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turritus
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Lewis Short
(adjective) : turrītus, a, um, turris
* Set, furnished, or fortified with towers, towered, turreted, castled, castellated (mostly poet.).
* Lit.
* Moenia, Ov. Am. 3, 8, 47: muri,id. P. 3, 4, 105: castella,Luc. 6, 39: puppes,Verg. A. 8, 693: elephanti, Auct. B. Afr. 30, 2; 41, 2; Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 22; cf.: inde boves Lucas turrito corpore tetros,Lucr. 5, 1301; called turrita moles,Sil. 9, 239; cf. turriger: tempora murali cinctus turrita coronā,id. 13, 366.
* Transf., tower-shaped, towering, high, lofly: scopuli,Verg. A. 3, 536: corona,i. e. a lofly head-dress,Luc. 2, 358: caput,Prud. Psych. 183: vertex,Hier. Ep. 130, 7.
* Set, furnished, or fortified with towers, towered, turreted, castled, castellated (mostly poet.).
* Lit.
* Moenia, Ov. Am. 3, 8, 47: muri,id. P. 3, 4, 105: castella,Luc. 6, 39: puppes,Verg. A. 8, 693: elephanti, Auct. B. Afr. 30, 2; 41, 2; Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 22; cf.: inde boves Lucas turrito corpore tetros,Lucr. 5, 1301; called turrita moles,Sil. 9, 239; cf. turriger: tempora murali cinctus turrita coronā,id. 13, 366.
* Transf., tower-shaped, towering, high, lofly: scopuli,Verg. A. 3, 536: corona,i. e. a lofly head-dress,Luc. 2, 358: caput,Prud. Psych. 183: vertex,Hier. Ep. 130, 7.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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