See dorsum on Wiktionary
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"english": "(This “vast reef” or “huge ridge” posed a hidden danger; understood more imaginatively, a “monstrous spine” of rock destroyed the ships. Notus was the Greek south wind.)",
"ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.108–110",
"text": "Trīs Notus abreptās in saxa latentia torquet —\nsaxa vocant Italī mediīs quae in flūctibus ārās —\ndorsum immāne marī summō [...].\nThree [ships] were taken away [by] the Southwind, hurled into hidden rocks – rocks the Italians call the Altars, which [are] in the middle of the waves – a vast reef near the surface of the sea.",
"translation": "(This “vast reef” or “huge ridge” posed a hidden danger; understood more imaginatively, a “monstrous spine” of rock destroyed the ships. Notus was the Greek south wind.)",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "This [new city] was named Alba Longa, from its position, as it lay stretched out along the ridge",
"ref": "27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita I.3",
"text": "Quae ab situ porrectae in dorso urbis Longa Alba appellata",
"translation": "This [new city] was named Alba Longa, from its position, as it lay stretched out along the ridge",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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],
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"(transferred sense) the ridge, summit of a hill, a reef in the sea; any elevation"
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}
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"ipa": "[ˈdɔr.sũː]",
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"Classical-Latin"
]
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"ipa": "[ˈdɔr.sum]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
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}
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"extra": "down",
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