intorquet
Dictionary entries
- Entry →intorqueo, intorquere, intorsi, intortus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
twist or turn round, sprain; hurl or launch a missile at;
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...demus, pius ignis edat.' nec plura, sed ingens intorquet iaculum, duro quod in aere moratum transmissumque tamen clipei..."Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...quae duo sola manu gestans adclinia monti fixerat, intorquet iacula et fugientibus addit. mox in plana libens, nodo..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...modo quo citat orbe Lacaenas Delia plaudentesque suis intorquet Amyclis. tunc vero, tunc praecipue manifestus Achilles nec servare..."- P
Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...coruscat, sortitus fortunam oculis, et corpore toto eminus intorquet. murali concita numquam tormento sic saxa fremunt nec fulmine..." - P
Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Achillem.' dixerat. ille rudem nodis et cortice crudo intorquet summis adnixus viribus hastam; excepere aurae, vulnus Saturnia Iuno..." - P
Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...calcat acervos. Nec Phineus ausus concurrere comminus hosti intorquet iaculum, quod detulit error in Idan, expertem frustra belli..."