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
Datames
Cornelius Nepos
"...texit, quam satrapae regii gerere consuerant, ornavit etiam torque atque armillis aureis ceteroque regio cultu; ipse agresti duplici..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."Liber IX
Aulus Gellius
"...Gallus quidam nudus praeter scutum et gladios duos torque atque armillis decoratus processit, qui et viribus et magnitudine..."
