distorqueo
distorqueo, to turn awry, twist, distort
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distorta perfect passive participle neuter accusative plural, perfect passive participle feminine ablative singular, perfect passive participle feminine nominative singular, perfect passive participle feminine vocative singular, perfect passive participle neuter vocative plural, perfect passive participle neuter nominative plural of distorqueo
dis-torquĕo, rsi, rtum (supine, distorsum acc. to Prisc. 871 P.), 2, v. a., to turn different ways, to twist, distort (rare but class.).
- I Prop.: os, Ter. Eun. 670; so, ora cachinno, Ov. A. A. 3, 287: oculos, Hor. S. 1, 9, 65: labra, Quint. 1, 11, 9.—
- II Meton., to torment, torture.
- A Lit., Sen. Ben. 7, 19; Suet. Dom. 10.—
- B Trop.: quem repulsa distorqueat (with amore cruciari), Sen. Ep. 74: cogitationem, Petr. 52, 2.
- —Hence, distortus, a, um, P. a., distorted, misshapen, deformed, dwarfish.
- A Lit.: distortus ejecta lingua, Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; cf. Suet. Aug. 83; Quint. 2, 5, 11: vultus, id. 6, 3, 29: crura, Hor. S. 1, 3, 47: solos sapientes esse, si distortissimi sint, formosos, Cic. Mur. 29, 61; cf. Suet. Galb. 21.—Plur. as subst.: pumili atque distorti, id. Aug. 83.—
- B Trop.: nullum (genus enuntiandi) distortius, more perverse, unseemly, Cic. Fat. 8 fin.—Adv. does not occur.
dis-torqueo, torsī, tortum, ēre, I) auseinander drehen, -zerren, verzerren, verdrehen, os, Ter.: oculos, Hor.: labra, Quint.: alqm, jmdm. die Glieder verrenken, Sen. rhet. – II) meton., zermartern, quälen, Sen. u. Suet. – übtr., alqm, Sen.: cogitationem, Petron. – ➳ PAdi. distortus s. bes.
See: distorquere
distorquĕō, (13) torsī, tortum, ēre, tr., ¶ 1 tourner de côté et dʼautre, contourner, tordre : sibi os Ter. Eun. 670, se défigurer, grimacer ; oculos Hor. S. 1, 9, 65, rouler les yeux ¶ 2 torturer, tourmenter : Sen. Ben. 7, 19, 8 ; Ep. 74, 2 || v. distortus.
- 1. verdraaien, verwringen [oculos; os; alqm iems. ledematen verrekken];
- 2. martelen.
dis-torqueō rsī, rtus, ere,
- to turn awry, twist, distort: os, T.: oculos, H.