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  • 1 circumvolvo

    circumvolvere, circumvolvi, circumvolutus V TRANS
    roll/revolve round, twine/coil around; wind around (w/something)

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  • 2 evincio

    evincere, evinxi, evinctus V
    bind, bind up/around; wind around; wreathe round

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  • 3 circum-plicō

        circum-plicō āvī, ātus, āre,    to wind around: anguem vectis: belua circumplicata serpentibus.

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  • 4 ē-vinciō

        ē-vinciō nxī, nctus, īre,    to bind up, wind around: diademate caput, Ta. — Usu. P. pass.: evincti bracchia duces, fettered: viridi olivā, garlanded, V.: Puniceo suras cothurno, V.: vittā crinīs, O.: palmae, bound with the caestus, V.

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  • 5 circumlaqueo

    circumlaqueare, circumlaqueavi, circumlaqueatus V TRANS
    wind around; (like a noose)

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  • 6 circumlaqueo

    circum-lăquĕo, āre, v. a., to wind around, in tmesis cassem, Grat. Cyn 29.

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  • 7 torqueō

        torqueō (old inf. torquērier, H., Pr.), torsī, tortus, ēre    [TARC-], to turn, turn about, turn away, twist, bend, wind: cervices oculosque: ab obscenis sermonibus aurem, H.: ad sonitum vocis vestigia, V.: ferro capillos, i. e. curl, O.: stamina pollice, spin, O.: tenui praegnatem pollice fusum, Iu.: taxos in arcūs, bend, V.: tegumen torquens inmane leonis, wrapping about him, V.: cum terra circum axem se torqueat.—Poet.: torquet medios nox umida cursūs, i. e. has half-finished, V. — To whirl around, whirl, wield, brandish, fling with force, hurl: hastas lacertis: lapidem, H.: amnis torquet sonantia saxa, V.: in hunc hastam, O.: telum aurata ad tempora, V.: sibila, i. e. hiss, Pr.— To twist awry, misplace, turn aside, distort: quae (festinationes) cum fiant... ora torquentur: ora Tristia temptantum sensu (sapor) torquebit amaro, V.— To wrench on the rack, put to the rack, rack, torture: eculeo torqueri.—Fig., to twist, wrest, distort, turn, bend, direct: suam naturam huc et illuc: oratio ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas: verbo ac litterā ius omne.— To rack, torment, torture: te libidines torquent: mitto aurum coronarium, quod te diutissime torsit: equidem dies noctīsque torqueor: Torqueor, infesto ne vir ab hoste cadat, O.: Aeacus torquet umbras, examines, Iu.— To ply, put to the test: (reges) dicuntur torquere mero, quem perspexisse laborant, H.—Of speech, to hurl, fling: curvum sermone rotato enthymema, Iu.
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    torquere, torsi, tortus V
    turn, twist; hurl; torture; torment; bend, distort; spin, whirl; wind (round)

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  • 8 Flamen

    1.
    flāmen (also ‡

    FILAMEN,

    Inscr. Grut. 227, 6), mis, m. [same root with fla-gro, q. v.; lit., he who burns, sc. offerings, Corss. Ausspr. 1, 84, 146; cf. 2, 86 note; Momms. Röm. Gesch. 1, 155; and Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 301], a priest of one particular deity, a flamen (acc. to a false etym. of Varr. and Fest., v. infra, so called from the fillet which he wore around his head). Festus enumerates from the highest flamen, that of Jupiter, to the lowest, that of Pomona, fifteen of these priests;

    in the times of the emperors, the deified emperors and other deified persons also had their separate flamens assigned to them: flamines, quod in Latio capite velato erant semper, ac caput cinctum habebant filo, flamines dicti. Horum singuli cognomina habent ab eo deo, quoi sacra faciunt,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 84 Müll.: flamen Dialis dictus, quod filo assidue velatur, indeque appellatur flamen, quasi filamen, Paul. ex Fest. p. 87, 15 Müll.; cf. also Serv. Verg. A. 8, 664:

    maximae dignationis Flamen Dialis est inter quindecim flamines, et cum ceteri discrimina majestatis suae habeant, minimi habetur Pomonalis, quod Pomona levissimo fructui agrorum praesidit pomis,

    Fest. p. 154, 27 sq.; cf.

    Müll. Comm. ad h. l. p. 385, b: DIVIS ALIIS ALII SACERDOTES, OMNIBVS PONTIFICES, SINGVLIS FLAMINES SVNTO,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20:

    (Numa) flaminem Jovi assiduum sacerdotem creavit... huic duos flamines adjecit, Marti unum, alterum Quirino,

    Liv. 1, 20, 2; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 14; Aug. Civ. D. 2, 15; cf.

    also: est ergo flamen, ut Jovi, ut Marti, ut Quirino, sic divo Julio M. Antonius, etc.,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 110:

    Tiberius flamines sibi decerni prohibuit,

    Suet. Tib. 26; v. Gell. 10, 15:

    FLAMEN D. AVGVSTI,

    Inscr. Orell. 311; 488; cf.

    AVGVSTALIS,

    ib. 643; 2366:

    DIVI CLAVDII,

    ib. 2218; 3651:

    PERPETVVS NERONIS AVG.,

    ib. 2219:

    SALVTIS AVGVSTAE,

    ib. 1171:

    ROMAE,

    ib. 2183:

    flaminem prodere,

    Cic. Mil. 10, 27:

    inaugurare flaminem,

    Liv. 27, 8, 4.
    2.
    flāmen, ĭnis, n. [flo], = pneuma, a blowing, blast, esp. of wind ( poet., most freq. in the plur.; cf.: ventus, flatus, flabra, spiritus, aura).
    I.
    Lit.:

    cur Berecynthiae Cessant flamina tibiae?

    Hor. C. 3, 19, 19; Nemes. Ecl. 1, 16: aquilo suo cum flamine, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 424 ed. Vahl.):

    Borea, surdas flamine tunde fores,

    Ov. Am. 1, 6, 54:

    venti,

    Lucr. 1, 290:

    Cauri,

    id. 6, 135; cf. Verg. A. 10, 97.—
    II.
    Transf., concr., a gale, breeze, wind:

    ferunt sua flamina classem,

    Verg. A. 5, 832; Ov. F. 3, 599:

    flamina conticuere, jacet sine fluctibus aequor,

    Val. Fl. 3, 732.
    3.
    Flāmen, ĭnis, m., a surname in the gens Claudia, Liv. 27, 21, 5.

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  • 9 flamen

    1.
    flāmen (also ‡

    FILAMEN,

    Inscr. Grut. 227, 6), mis, m. [same root with fla-gro, q. v.; lit., he who burns, sc. offerings, Corss. Ausspr. 1, 84, 146; cf. 2, 86 note; Momms. Röm. Gesch. 1, 155; and Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 301], a priest of one particular deity, a flamen (acc. to a false etym. of Varr. and Fest., v. infra, so called from the fillet which he wore around his head). Festus enumerates from the highest flamen, that of Jupiter, to the lowest, that of Pomona, fifteen of these priests;

    in the times of the emperors, the deified emperors and other deified persons also had their separate flamens assigned to them: flamines, quod in Latio capite velato erant semper, ac caput cinctum habebant filo, flamines dicti. Horum singuli cognomina habent ab eo deo, quoi sacra faciunt,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 84 Müll.: flamen Dialis dictus, quod filo assidue velatur, indeque appellatur flamen, quasi filamen, Paul. ex Fest. p. 87, 15 Müll.; cf. also Serv. Verg. A. 8, 664:

    maximae dignationis Flamen Dialis est inter quindecim flamines, et cum ceteri discrimina majestatis suae habeant, minimi habetur Pomonalis, quod Pomona levissimo fructui agrorum praesidit pomis,

    Fest. p. 154, 27 sq.; cf.

    Müll. Comm. ad h. l. p. 385, b: DIVIS ALIIS ALII SACERDOTES, OMNIBVS PONTIFICES, SINGVLIS FLAMINES SVNTO,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20:

    (Numa) flaminem Jovi assiduum sacerdotem creavit... huic duos flamines adjecit, Marti unum, alterum Quirino,

    Liv. 1, 20, 2; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 14; Aug. Civ. D. 2, 15; cf.

    also: est ergo flamen, ut Jovi, ut Marti, ut Quirino, sic divo Julio M. Antonius, etc.,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 110:

    Tiberius flamines sibi decerni prohibuit,

    Suet. Tib. 26; v. Gell. 10, 15:

    FLAMEN D. AVGVSTI,

    Inscr. Orell. 311; 488; cf.

    AVGVSTALIS,

    ib. 643; 2366:

    DIVI CLAVDII,

    ib. 2218; 3651:

    PERPETVVS NERONIS AVG.,

    ib. 2219:

    SALVTIS AVGVSTAE,

    ib. 1171:

    ROMAE,

    ib. 2183:

    flaminem prodere,

    Cic. Mil. 10, 27:

    inaugurare flaminem,

    Liv. 27, 8, 4.
    2.
    flāmen, ĭnis, n. [flo], = pneuma, a blowing, blast, esp. of wind ( poet., most freq. in the plur.; cf.: ventus, flatus, flabra, spiritus, aura).
    I.
    Lit.:

    cur Berecynthiae Cessant flamina tibiae?

    Hor. C. 3, 19, 19; Nemes. Ecl. 1, 16: aquilo suo cum flamine, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 424 ed. Vahl.):

    Borea, surdas flamine tunde fores,

    Ov. Am. 1, 6, 54:

    venti,

    Lucr. 1, 290:

    Cauri,

    id. 6, 135; cf. Verg. A. 10, 97.—
    II.
    Transf., concr., a gale, breeze, wind:

    ferunt sua flamina classem,

    Verg. A. 5, 832; Ov. F. 3, 599:

    flamina conticuere, jacet sine fluctibus aequor,

    Val. Fl. 3, 732.
    3.
    Flāmen, ĭnis, m., a surname in the gens Claudia, Liv. 27, 21, 5.

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  • 10 circumflo

    circumflare, circumflavi, circumflatus V
    blow around; blow on/assail from all sides; veer around (wind)

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  • 11 circumplico

    circumplicare, circumplicavi, circumplicatus V TRANS
    coil round (like a snake); wind (strip) around; twine/bend around

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  • 12 circumplico

    circum-plĭco, āvi, ātum, v. a.
    I.
    To wind, fold, or twine around:

    tum esset ostentum, si anguem vectis circumplicavisset,

    Cic. Div. 2, 28, 62:

    locum surculo,

    Gell. 17, 9, 14 (cf. id. 17, 9, 14, § 9):

    belua circumplicata serpentibus,

    Cic. Div. 1, 24, 49:

    puer serpentis amplexu,

    id. ib. 1, 36, 79.—
    II.
    To bend around, Lact. Opif. Dei, 12, 5.

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  • 13 circumvolvo

    circum-volvo, no perf., vŏlūtum, 3, v. a., only with se or mid., to roll one ' s self around, to roll round, revolve, wind, or twine around (prob. not ante-Aug.):

    aliquid or alicui rei: magnum sol circumvolvitur annum,

    Verg. A. 3, 284:

    rota perpetuum circumvolvitur axem,

    Ov. M. 15, 522 Merkel:

    herba arboribus circumvolvens se,

    Plin. 16, 44, 92, § 244:

    serpentes circumvolutae sibi ipsae,

    id. 10, 62, 82, § 169; 11, 37, 88, § 217; Vitr. 10, 6, 2; Gell. 11, 9, 1.

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  • 14 flectō

        flectō flēxī, flexus, ere    [FALC-], to bend, bow, curve, turn, turn round: equos brevi, Cs.: de foro in Capitolium currūs: habenas, O.: cursūs in orbem, O.: iter ad Privernum, L.: flexa In burim ulmus, V.: artūs, L.: ora retro, O.: geminas acies huc, direct, V.: lumina, avert, V.: salignas cratīs, weave, V.: flex<*> fractique motūs, contorted: flexum mare, a bay, Ta.: (silva) se sinistrorsus, Cs.: (milvus) Flectitur in gyrum, wheels, O.: flector in anguem, wind myself into a snake, O.: Cera multas Flectitur in facies, is moulded, O.— To turn, double, pass around: in flectendis promunturiis: Leucatam.— To turn from, avoid, turn out of: viam, C., L.: iter, V.— To turn, go, divert one's course, march, pass: laevo flectentes limine, V.: ex Gabino in Tusculanos flexere colles, L.: ad Oceanum, L.: ad sapientiam, Ta.—Fig., to bend, turn, direct, sway, change: animum, T.: teneros et rudīs: suam naturam huc et illuc: vocem, modulate: flexus sonus, i. e. melancholy: mentīs suas ad nostrum imperium: aliquem a proposito, divert, L.: animos, quin, etc., L.: animos ad carmina, O.: Quo vobis mentes sese flexere viaï? Enn. ap. C.: Cereus in vitium flecti, H.: flexo in meridiem die, Ta.: versūs, qui in Tiberium flecterentur, i. e. might be applied, Ta.— To bend, move, persuade, influence, prevail upon, overcome, soften, appease: quibus rebus ita flectebar animo, ut, etc.: flectere mollibus Iam durum imperiis, H.: Superos, V.: fata deum precando, V.: ingenium alicuius avorsum, S.: si flectitur ira deorum, O.: ad deditionem animos, L.
    * * *
    flectere, flexi, flexus V
    bend, curve, bow; turn, curl; persuade, prevail on, soften

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  • 15 redimiō

        redimiō    (imperf. redimībat, V.), —, ītus, īre, to bind round, wreathe round, encircle, gird, wind, deck, crown: alcui tempora vittā, V.: mitrā capillos, O.: sertis redimiri et rosā?: redimitus coronis: redimitus tempora quercu, V.
    * * *
    redimire, redimivi, redimitus V TRANS
    encircle with a garland, wreathe around; surround, encircle

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  • 16 Hellespontiacus

    Hellespontus, i, m., = Hellêspontos, the Sea of Helle, the Hellespont, so named after Helle, who was drowned in it, the modern Dardanelles, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 3, 1; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 49; 4, 12, 24, § 75; 4, 13, 27, § 92; Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 21 Müll. (Ann. v. 371 Vahl.); Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 112; Ov. M. 13, 407 et saep.—Separate: qua ponto ab Helles, Poët. ap. Cic. Or. 49, 163; cf.

    pure Lat.: mare in Helles,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 15.—
    B.
    Transf., the shores of the Hellespont, the land around the Propontis, Cic. Fam. 13, 53, 2; id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63; Liv. 37, 33, 4; Nep. Paus. 2, 1.—
    II.
    Derivv.
    A.
    Hel-lespontĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Hellespont, Hellespontic:

    ora,

    Cat. 18, 4; Lact. Epit. 5, 1.—As subst.: Helles-pontĭus, i, m., one who lives upon the Hellespont:

    si quid habebit cum aliquo Hellespontio controversiae,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 53, 2.— Plur., Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 123.—
    B.
    Hellespontĭăcus, a, um, adj., Hellespontic:

    aquae,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 24:

    Priapus (because born and worshipped in Lampsacus, a city on the Hellespont),

    Verg. G. 4, 111.—
    C.
    Hellespontĭcus, a, um, adj., the same:

    fretum,

    Mel. 1, 2, 2; 1, 18, 5. —
    D.
    Hellespontĭas, ădis, f., another name of the wind Caecias, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121.

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  • 17 Hellespontias

    Hellespontus, i, m., = Hellêspontos, the Sea of Helle, the Hellespont, so named after Helle, who was drowned in it, the modern Dardanelles, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 3, 1; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 49; 4, 12, 24, § 75; 4, 13, 27, § 92; Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 21 Müll. (Ann. v. 371 Vahl.); Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 112; Ov. M. 13, 407 et saep.—Separate: qua ponto ab Helles, Poët. ap. Cic. Or. 49, 163; cf.

    pure Lat.: mare in Helles,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 15.—
    B.
    Transf., the shores of the Hellespont, the land around the Propontis, Cic. Fam. 13, 53, 2; id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63; Liv. 37, 33, 4; Nep. Paus. 2, 1.—
    II.
    Derivv.
    A.
    Hel-lespontĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Hellespont, Hellespontic:

    ora,

    Cat. 18, 4; Lact. Epit. 5, 1.—As subst.: Helles-pontĭus, i, m., one who lives upon the Hellespont:

    si quid habebit cum aliquo Hellespontio controversiae,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 53, 2.— Plur., Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 123.—
    B.
    Hellespontĭăcus, a, um, adj., Hellespontic:

    aquae,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 24:

    Priapus (because born and worshipped in Lampsacus, a city on the Hellespont),

    Verg. G. 4, 111.—
    C.
    Hellespontĭcus, a, um, adj., the same:

    fretum,

    Mel. 1, 2, 2; 1, 18, 5. —
    D.
    Hellespontĭas, ădis, f., another name of the wind Caecias, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121.

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  • 18 Hellesponticus

    Hellespontus, i, m., = Hellêspontos, the Sea of Helle, the Hellespont, so named after Helle, who was drowned in it, the modern Dardanelles, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 3, 1; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 49; 4, 12, 24, § 75; 4, 13, 27, § 92; Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 21 Müll. (Ann. v. 371 Vahl.); Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 112; Ov. M. 13, 407 et saep.—Separate: qua ponto ab Helles, Poët. ap. Cic. Or. 49, 163; cf.

    pure Lat.: mare in Helles,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 15.—
    B.
    Transf., the shores of the Hellespont, the land around the Propontis, Cic. Fam. 13, 53, 2; id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63; Liv. 37, 33, 4; Nep. Paus. 2, 1.—
    II.
    Derivv.
    A.
    Hel-lespontĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Hellespont, Hellespontic:

    ora,

    Cat. 18, 4; Lact. Epit. 5, 1.—As subst.: Helles-pontĭus, i, m., one who lives upon the Hellespont:

    si quid habebit cum aliquo Hellespontio controversiae,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 53, 2.— Plur., Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 123.—
    B.
    Hellespontĭăcus, a, um, adj., Hellespontic:

    aquae,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 24:

    Priapus (because born and worshipped in Lampsacus, a city on the Hellespont),

    Verg. G. 4, 111.—
    C.
    Hellespontĭcus, a, um, adj., the same:

    fretum,

    Mel. 1, 2, 2; 1, 18, 5. —
    D.
    Hellespontĭas, ădis, f., another name of the wind Caecias, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121.

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  • 19 Hellespontius

    Hellespontus, i, m., = Hellêspontos, the Sea of Helle, the Hellespont, so named after Helle, who was drowned in it, the modern Dardanelles, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 3, 1; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 49; 4, 12, 24, § 75; 4, 13, 27, § 92; Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 21 Müll. (Ann. v. 371 Vahl.); Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 112; Ov. M. 13, 407 et saep.—Separate: qua ponto ab Helles, Poët. ap. Cic. Or. 49, 163; cf.

    pure Lat.: mare in Helles,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 15.—
    B.
    Transf., the shores of the Hellespont, the land around the Propontis, Cic. Fam. 13, 53, 2; id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63; Liv. 37, 33, 4; Nep. Paus. 2, 1.—
    II.
    Derivv.
    A.
    Hel-lespontĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Hellespont, Hellespontic:

    ora,

    Cat. 18, 4; Lact. Epit. 5, 1.—As subst.: Helles-pontĭus, i, m., one who lives upon the Hellespont:

    si quid habebit cum aliquo Hellespontio controversiae,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 53, 2.— Plur., Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 123.—
    B.
    Hellespontĭăcus, a, um, adj., Hellespontic:

    aquae,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 24:

    Priapus (because born and worshipped in Lampsacus, a city on the Hellespont),

    Verg. G. 4, 111.—
    C.
    Hellespontĭcus, a, um, adj., the same:

    fretum,

    Mel. 1, 2, 2; 1, 18, 5. —
    D.
    Hellespontĭas, ădis, f., another name of the wind Caecias, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121.

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  • 20 Hellespontus

    Hellespontus, i, m., = Hellêspontos, the Sea of Helle, the Hellespont, so named after Helle, who was drowned in it, the modern Dardanelles, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 3, 1; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 49; 4, 12, 24, § 75; 4, 13, 27, § 92; Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 21 Müll. (Ann. v. 371 Vahl.); Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 112; Ov. M. 13, 407 et saep.—Separate: qua ponto ab Helles, Poët. ap. Cic. Or. 49, 163; cf.

    pure Lat.: mare in Helles,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 15.—
    B.
    Transf., the shores of the Hellespont, the land around the Propontis, Cic. Fam. 13, 53, 2; id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63; Liv. 37, 33, 4; Nep. Paus. 2, 1.—
    II.
    Derivv.
    A.
    Hel-lespontĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Hellespont, Hellespontic:

    ora,

    Cat. 18, 4; Lact. Epit. 5, 1.—As subst.: Helles-pontĭus, i, m., one who lives upon the Hellespont:

    si quid habebit cum aliquo Hellespontio controversiae,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 53, 2.— Plur., Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 123.—
    B.
    Hellespontĭăcus, a, um, adj., Hellespontic:

    aquae,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 24:

    Priapus (because born and worshipped in Lampsacus, a city on the Hellespont),

    Verg. G. 4, 111.—
    C.
    Hellespontĭcus, a, um, adj., the same:

    fretum,

    Mel. 1, 2, 2; 1, 18, 5. —
    D.
    Hellespontĭas, ădis, f., another name of the wind Caecias, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121.

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  • wind — wind, breeze, gale, hurricane, zephyr are comparable rather than synonymous terms that can all basically mean air in motion. Wind is the general term referable to any sort of natural motion whatever its degree of velocity or of force {a strong… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • wind — wind1 [wīnd] vt. wound or Rare winded, winding [ME winden < OE windan, akin to ON vinda, Ger winden < IE base * wendh , to turn, wind, twist > Arm gind, a ring] 1. a) to turn, or make revolve [to wind a crank] b) to move by or as if by… …   English World dictionary

  • Wind shear — Wind shear, sometimes referred to as windshear or wind gradient, is a difference in wind speed and direction over a relatively short distance in the atmosphere. Wind shear can be broken down into vertical and horizontal components, with… …   Wikipedia

  • Wind power in the United Kingdom — passed the milestone of 2 GW installed capacity on 9 February 2007 with the opening of the Braes O Doune wind farm, near Stirling. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6344215.stm BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | UK wind power reaches milestone ] ]… …   Wikipedia

  • Wind power in Scotland — is an area of considerable activity. Wind power is the fastest growing of the renewable energy technologies in Scotland and the world s largest wind turbine generator (5 MW) is currently undergoing testing in the North Sea, 15 miles off the east… …   Wikipedia

  • wind — Ⅰ. wind [1] ► NOUN 1) the perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current blowing from a particular direction. 2) breath as needed in physical exertion, speech, playing an instrument, etc. 3) Brit. air swallowed while …   English terms dictionary

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