extorqueret
Dictionary entries
- Entry →extorqueo, extorquere, extorsi, extortus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
extort; tear away, twist away; twist/wrench out;
sg. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
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BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...exsanguibus, qui plus posset, imperium atque libertatem extorqueret. Fuere tamen extra coniurationem complures, qui ad Catilinam initio profecti..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...quem dederat ipse, magna ex parte iam gestum, extorqueret et raperet. Hoc ergo honore, quem et incipientes principes..."