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
- T
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..." - T
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..." - L
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..."