contorquet
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. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...speciem vertit nobis oculosque patentis; inde minutatim retro contorquet et aufert luciferam partem glomeraminis atque pilai; ut Babylonica..."Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...regit quanto vis impete euntem atque gubernaclum contorquet quo libet unum, multaque per trocleas et tympana pondere magno..."Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...fretum emoliuntur, turbo conuoluit mare: Strymonius altas Aquilo contorquet niues Libycusque harenas Auster ac Syrtes agit, [nec manet..."
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...sustentans rigidumque latus fortesque lacertos consulit ac uasto contorquet turbine, et ipse prosequitur. fugit horrendo per inania saltu..."