torseris
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. futperf. act. ind. 2ndsg. perf. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
XVIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...omnes pone causas. non est eiusdem fateri, cur torseris, et tacere, cur occideris. Quid ais, severissime parricida? filium..."Liber IX
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...adulescentiae ipsius, remitte lacrimis, remitte indulgentiae tuae. Ne torseris illum, ne torseris etiam te; torqueris enim..."
