torsisset
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. 3rd
Examples
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...frena ipsosque frementes oblitus palmae retro Tirynthius heros torsisset uictusque et conlaudatus abisset. at tibi promissos iamdudum Phoebus..."Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...Lucanus Acir seu Thybridis impetus altasin dextrum torsisset aquas, paterere serena 65fronte deos; sive alma fidem messisque negassetCretaque..."- T
Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...decreto consul armatus cum paucis appellantibus tribunum collum torsisset, metu ceteri sacramento dixere. Ductus exercitus ad Carventanam arcem..."