tortis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →torta, tortae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Calepinus
- Age:
- Neo-Latin
pie;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - Entry →torqueo, torquere, torsi, tortus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
turn, twist; hurl; torture; torment; bend, distort; spin, whirl; wind (round);
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...TRACH. Ecquem recalvom ac Silanum senem, statutum, ventriosum, tortis superciliis, contracta fronte, fraudulentum, deorum odium atque hominum, malum..."Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...fulmina uibrans aut similis nostro, sed tortis cornibus Hammon. non illic Libycae posuerunt ditia gentes templa, nec Eois..."Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...concordia mixtialligat ulla tori blandaeque potentia formaetraxerunt torti magica uertigine fili. 460cessauere uices rerum, dilataque longahaesit nocte dies..."de Spectaculis
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial) from EPIGRAMMATON LIBRI
"...Cilices nimbis hic maduere suis. Crinibus in nodum tortis uenere Sygambri, atque aliter tortis crinibus Aethiopes. Vox diuersa..."Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...terrae solida fortisque compages, nedum particula aeris torti. [10,1] Praeterea manere in alto non potest ignis turbine..."Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...flammae tumidiue uenti tanta, nec teli metuenda torti, quanta cum coniunx uiduata taedis ardet et odit..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...neque enim tam magnum facinus admisimus, ut debeamus torti perire." Ancilla, quae Psyche vocabatur, lodiculam in pavimento diligenter..."Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...deicit in terras, pars imperfecta manebat. tris imbris torti radios, tris nubis aquosae addiderant, rutuli tris ignis..."