obtortos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obtorqueo, obtorquere, obtorsi, obtortus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
bend back; twist or turn;
acc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...PLES. Salutem nil moror. opta ocius: rapi te obtorto collo mavis an trahi? utrum vis opta, dum licet..."APOCOLOCYNTOSIS
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger)
"...sententiam itum est. Nec mora, Cyllenius illum collo obtorto trahit ad inferos, [a caelo] [illuc] unde negant redire..."FRAGMENTA
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...myrrhinum se poculum bibisse — In armarium memet conieci — Obtorto valgiter labello — Totus fere mundus mimum videtur implere..."