

Trop.

Of speech, rapid, fluent, voluble (the figure taken from rolling waters):

vis volubilis orationis,

Auct. Her. 3, 14, 25:

oratio,

Cic. Brut. 28, 108:

rotunda volubilisque sententia,

Gell. 11, 13, 4.— Transf., of the speaker:

homo volubilis quādam praecipiti celeritate dicendi,

Cic. Fl. 20, 48; id. Brut. 27, 105; id. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 617 P.—

Of fate, changeable, mutable:

vaga volubilisque fortuna,

Cic. Mil. 26, 69; cf.:

cum videamus tot varietates tam volubili orbe circumagi,

Plin. Ep. 4, 24, 6:

fortunae volubiles casus,

Amm. 22, 1, 1:

volubilium casuum diritas,

id. 26, 1, 3.— Adv.: vŏlūbĭ-lĭter.

Swiftly rolling, spinning, Amm. 20, 11, 26; cf. Non. p. 4, 1.—

Trop., of speech, rapidly, fluently, volubly:

funditur numerose et volubiliter oratio,

Cic. Or. 62, 210.

* * *

con-torquĕo, torsi, tortum (also -torsum, acc. to Prisc. 9, p. 871 P.), 2, v. a., to turn, twist, twirl, swing, whirl or brandish, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.

Of weapons, arms, etc. (mostly poet.):

telum contortum validis viribus,

Lucr. 1, 971; cf.:

hastam viribus,

Ov. M. 5, 32:

lenta spicula lacertis,

Verg. A. 7, 165:

hastile adducto lacerto,

id. ib. 11, 561:

cuspidem lacerto,

Ov. M. 8, 345:

valido sceptrum lacerto,

id. ib. 5, 422:

(hastile) certo contorquens dirigit ictu,

Verg. A. 12, 490:

sed magnum stridens contorta phalarica venit,

id. ib. 9, 705:

hastam In latus, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 52; Quint. 9, 4, 8:

telum in eum,

Curt. 8, 14, 36.—

Of other objects:

gubernaclum quolibet,

Lucr. 4, 904; cf.:

membra quocumque volt,

Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

tantum corpus,

Lucr. 4, 900:

globum eā celeritate, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 1, 10, 24; id. Arat. 61: equum magnā vi, Poët. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 9:

amnis in alium cursum contortos et deflexos videmus,

Cic. Div. 1, 19, 38:

proram ad laevas undas,

Verg. A. 3, 562:

silvas insano vortice,

whirling them round in its raging whirlpool, id. G. 1, 481; cf.

64, 107:

frementes aquas subitis verticibus,

Luc. 4, 102 Weber; cf. id. 3, 631; Sil. 3, 50:

an omnis tempestas aeque mare illud contorqueat,

Sen. Ep. 79, 1 al.:

vertex est contorta in se aqua,

Quint. 8, 2, 7:

nubila fumo,

Sil. 4, 309.—

Trop. (mostly in Cic. and of rhet. matters;

the metaphor taken from missiles which are brandished, that they may be discharged with greater force): (auditor) tamquam machinatione aliquā tum ad severitatem, tum ad remissionem animi est contorquendus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72.—So of discourse that is thrown out violently or forcibly, hurled:

Demosthenis non tam vibrarent fulmina illa, nisi numeris contorta ferrentur,

Cic. Or. 70, 234; cf. Quint. 10, 7, 14:

quam rhetorice! quam copiose! quas sententias colligit! quae verba contorquet! ( = summā vi et impetu profert),

hurls forth, Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63; cf.:

longas periodos uno spiritu,

Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 4:

deinde contorquent et ita concludunt, etc.,

twist the argument, Cic. Div. 2, 51, 106.— Hence, contortus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II.), of discourse.

Brandished, hurled, full of motion, powerful, vehement, energetic, strong (rare;

mostly in Cic.): contorta et acris oratio,

Cic. Or. 20, 66:

vis (orationis),

Quint. 10, 7, 14:

levibus mulcentur et contortis excitantur,

id. 9, 4, 116.—

Involved, intricate, obscure, perplexed, complicated:

contortae et difficiles res,

Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 250: contorta et aculeata quaedam sophismata, id. Ac. 2, 24, 75.— Adv.: con-tortē (acc. to II.), intricately, perplexedly:

dicere,

Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 29; Auct. Her. 1, 9, 15. —

* Comp.:

concluduntur a Stoicis,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 10, 22.— Sup. not in use.

vŏlūbĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [volubilis], a rapid [p. 2012] whirling motion.

Lit.:

mundi,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49; id. Fat. 19, 43; id. Univ. 10; Ov. F. 6, 271; App. Asclep. p. 100, 41.—

Transf., roundness, round form:

fracta capitis latissima,

Ov. M. 12, 434.—

Trop.

Of speech, rapidity, fluency, volubility:

linguae volubilitas,

Cic. Planc. 25, 62:

flumen aliis verborum volubilitasque cordi est,

id. Or. 16, 53; id. de Or. 1, 5, 17:

nimia vocis,

Quint. 11, 3, 52 (opp. tarditas); 10, 1, 8; Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 4.—

Of fate, changeableness, mutability:

quod temere fit caeco casu et volubilitate fortunae,

Cic. Div. 2, 6, 15; Plin. 37, 1, 2, § 3.