torquebis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →torqueo, torquere, torsi, tortus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
turn, twist; hurl; torture; torment; bend, distort; spin, whirl; wind (round);
sg. fut. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
XVIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...suspiria oculosque custodi; si quod facinus admissum est, torquebis quidem filium, sed fatebitur mater. Inrumpere me cum maxime..."XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...voracem Charybdim praetervehens tota in fugam vela torquebis? nusquam est periculosius legationis tuae naufragium: tu, ut cogi posses..."