torques
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. pres. act. ind. 2nd - Entry →torques, torquis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
collar/necklace of twisted metal (often military); wreath (L+S); ring; chaplet;
acc. pl.nom. pl.nom. sg.voc. pl.voc. sg. - Entry →torquis, torquis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
collar/necklace of twisted metal (often military); wreath (L+S); ring; chaplet;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
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Datames
Cornelius Nepos
"...texit, quam satrapae regii gerere consuerant, ornavit etiam torque atque armillis aureis ceteroque regio cultu; ipse agresti duplici..." - D
Satura V
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...Corybanta uidebis. iurgia proludunt, sed mox et pocula torques saucius et rubra deterges uulnera mappa, inter uos quotiens..." - L
Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...illis magni ac secreti boni iudicemus. Quid te torques et maceras in ea quaestione quam subtilius est contempsisse..." - L
Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...Quid, anime, pendes, quidue consilium diu tam facile torques? rebus incertissimis, fratri atque regno, credis ac metuis mala..." - L
Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...dubio trepida consilio labat? quid ipse temet consulis torques rogas, an deceat hoc te? respice ad patrem: decet..." - L
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...coniugem excipiam meum. Sed tu, nigrantis regna qui torques poli, para laborem (scelera quae quisque ausus..." - M
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...iocum, temptans tamen ioci sui eventum, dixisset: "imperator, torque me dona", "malo" inquit "te civica donare"), LXXX. mendacium..." - A
Liber IX
Aulus Gellius
"...Gallus quidam nudus praeter scutum et gladios duos torque atque armillis decoratus processit, qui et viribus et magnitudine..."
