detorquebat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →detorqueo, detorquere, detorsi, detortus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
turn/twist/bend/pull away/aside; deflect; deviate (path); divert; sway;; distort, bend out of shape; pervert, misrepresent, twist sense of, alter form;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...simplicior et fortuitis contenta nondum in uitium beneficia detorquebat nec inuenta naturae in libidinem luxumque rapiebat..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...Adhuc autem quamlibet sincera rectaque ingenia, etsi non detorquebat, hebetabat tamen misera, sed vera reputatio. Vides enim..."