Lewis Short
(verb) : prae-torquĕo, no
* Perf., tum, 2, , to twist forwards, twist round (ante-class. and post-Aug.).
* Lit.: praetorto capite et recurvato,Col. 3, 18.
* Trop.: praetorquete injuriae collum,Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 12.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary