distorqueat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →distorqueo, distorquere, distorsi, distortus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
twist this way and that;
sg. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber VIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...amore cruciari, illum suae; non deerit quem repulsa distorqueat; erunt quos ipse honor vexet. Illa vero maxima..."Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...leve nescio quid femineumque sonent. Est, quae perverso distorqueat ora cachinno: Risu concussa est altera, flere putes. Illa..."