distortus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →distortus, distorta, distortum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Medieval
misshapen;
nom. sg. (m.) - Entry →distorqueo, distorquere, distorsi, distortus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
twist this way and that;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- L
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...votum solvisse quod flagellis caesus esset aut podagra distortus aut eculeo longior factus.' Distingue, mi Lucili, ista..." - L
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...posset, intuentis confunderet ater maculosusque et aestuans et distortus et tumidus. Nunc quoque tanta deformitas eius..." - M
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quem et quid dicat. XXIX. Oratori minime convenit distortus vultus gestusque, quae in mimis rideri solent. Dicacitas etiam..."