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
- M
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..." - M
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..."