turbō inis, m 1 turbo, that which whirls, a whirlwind, hurricane, tornado: saevi exsistunt turbines, Pac. ap. C.: validi venti, O.: turbo aut subita tempestas: pulvis collectus turbine, H.: venti terras turbine perflant, V.

—A spinning-top, whip-top: volitans sub verbere, V.

—A magic wheel, wheel of fortune: solve turbinem, H.

—A whorl, spiral, twist: bucina, in latum quae turbine crescit ab imo, O.: suāpte naturā versari turbinem.

—A whirl, round, circle: nubes Turbine fumans piceo, i. e. of black curling smoke, V.

—A whirling motion, revolution: teli (contorti), V.: Murranum ingentis turbine saxi Excutit, i. e. with a huge whirling stone, V.: militiae turbine factus eques, i. e. through the round of promotion, O.

—Fig., a whirlwind, storm: in maximis turbinibus rei p. navem gubernare: tu, turbo ac tempestas pacis atque oti, disturber: mentis, O.