writhe
writhe
v. intrans.
P. and V. στρέφεσθαι; see wriggle.Wallow: Ar. and P. κῠλινδεῖσθαι; see wallow.
Writhing with their bodies in sympathy with their thoughts they passed a terrible time through the extremity of their fear: P. τοῖς σώμασιν αὐτοῖς ἴσα τῇ δόξῃ περιδεῶς συναπονεύοντες ἐν τοῖς χαλεπώτατα διῆγον (Thuc. 7.71).
He writhed now upon the ground, now in mid air: V. ἐσπᾶτο γὰρ πέδονδε καὶ μετάρσιος (Soph. Trach. 786).
v. intrans.
P. and V. στρέφεσθαι; see wriggle.Wallow: Ar. and P. κῠλινδεῖσθαι; see wallow.
Writhing with their bodies in sympathy with their thoughts they passed a terrible time through the extremity of their fear: P. τοῖς σώμασιν αὐτοῖς ἴσα τῇ δόξῃ περιδεῶς συναπονεύοντες ἐν τοῖς χαλεπώτατα διῆγον (Thuc. 7.71).
He writhed now upon the ground, now in mid air: V. ἐσπᾶτο γὰρ πέδονδε καὶ μετάρσιος (Soph. Trach. 786).
WRITHE
se contorquere or torquere: torqueri.
se contorquere or torquere: torqueri.
writhe:
1. tortor, 1 dep.: you will see all the parts w.ing with the fresh wound, omnia cernes recenti vulnere tortari, Lucr. 3, 661.
2. torqueor, 2 dep.: that the wise man cannot be happy when he is w.ing under the rack, non posse sapientem beatum esse quum eculeo torqueatur, Cic. Fin. 3, 13, 42.
1. tortor, 1 dep.: you will see all the parts w.ing with the fresh wound, omnia cernes recenti vulnere tortari, Lucr. 3, 661.
2. torqueor, 2 dep.: that the wise man cannot be happy when he is w.ing under the rack, non posse sapientem beatum esse quum eculeo torqueatur, Cic. Fin. 3, 13, 42.