intortas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →intorqueo, intorquere, intorsi, intortus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
twist or turn round, sprain; hurl or launch a missile at;
acc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Cistellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Quamnam, amabo? LAMP. Involvolum, quae in pampini folio intorta implicat se: itidem haec exorditur sibi intortam orationem. quid..."
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...exit in orbem; quantus et ille sacri spiris intorta mouebat cornua Parnasi, donec tibi, Delie, fixus uexit harundineam..."Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...monstra Erebi, Scyllas et inane furentes Centauros solidoque intorta adamante Gigantum uincula et angustam centeni Aegaeonis umbram?' 'immo..."Liber XXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...rostri accipiebat: illa cum transuersa obiceretur hosti, repente intorta in proram circumagebatur. cum inter triremes fortuna regente anceps..."