retorquens
Dictionary entries
- Entry →retorqueo, retorquere, retorsi, retortus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
twist back; cast back; fling back; turn aside;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...latent in puluere Nymphae, saeuior anfractu laterum sinuosa retorquens terga solo siccique nocens furit igne ueneni. stagna..."Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Tegeaeum subligat ensem demissa ab laeva pantherae terga retorquens. nec non et gemini custodes limine ab alto praecedunt..."