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..."- P
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..."