retorto
Dictionary entries
- Entry →retorqueo, retorquere, retorsi, retortus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
twist back; cast back; fling back; turn aside;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...concepti materna produnt capitibus suis furta. Hic qui retorto crine Maurus incedit subolem fatetur esse se coci Santrae..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...gemitusque parantem ipse ultro conuertit equus; fugit ala retorto puluere. nondum illi Thebarum claustra subibant, et iam Argiua..."Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...iuvenum et maerentis Iuli concursu, lacrimis immobilis. ille retorto Paeonium in morem senior succinctus amictu multa manu medica..."Ars Amatoria I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...posse carere viro?), Non medium rupisset iter, curruque retorto Auroram versis Phoebus adisset equis. Filia purpureos Niso furata..."