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MorphologyDictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- turrītus, a, um, adj. [turris], set, furnished, or fortified with towers, towered, turreted, castled, castellated (mostly poet.). I. Lit. A. 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.—B. Turrīta, ae, adj. f., tower-crowned, turreted, an epithet of Cybele (v. turriger, II.): dea
, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 52: Berecyntia mater
, Verg. A. 6, 785: mater
, Ov. M. 10, 696; cf. id. F. 4, 219 sq.; Sid. Carm. 5, 13.—II. 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.
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