torsi
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. perf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
- L
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...reges, tyrannos, non tamen uoltus meos in astra torsi: semper haec nobis manus uotum spopondit; nulla propter..." - M
XIX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...mihi facias duplicatae questionis invidiam, id est, quod torsi et occidi. sola est huius necessitatis ratio de morte..." - P
Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...quantum concedant nostro tua cornua ferro" et iaculum torsi: quod cum vitare nequiret, opposuit dextram passurae vulnera fronti..."