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, Plin. 21, 15, 53, § 90; 19, 5, 29, § 91: virgula, Sen. Q. N. 1, 7, 1: clava, Albin. 2, 79.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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