(v. a.P. a.) : in-torquĕo, torsi, tortum, 2, v. a.
* To twist, turn round, turn to; to wrench, sprain (class.).
* Lit.: mentum in dicendo,to distort,Cic. de Or. 2, 66: oculos,Verg. G. 4, 451: caulem,Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 114: talum, to sprain, Auct. B. Hisp. 38: vereor, ne Pompeio quid oneris imponam, μή μοι Γοργείην κεφαλὴν δεινοῖο πελώρου intorqueat, Cic. Att. 9, 7, 3.—Pass. or with se, to twist or wrap itself: involvulus, quae in pampini folio intorta implicat se,Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 64: cum subito ... procella nubibus intorsit sese,Lucr. 6, 124: ipsi palmites intorquentur,Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 183.
* Transf.
* To brandish, hurl, or throw towards: hastam tergo,to launch at its back,Verg. A. 2, 231: jaculum alicui,to hurl against one,id. ib. 10, 322; Ov. M. 5, 90; Sil. 1, 304: telum,Verg. A. 10, 381: saxum,Sil. 7, 623: telum in hostem,Verg. A. 10, 882; Sen. Ep. 45.
* Trop., to cast upon, throw out against: alternis versibus intorquentur inter fratres gravissimae contumeliae,Cic. Tusc. 4, 36, 77: vocem diram,Sil. 11, 342.— Hence, intortus, a, um, P. a., twisted, wound; crisped, curled; trailed, prolonged; perplexed, involved; distorted, corrupted: spirae modo,Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 91: intorto circa bracchium pallio,wound about my arm,Petr. 80: paludamentum,wrapped round,Liv. 25, 16: angues intorti capillis Eumenidum,entwined,Hor. C. 2, 13, 35: capilli,curled,Mart. 8, 33; Sil. 3, 284: sonus concisus, intortus,Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82: noctuae intorto carmine occinunt,App. Flor. 13: rudentes,twisted, made by twisting,Cat. 64, 235: funes,Ov. M. 3, 679 al.—Adv.: intortē, windingly, crookedly: intortius,Plin. 16, 16, 27, § 68.— Transf.: hoc dicere, August. de Nat. et Grat. 49.

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