whirlwind Copy link Outline 1. turbo, ĭnis, m.2. vortex, ĭcis, m.3. prester, ēris, m. • whirlwind: 1. turbo, ĭnis, m.: wind driven round and circling round the same place is a w., ventus circumactus et eundem ambiens locum turbo est, Sen. Q. N. 5, 13: I who amid w.s and waves had steered the ship of the state, qui in turbinibus ac fluctibus rei publicae navem gubernassem, Cic. Pis. 9, 20. 2. vortex, ĭcis, m.: they were swept round and beaten down by the w., vortice intorti affligebantur, Liv. 21, 58. 3. prester, ēris, m.: what the Greeks called fiery w.s from their nature, presteras Graii quos ab re nominitarunt, Lucr. 6, 423: a "prester" is a fiery w., prester igneus est turbo, Sen. Q. N. 5, 13.