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1 rota
rŏta, ae, f. [kindred with Sanscr. ratha, chariot, and Germ. Rad (cf.rotundus), wheel], a wheel.I.Lit.:2.pro rotā me uti licet,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 9; cf.:vorsutior es quam rota figularis,
id. Ep. 3, 2, 35:orbes rotarum,
Lucr. 6, 551; Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52:axes rotarum,
id. 16, 43, 84, § 229:radiata,
Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 15:aurea curvatura summae rotae, Ov M. 2, 108: aquaria,
Cato, R. R. 11, 3: ne currente rotā funis eat retro, while the wheel (in a hoisting machine) hurries forward, Hor. C. 3, 10, 10 et saep.—In partic.a.A potter ' s wheel (cf. supra, figularis):b.amphora coepit Institui: currente rotā cur urceus exit?
Hor. A. P. 22; so,Cumana,
Tib. 2, 3, 48:Aristarchus invenit rotam figuli, cujus circuitu vasa formantur,
Sen. Ep. 90, 31.—A wheel for torture (trochos, among the Greeks):c.in rotam beatam vitam non escendere,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 24:cervicem circumactu rotae frangere,
Sen. Ep. 70, 23; App. M. 3, p. 133; 10, p. 243; Sen. Herc. Oet. 1011.— Ixion ' s wheel, Tib. 1, 3, 74; Verg. G. 4, 484; id. A. 6, 616; Sen. Herc. Fur. 750 et saep.—A roller:B.aliquid subjectis rotis traicere,
Front. 1, 5, 7:propellere,
Tac. H. 4, 23; Vitr. 10, 13, 2.—Poet., transf.1.(Pars pro toto.) A car, chariot: si rota defuerit, tu pede carpe viam, Ov.A. A. 2,230; cf. (opp. pedibus) id. M. 1, 448; so Prop. 1, 2, 20; 2, 25 (3, 20), 26;2.4 (5), 10, 42: subdiderat rotas,
Verg. A. 12, 675; Ov. M. 2, 139; 312; 3, 150. —Of the span of horses:Cynthia fraternis afflata rotis,
Sil. 4, 483.—Of things in the shape of a wheel or disk.a.The disk of the sun:b.solis rota,
Lucr. 5, 432; 564; cf.:flammea Phoebi,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1022; and simply rota, Enn. ap. Isid. Orig. 18, 36 fin.; Val. Fl. 3, 559.—A kind of sea-fish, Plin. 9, 4, 3, § 8; 32, 11, 53, § 144.—II.Trop., a wheel:fortunae rotam pertimescere,
i. e. fickleness, inconstancy, Cic. Pis. 10, 22; cf.:versatur celeri Fors levis orbe rotae,
Tib. 1, 5, 70; Prop. 2, 8, 8 (10); Tac. Or. 23; Amm. 26, 8, 13.— Poet.:imparibus vecta Thalia rotis,
i. e. in elegiac metre, Ov. A. A. 1, 264; so,disparibus (elegorum) rotis,
id. P. 3, 4, 86: jactor, crucior, agitor, stimulor, vorsor in amoris rotā miser, on the rack of love (cf. I. A. 2. b. supra), Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 4. -
2 rota
rota ae, f [2 AR-], a wheel: aurea summae Curvatura rotae, O.: Ne currente retro funis eat rotā, while the wheel hurries forward, H.— A potter's wheel: currente rotā cur urceus exit? H.— A wheel for torture: in rotam beatam vitam non escendere: Ixionii rota orbis, V.— A car, chariot: Si rota defuerit, tu pede carpe viam, O.: Subdiderat rotas, V.: croceis invecta rotis Aurora, O.— Fig., a wheel: fortunae, i. e. fickleness: imparibus vecta Thalia rotis, i. e. in elegiac metre, O.: disparibus (elegorum) rotis, O.* * *
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