intorquens
Dictionary entries
- Entry →intorqueo, intorquere, intorsi, intortus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
twist or turn round, sprain; hurl or launch a missile at;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
- L
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...captus ad leues sedit colos, tenerum feroci stamen intorquens manu. nempe illa ceruix spolia deposuit ferae crinemque mitra..." - P
Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...labores praebuit. ecce Pharo, voces dum iactat inertis, intorquens iaculum clamanti sistit in ore. tu quoque, flaventem prima..."