intortam
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. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Cistellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...folio intorta implicat se: itidem haec exorditur sibi intortam orationem. quid quaeritas? HAL. Cistellula hinc mi, adulescens, evolavit..."Liber XXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...tendentes inuehebat; et fugientem nauem uideres, uertice retro intortam uictoribus inlatam, et sequentem, si in contrarium tractum incidisset..."