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* vertĭbŭlum, i, n. [verto], a joint, for the usual vertebra, lact. Opif. Dei, 5 med.

vertĭcillus, i, m. [verto], the whirl of a spindle, Plin. 37, 2, 11, § 37; App. Herb. 9.

Vertĭcordĭa, ae, f. [verto-cor], the Turner of hearts, an epithet of Venus, who was supposed to restrain maidens from unchastity, Val. Max. 8, 15, 12; Jul. Obseq. 97 (cf. Ov. F. 4, 157 sq.).

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.

vertĭcŭla, ae, f. dim. [verto], a joint, = vertebra, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 207, 24; cf. Fest. p. 371.
In machines, Vitr. 10, 13, 1.
Called also vertĭcŭlus, i, m., Sol. 4; Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 3, 242; vertĭcŭlum, i, n., id. Acut. 3, 17, 138.

* vertīgĭno, āre, v. n. [vertigo], to whirl round, revolve: puncta luminis, Tert. Pall. 3.

* vertīgĭnōsus, i, m. [vertigo], one who suffers from giddiness or vertigo, vertiginous, Plin. 23, 2, 28, § 59.

vertīgo, ĭnis, f. [verto], a turning or whirling round (perh. not ante-Aug.).

  1. I. Lit.: assidua caeli, Ov. M. 2, 70: ponti, id. ib. 11, 548: venti, Sen. Q. N. 5, 13, 3: torti fili, Luc. 6, 460: rotarum, Prud. Psych. 414: assiduā vertigine rotare aliquem, Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 150: quibus una Quiritem Vertigo facit, a turn, twirl of a slave in manumission, Pers. 5, 76.
    1. B. Transf., a whirling of the head, giddiness, dizziness, vertigo, Liv. 44, 6, 8; Plin. 20, 15, 57, § 161; 20, 17, 73, § 194; 25, 9, 70, § 117; 25, 11, 89, § 139 al.; Macr. S. 7, 9.
      Of persons intoxicated, Juv. 6, 304.
  2. II. Trop., a revolution, change, alteration: vertigine rerum Attoniti, Luc. 8, 16.