contorque
Dictionary entries
- Entry →contorqueo, contorquere, contorsi, contortus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
stir up/agitate, make rough (sea); utter with vigor; turn about/sway (emotions);; twist, make twisted/crooked; twirl/whirl, rotate/move in arc; brandish; fling;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...acris tendunt arcus aut lenta lacertis spicula contorquent, cursuque ictuque lacessunt: cum praevectus equo longaevi regis ad auris..."Liber V
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...longas tamque frigidas perihodos uno spiritu quasi torrente contorquent. Itaque Iulius Candidus non invenuste solet dicere, aliud esse..."