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tŏrōsus , a, um, adj. torus,
I.full of muscle, muscular, brawny, fleshy, lusty.
I. Lit.: “colla boum,” Ov. M. 7, 429: “cervix boum,” Col. 6, 1, 3; cf.: “tauris torosior cervix,” id. 6, 20: “juventus,” Pers. 3, 86. —
II. Transf.: “herba hirsutior torosiore caule,” more fleshy, Plin. 21, 15, 53, § 90; 19, 5, 29, § 91: “virgula,” Sen. Q. N. 1, 7, 1: “clava,” knotty, Albin. 2, 79.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 7.429
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 21.90
    • Persius, Saturae, 3
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 6.1.3
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 6.20
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