retorqueant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →retorqueo, retorquere, retorsi, retortus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
twist back; cast back; fling back; turn aside;
pl. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
- L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...quod cum maxime transit, ad praeterita rari animum retorquent; sic fit, ut praeceptores eorumque beneficia intercidant, quia totam..." 
Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...pavor occupat ingens excussis in terga viris diramque retorquent in socios non sponte luem. tunc ensibus uncis implicat..."
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...sponte locum Thebana iuuentus, natorum memores, intentaque tela retorquent; sed premit et saeuas miserantibus ingerit hastas. illum..."