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
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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..." - G
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..."
