torsisse
Dictionary entries
- Entry →torqueo, torquere, torsi, tortus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
turn, twist; hurl; torture; torment; bend, distort; spin, whirl; wind (round);
perf. act. infin.
Examples
XIX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...civitatis existimatione damnatum, quem adhuc vivere mirabantur homines, torsisse me putatis? ego vero occidi tarde, diu. quaestionem illud..."
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...comminus ipsum ora sed et trepidos alio torsisse iugales. ergo profanatum Melanippi funus acerbo uulnere non aliis ultum..."