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L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelleLove that moves the sun and the other stars

Dante Alighieri, Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145
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English (LSJ)

   A turn as in a lathe, περὶ . . τὸν ἐγκέφαλον . . σφαῖραν περιετόρνευσεν ὀστεΐνην he framed a globe round it, Pl.Ti.73e; θνητὸν σῶμα [τῇ ψυχῇ] π. ib.69c : metaph. in Pass., to be well-turned, of style, D.H.Dem.21.