torsissem
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. pluperf. act. subj. 1st
Examples
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...tenebras saevumque tridentem iamiam ego et inviti torsissem coniugis ignem. nunc quoque nec socium nostrae columenve carinae esse..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...succiduo resupinum ac paene ruentem; et ni curuato torsissem spicula cornu, nunc ubi bella tibi..."