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(v. a.P. a.) : torquĕo, torsi, tortum, 2 (archaic
* Inf. torquerier, Hor. S. 2, 8, 67), v. a. Gr. τρέπω, to turn; cf. ἀτρεκής; also Sanscr. tarkus; Gr. ἄτρακτος, a spindle; and στρέφω, to twist, to turn, turn about or away; to twist, bend, wind (class.; syn. converto).
* Lit.
* In gen.: cervices oculosque,Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 39: oculum,to roll, distort,id. Ac. 2, 25, 80: ora,to twist awry,id. Off. 1, 36, 131: ab obscenis sermonibus aurem,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 127: oculos ad moenia,Verg. A. 4, 220: ad sonitum vocis vestigia,id. ib. 3, 669: serpens squamosos orbes Torquet,Ov. M. 3, 42; cf. anguis,Verg. G. 3, 38: capillos ferro,i. e. to curl, frizzle,Ov. A. A. 1, 505: stamina pollice,id. M. 12, 475: remis aquas,id. F. 5, 644: spumas,Verg. A. 3, 208: taxos in arcus,to bend,id. G. 2, 448: tegumen torquens immane leonis,winding about him,id. A. 7, 666: cum terra circum axem se convertat et torqueat,Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123: torta circum bracchia vestis,Tac. H. 5, 22.
* Trop.
* To whirl around, to whirl in the act of throwing, to wield, brandish, to fling with force, to hurl (mostly poet.): torquet nunc lapidem, nunc ingens machina tignum,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 73: amnis torquet sonantia saxa,Verg. A. 6, 551: stuppea torquentem Balearis verbera fundae,id. G. 1, 309: jaculum in hostem,id. A. 10, 585; Ov. M. 12, 323: hastam in hunc, id. ib 5, 137; for which: hastam alicui,Val. Fl. 3, 193: telum aurata ad tempora,Verg. A. 12, 536: tela manu,Ov. M. 12, 99: valido pila lacerto,id. F. 2, 11: glebas, ramos,id. M. 11, 30: cum fulmina torquet (Juppiter),Verg. A. 4, 208; and trop.: cum Juppiter horridus austris Torquet aquosam hiemem,id. ib. 9, 671; cf.: Eurus nubes in occiduum orbem,Luc. 4, 63.—In prose: torquere amentatas hastas lacertis,Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 242.
* To twist awry, misplace, turn aside, distort: negat sibi umquam, cum oculum torsisset, duas ex lucernā flammulas esse visas,Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 80: ora Tristia temptantum sensu (sapor) torquebit amaro,Verg. G. 2, 247.
* To wrench the limbs upon the rack, to put to the rack or to the torture, to rack, torture (class.): ita te nervo torquebo, itidem uti catapultae solent,Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 12: eculeo torqueri,Cic. Fin. 3, 13, 42: aliquem servilem in modum,Suet. Aug. 27; cf.: ira torquentium,Tac. A. 15, 57: servum in caput domini,against his master,Dig. 48, 18, 1: vinctus tortusve, Suet. Aug. 40 fin.
* In gen., to twist, wrest, distort, turn, bend, direct (a favorite expression of Cicero): versare suam naturam et regere ad tempus atque huc et illuc torquere ac flectere,Cic. Cael. 6, 13: torquere et flectere imbecillitatem animorum,id. Leg. 1, 10, 29: oratio ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas,id. Or. 16, 52: omnia ad suae causae commodum,id. Inv. 2, 14, 46: verbo ac litterā jus omne torqueri,wrested, perverted,id. Caecin. 27, 77: sonum,to inflect,Auct. Her. 3, 14, 25: cuncta tuo qui bella, pater, sub numine torques,Verg. A. 12, 180: versare sententias, et huc atque illuc torquere,Tac. H. 1, 85.
* In partic. (acc. to A. 2.), to rack, torment, torture (syn.: ango, crucio): tuae libidines te torquent,Cic. Par. 2, 18: mitto aurum coronarium, quod te diutissime torsit,id. Pis. 37, 90: acriter nos tuae supplicationes torserunt, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 1: equidem dies noctesque torqueor,Cic. Att. 7, 9, 4: verbi controversia jam diu torquet Graeculos homines,id. de Or. 1, 11, 47; 3, 9, 33: stulti malorum memoriā torquentur,id. Fin. 1, 17, 57: sollicitudine, poenitentia, etc., torquetur mens,Quint. 12, 1, 7: invidiā vel amore vigil torquebere,Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 37; Ov. H. 20, 123: torqueor, infesto ne vir ab hoste cadat,id. ib. 9, 36; cf. Hor. S. 2, 8, 67: Aeacus torquet umbras,holds inquisition over,Juv. 1, 9.—Transf.: (reges) dicuntur torquere mero, quem perspexisse laborant, qs. to rack with wine, i. e. to try or test with wine, Hor. A. P. 435; so, vino tortus et irā,id. Ep. 1, 18, 38.
* To hurl, fling (of language): curvum sermone rotato enthymema,Juv. 6, 449.—Hence, tortus, a, um, P. a., twisted, crooked, contorted, distorted.
* Lit.: via (labyrinthi),Prop. 4 (5), 4, 42.quercus,i. e. a twisted oakgarland,Verg. G. 1, 349.—Hence
* Subst.: torta, ae, f., a twisted loaf, a twist, Vulg. 1 Par. 16, 3. — *
* Trop.: condiciones,confused, complicated,Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 25. —Adv.: tortē, awry, crookedly: torte penitusque remota,Lucr. 4, 305 (329).
* Inf. torquerier, Hor. S. 2, 8, 67), v. a. Gr. τρέπω, to turn; cf. ἀτρεκής; also Sanscr. tarkus; Gr. ἄτρακτος, a spindle; and στρέφω, to twist, to turn, turn about or away; to twist, bend, wind (class.; syn. converto).
* Lit.
* In gen.: cervices oculosque,Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 39: oculum,to roll, distort,id. Ac. 2, 25, 80: ora,to twist awry,id. Off. 1, 36, 131: ab obscenis sermonibus aurem,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 127: oculos ad moenia,Verg. A. 4, 220: ad sonitum vocis vestigia,id. ib. 3, 669: serpens squamosos orbes Torquet,Ov. M. 3, 42; cf. anguis,Verg. G. 3, 38: capillos ferro,i. e. to curl, frizzle,Ov. A. A. 1, 505: stamina pollice,id. M. 12, 475: remis aquas,id. F. 5, 644: spumas,Verg. A. 3, 208: taxos in arcus,to bend,id. G. 2, 448: tegumen torquens immane leonis,winding about him,id. A. 7, 666: cum terra circum axem se convertat et torqueat,Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123: torta circum bracchia vestis,Tac. H. 5, 22.
* Trop.
* To whirl around, to whirl in the act of throwing, to wield, brandish, to fling with force, to hurl (mostly poet.): torquet nunc lapidem, nunc ingens machina tignum,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 73: amnis torquet sonantia saxa,Verg. A. 6, 551: stuppea torquentem Balearis verbera fundae,id. G. 1, 309: jaculum in hostem,id. A. 10, 585; Ov. M. 12, 323: hastam in hunc, id. ib 5, 137; for which: hastam alicui,Val. Fl. 3, 193: telum aurata ad tempora,Verg. A. 12, 536: tela manu,Ov. M. 12, 99: valido pila lacerto,id. F. 2, 11: glebas, ramos,id. M. 11, 30: cum fulmina torquet (Juppiter),Verg. A. 4, 208; and trop.: cum Juppiter horridus austris Torquet aquosam hiemem,id. ib. 9, 671; cf.: Eurus nubes in occiduum orbem,Luc. 4, 63.—In prose: torquere amentatas hastas lacertis,Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 242.
* To twist awry, misplace, turn aside, distort: negat sibi umquam, cum oculum torsisset, duas ex lucernā flammulas esse visas,Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 80: ora Tristia temptantum sensu (sapor) torquebit amaro,Verg. G. 2, 247.
* To wrench the limbs upon the rack, to put to the rack or to the torture, to rack, torture (class.): ita te nervo torquebo, itidem uti catapultae solent,Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 12: eculeo torqueri,Cic. Fin. 3, 13, 42: aliquem servilem in modum,Suet. Aug. 27; cf.: ira torquentium,Tac. A. 15, 57: servum in caput domini,against his master,Dig. 48, 18, 1: vinctus tortusve, Suet. Aug. 40 fin.
* In gen., to twist, wrest, distort, turn, bend, direct (a favorite expression of Cicero): versare suam naturam et regere ad tempus atque huc et illuc torquere ac flectere,Cic. Cael. 6, 13: torquere et flectere imbecillitatem animorum,id. Leg. 1, 10, 29: oratio ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas,id. Or. 16, 52: omnia ad suae causae commodum,id. Inv. 2, 14, 46: verbo ac litterā jus omne torqueri,wrested, perverted,id. Caecin. 27, 77: sonum,to inflect,Auct. Her. 3, 14, 25: cuncta tuo qui bella, pater, sub numine torques,Verg. A. 12, 180: versare sententias, et huc atque illuc torquere,Tac. H. 1, 85.
* In partic. (acc. to A. 2.), to rack, torment, torture (syn.: ango, crucio): tuae libidines te torquent,Cic. Par. 2, 18: mitto aurum coronarium, quod te diutissime torsit,id. Pis. 37, 90: acriter nos tuae supplicationes torserunt, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 1: equidem dies noctesque torqueor,Cic. Att. 7, 9, 4: verbi controversia jam diu torquet Graeculos homines,id. de Or. 1, 11, 47; 3, 9, 33: stulti malorum memoriā torquentur,id. Fin. 1, 17, 57: sollicitudine, poenitentia, etc., torquetur mens,Quint. 12, 1, 7: invidiā vel amore vigil torquebere,Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 37; Ov. H. 20, 123: torqueor, infesto ne vir ab hoste cadat,id. ib. 9, 36; cf. Hor. S. 2, 8, 67: Aeacus torquet umbras,holds inquisition over,Juv. 1, 9.—Transf.: (reges) dicuntur torquere mero, quem perspexisse laborant, qs. to rack with wine, i. e. to try or test with wine, Hor. A. P. 435; so, vino tortus et irā,id. Ep. 1, 18, 38.
* To hurl, fling (of language): curvum sermone rotato enthymema,Juv. 6, 449.—Hence, tortus, a, um, P. a., twisted, crooked, contorted, distorted.
* Lit.: via (labyrinthi),Prop. 4 (5), 4, 42.quercus,i. e. a twisted oakgarland,Verg. G. 1, 349.—Hence
* Subst.: torta, ae, f., a twisted loaf, a twist, Vulg. 1 Par. 16, 3. — *
* Trop.: condiciones,confused, complicated,Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 25. —Adv.: tortē, awry, crookedly: torte penitusque remota,Lucr. 4, 305 (329).
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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