intortum
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.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...Illa de sinu licium prolulit varii coloris filis intortum, cervicemque vinxit meam. Mox turbatum sputo pulverem medio sustulit..."
Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...iaculum: latebras tamen inguinis alte missile, ceu totis intortum uiribus, hausit. praeterit haud dubium fati et spoliare superbit..."