vertĭcōsus (vort-), a, um, adj. [vertex, I.],
full of whirlpools or eddies , eddying : mare, Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 121 ( Sall. H. 4, 22 Dietsch); cf. Sen. Q. N. 7, 8, 2: amnis, Liv. 21, 5, 15: fluvius, Amm. 14, 2, 9.
verticōsus (vort-) adj. vertex, full of whirlpools, eddying : amnis, L. ...
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