Tornus, torni, m, g. Plin. A wheele: a turne or instrument that turners vse.Calices ex terebintho solitus facere torno. Plin. Torno rasile buxum. Vir. Facilis tornus. Vir. A light and nimble turne that doeth the worke eastly.Angusto torno versus includere. Propert. To make verses in a low stile.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
tornus, i, m., = to/rnos,a turner's wheel, lathe.I.Lit.: fit quasi ut ad tornum saxorum structa tuamur, Lucr. 4, 361; Plin. 7, 56, 57, 198; 16, 40, 76, 205; Vitr. 10, 19 med.: nec tiliae leves torno Non formam accipiunt, Verg. G. 2, 449; id. E. 3, 38 al.—II.Trop.: angusto versus includere torno. Prop. 2, 34, 43; Auct. Paneg. ad Pis. 83.