distorted

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dis-torquĕo, rsi, rtum ( supine, distorsum acc. to Prisc. 871 P.), 2, v. a., to turn different ways, to twist, distort (rare but class.).

Prop.:

os,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 3; so,

ora cachinno,

Ov. A. A. 3, 287:

oculos,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 65:

labra,

Quint. 1, 11, 9.—

Meton., to torment, torture.

Lit., Sen. Ben. 7, 19; Suet. Dom. 10.—

Trop.:

quem repulsa distorqueat (with amore cruciari),

Sen. Ep. 74:

cogitationem,

Petr. 52, 2.—Hence, distortus, a, um, P. a., distorted, misshapen, deformed, dwarfish.

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.—

Trop.:

nullum (genus enuntiandi) distortius,

more perverse, unseemly, Cic. Fat. 8 fin.—Adv. does not occur.

in-torquĕo, torsi, tortum, 2, v. a., to twist, turn round, turn to; to wrench, sprain (class.).

Lit.:

mentum in dicendo,

to distort, Cic. de Or. 2, 66:

oculos,

Verg. G. 4, 451:

caulem,

Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 114: talum, to sprain, Auct. B. Hisp. 38: vereor, ne Pompeio quid oneris imponam, mê moi Gorgeiên kephalên deinoio pelôrou intorqueat, Cic. Att. 9, 7, 3.— Pass. or with se, to twist or wrap itself:

involvulus, quae in pampini folio intorta implicat se,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 64:

cum subito... procella nubibus intorsit sese,

Lucr. 6, 124:

ipsi palmites intorquentur,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 183. —

Transf.

To brandish, hurl, or throw towards:

hastam tergo,

to launch at its back, Verg. A. 2, 231:

jaculum alicui,

to hurl against one, id. ib. 10, 322; Ov. M. 5, 90; Sil. 1, 304:

telum,

Verg. A. 10, 381:

saxum,

Sil. 7, 623:

telum in hostem,

Verg. A. 10, 882; Sen. Ep. 45. —

To throw into confusion:

orationem,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 65; cf.

mores,

to corrupt, pervert, Pers. 5, 38.—

Trop., to cast upon, throw out against:

alternis versibus intorquentur inter fratres gravissimae contumeliae,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 36, 77:

vocem diram,

Sil. 11, 342.— Hence, intortus, a, um, P. a., twisted, wound; crisped, curled; trailed, prolonged; perplexed, involved; distorted, corrupted:

spirae modo,

Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 91:

intorto circa bracchium pallio,

wound about my arm, Petr. 80:

paludamentum,

wrapped round, Liv. 25, 16:

angues intorti capillis Eumenidum,

entwined, Hor. C. 2, 13, 35:

capilli,

curled, Mart. 8, 33; Sil. 3, 284:

sonus concisus, intortus,

Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82:

noctuae intorto carmine occinunt,

App. Flor. 13:

rudentes,

twisted, made by twisting, Cat. 64, 235:

funes,

Ov. M. 3, 679 al. — Adv.: intortē, windingly, crookedly:

intortius,

Plin. 16, 16, 27, § 68.— Transf.: hoc dicere, August. de Nat. et Grat. 49.

in-torquĕo, torsi, tortum, 2, v. a., to twist, turn round, turn to; to wrench, sprain (class.).

Lit.:

mentum in dicendo,

to distort, Cic. de Or. 2, 66:

oculos,

Verg. G. 4, 451:

caulem,

Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 114: talum, to sprain, Auct. B. Hisp. 38: vereor, ne Pompeio quid oneris imponam, mê moi Gorgeiên kephalên deinoio pelôrou intorqueat, Cic. Att. 9, 7, 3.— Pass. or with se, to twist or wrap itself:

involvulus, quae in pampini folio intorta implicat se,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 64:

cum subito... procella nubibus intorsit sese,

Lucr. 6, 124:

ipsi palmites intorquentur,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 183. —

Transf.

To brandish, hurl, or throw towards:

hastam tergo,

to launch at its back, Verg. A. 2, 231:

jaculum alicui,

to hurl against one, id. ib. 10, 322; Ov. M. 5, 90; Sil. 1, 304:

telum,

Verg. A. 10, 381:

saxum,

Sil. 7, 623:

telum in hostem,

Verg. A. 10, 882; Sen. Ep. 45. —

To throw into confusion:

orationem,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 65; cf.

mores,

to corrupt, pervert, Pers. 5, 38.—

Trop., to cast upon, throw out against:

alternis versibus intorquentur inter fratres gravissimae contumeliae,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 36, 77:

vocem diram,

Sil. 11, 342.— Hence, intortus, a, um, P. a., twisted, wound; crisped, curled; trailed, prolonged; perplexed, involved; distorted, corrupted:

spirae modo,

Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 91:

intorto circa bracchium pallio,

wound about my arm, Petr. 80:

paludamentum,

wrapped round, Liv. 25, 16:

angues intorti capillis Eumenidum,

entwined, Hor. C. 2, 13, 35:

capilli,

curled, Mart. 8, 33; Sil. 3, 284:

sonus concisus, intortus,

Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82:

noctuae intorto carmine occinunt,

App. Flor. 13:

rudentes,

twisted, made by twisting, Cat. 64, 235:

funes,

Ov. M. 3, 679 al. — Adv.: intortē, windingly, crookedly:

intortius,

Plin. 16, 16, 27, § 68.— Transf.: hoc dicere, August. de Nat. et Grat. 49.

ob-strĕpo, ŭi, ĭtum, 3, v. n. and a.

Prop., to make a noise against or at; to roar or resound at; to resound, sound.—With dat.:

marisque Baiis obstrepentis urges Submovere litora,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 20:

remotis Obstrepit Oceanus Britannis,

id. ib. 4, 14, 48:

multaque nativis obstrepit arbor aquis,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 4:

si, intrante te, clamor, et plausus, et pantomimica ornamenta obstrepuerint, si, etc.,

Sen. Ep. 29, 12:

fontesque lymphis obstrepunt manantibus,

Hor. Epod. 2, 27:

tympana... raucis Obstrepuere sonis,

Ov. M. 4, 392:

garrula per ramos avis obstrepit,

sings aloud, Sen. Oedip. 454:

jam genus totum obstrepit,

makes loud lament, Sen. Herc. Oet. 758.— Impers., there is a noise, a noise arises:

non statim, si quid obstrepet, abiciendi codices erunt, etc.,

if there shall be a noise, Quint. 30, 3, 28.—

Trop.

To bawl or shout against; to clamor or cry out against.

Absol.:

adversarius obstrepit,

Quint. 12, 6, 5.—

With dat.:

certatim alter alteri obstrepere,

Liv. 1, 40 fin.:

ut quodammodo ipsi sibi in dicendo obstrepere videantur,

Cic. de Or. 3, 13, 50.—

Impers. pass.:

decemviro obstrepitur,

Liv. 3, 49, 4.—

To annoy, molest, be troublesome to.—With dat.:

quae res fecit, ut tibi litteris obstrepere non auderem,

Cic. Fam. 5, 4, 1.—

To impede or hinder; to prove an obstacle, hinderance, or injury to.

With dat.:

detrectare Pompeium, actisque ejus obstrepere,

Flor. 4, 2, 9:

remove parentem, ne tuae laudi obstrepat,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 1030.—

Absol.:

mhil sensere (Poeni), obstrepente pluviā,

Liv. 21, 56, 9:

ut accipiatur circumjecto candore lux, et, temperato repercussu, non obstrepat,

Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148: scelerati, conscientiā obstrepente, condormire non possunt, Curt. 6, 10, 14:

sed clausae sunt aures, obstrepente irā,

id. 8, 1, 48.—

To cry out against, blame.—With dat.:

huic definitioni ita obstrepunt,

Gell. 6, 2, 4.—

Act., to clamor against; to oppose, disturb:

tamen ejus modi, etiam cum leguntur, obstrepi clamore militum videntur, et tubarum sono,

Cic. Marcell. 3, 9:

quae in Cn. Pompeium congesta sunt: hinc assensione favoris, illinc fremitu invidiae, litterarum monumentis obstrepuntur,

are perverted, distorted, Val. Max. 8, 15, 8.—

To fill with noise, cause to resound:

secretus ab omni voce locus, si non opstreperetur aquis,

Ov. F. 6, 9.

prae-postĕrus, a, um, adj., reversed, inverted, perverted, distorted, absurd, preposterous, unseasonable, etc. (class.; syn.: intempestivus, perversus).

Of persons, absurd, preposterous:

ut erat semper praeposterus atque perversus,

Cic. Clu. 26, 71:

imperator,

id. Pis. 38, 92:

homines,

Sall. J. 85, 12.—

Of things concr. and abstract:

praeposteri ficus,

figs out of season, too late, Plin. 16, 27, 51, § 117: natalis, an inverted birth, i. e. with the feet foremost, id. 7, 8, 6, § 46:

praeposteri aut praeproperi rigores,

id. 18, 25, 57, § 208:

dies,

id. 17, 24, 37, § 216:

frigus,

Sen. Ep. 23, 1:

quid tam perversum praeposterumve dici, aut excogitari potest?

Cic. Rab. Post. 13, 37:

ut ne quid perturbatum ac discrepans, aut praeposterum sit,

id. de Or. 3, 11, 40:

tempora,

id. ib. 3, 13, 49:

gratulatio,

id. Sull. 32, 91:

consilia,

id. Lael. 22, 85:

ordo,

Lucr. 3, 621:

praepostera et intempestiva oratio,

Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 3.—Hence, adv.: praepostĕrē, in a reversed order, irregularly (class.):

litteras reddere,

Cic. Att. 7, 16, 1:

agere cum aliquo,

id. Ac. 2, 20, 67:

laevus calceus praepostere inductus,

the left inslead of the right, Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 24:

dicere aliquid,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 28:

syllogismo uti,

Gell. 2, 8, 1;

and praepostero,

Sen. Ep. 3, 2.

prāvus, a, um, adj. [cf. Sanscr. prahva, crooked], crooked, not straight, distorted, misshapen, deformed (opp. rectus; class.).

Lit.:

prava, cubantia, prona, supina atque absona tecta,

Lucr. 4, 517:

si quae in membris prava, aut debilitata aut imminuta sunt,

Cic. Fin. 5, 17, 46:

talus,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 48.— Absol.: in pravum, into crookedness (post-Aug.):

elapsi in pravum artus,

Tac. H. 4, 81:

quae in pravum induruerunt,

Quint. 1, 3, 12.—

Trop., perverse, irregular, improper, wrong, vicious, bad (syn.: improbus, malus, nequam).

Of living beings:

pravus factus est,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 8:

impulsores,

Tac. H. 4, 68:

pravissimus homo,

Vell. 2, 80, 3:

quae belua ruptis, Cum semel effugit, reddit se prava catenis? i. e. stulta, incauta,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 71.—

With gen. ( poet.):

pravus fidei,

faithless, Sil. 3, 253:

pravus togae,

id. 8, 260:

audendi pravus,

id. 12, 464.—

Of things:

nihil pravum, perversum,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 30:

affectio,

id. Tusc. 4, 13, 29:

dociles imitandis Turpibus et pravis omnes sumus,

Juv. 14, 40:

a rectis in vitia, a vitiis in prava, a pravis in praecipitia pervenitur,

Vell. 2, 10, 1:

ad honesta, seu prava juxta levis,

Tac. A. 11, 33:

aemulatio,

id. H. 4, 48:

spes,

id. A. 3, 56.— Comp.: quo pravius nihil esse possit, Cic. Tusc. 3, 33, 80.— Sup.:

pravissima consuetudinis regula,

Cic. Brut. 74, 258.— Absol.: in pravum, in perversity:

frangas citius, quam corrigas, quae in pravum induruerunt,

Quint. 1, 3, 12.—Hence, adv.: prāvē, crookedly; trop., improperly, wrongly, amiss, ill, badly (opp. recte;

class.): hoc mihi videtur factum prave,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 24:

prave (facta), opp. recte facta,

Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 37:

ille porro male, prave, nequiter, turpiter cenabat,

id. Fin. 2, 8, 25:

prave sectus unguis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 104:

sive ego prave, Seu recte hoc volui,

id. S. 2, 3, 87:

prave facti versus,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 266:

pudens prave,

id. A. P. 88:

prave aliquid intellegere,

Plin. 17, 9, 8, § 57:

prave detorta verba,

Tac. A. 6, 5:

facundus,

id. ib. 1, 53:

prave et perperam appellare,

Gell. 4, 9, 4.— Sup.: pravissume, Sall. Or. Lepidi adv. Sull.

străbo, ōnis, m. (collat. form stră-bōnus, i, Petr. 68, 8; v. also strabus), = strabôn.

Lit., that has oblique, distorted eyes, i. e. one who squints strongly, a squinter (class.): ecquos (deos) si non tam strabones, at paetulos esse arbitramur? * Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 80; Hor. S. 1, 3, 44, Petr. 39, 11; Dig. 21, 1, 12.—

Trop., one who looks askance, i. e. an envious, jealous person (ante-class.), Lucil. ap. Non. 27, 7 (Sat. Fragm. 27, 8); Varr. ib. 4 (opp. integris oculis).

Străbo, ōnis, m. [1. strabo], a Roman surname, Cic. Att. 12, 17; 14, 1; id. Ac. 2, 25, 81 al.; cf. Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150.

străbo, ōnis, m. (collat. form stră-bōnus, i, Petr. 68, 8; v. also strabus), = strabôn.

Lit., that has oblique, distorted eyes, i. e. one who squints strongly, a squinter (class.): ecquos (deos) si non tam strabones, at paetulos esse arbitramur? * Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 80; Hor. S. 1, 3, 44, Petr. 39, 11; Dig. 21, 1, 12.—

Trop., one who looks askance, i. e. an envious, jealous person (ante-class.), Lucil. ap. Non. 27, 7 (Sat. Fragm. 27, 8); Varr. ib. 4 (opp. integris oculis).

Străbo, ōnis, m. [1. strabo], a Roman surname, Cic. Att. 12, 17; 14, 1; id. Ac. 2, 25, 81 al.; cf. Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150.

torquĕo, torsi, tortum, 2 (archaic inf. torquerier, Hor. S. 2, 8, 67), v. a. [Gr. trepô, to turn; cf. atrekês; also Sanscr. tarkus; Gr. atraktos, a spindle; and strephô, to twist], to turn, turn about or away; to twist, bend, wind (class.; syn. converto).

Lit.

In gen.:

cervices oculosque,

Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 39:

oculum,

to roll, distort, id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

ora,

to twist awry, id. Off. 1, 36, 131:

ab obscenis sermonibus aurem,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 127:

oculos ad moenia,

Verg. A. 4, 220:

ad sonitum vocis vestigia,

id. ib. 3, 669:

serpens squamosos orbes Torquet,

Ov. M. 3, 42; cf.

anguis,

Verg. G. 3, 38:

capillos ferro,

i. e. to curl, frizzle, Ov. A. A. 1, 505:

stamina pollice,

id. M. 12, 475:

remis aquas,

id. F. 5, 644:

spumas,

Verg. A. 3, 208:

taxos in arcus,

to bend, id. G. 2, 448:

tegumen torquens immane leonis,

winding about him, id. A. 7, 666:

cum terra circum axem se convertat et torqueat,

Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

torta circum bracchia vestis,

Tac. H. 5, 22.—

In partic.

To whirl around, to whirl in the act of throwing, to wield, brandish, to fling with force, to hurl (mostly poet.):

torquet nunc lapidem, nunc ingens machina tignum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 73:

amnis torquet sonantia saxa,

Verg. A. 6, 551:

stuppea torquentem Balearis verbera fundae,

id. G. 1, 309:

jaculum in hostem,

id. A. 10, 585; Ov. M. 12, 323: hastam in hunc, id. ib 5, 137;

for which: hastam alicui,

Val. Fl. 3, 193:

telum aurata ad tempora,

Verg. A. 12, 536:

tela manu,

Ov. M. 12, 99:

valido pila lacerto,

id. F. 2, 11:

glebas, ramos,

id. M. 11, 30:

cum fulmina torquet (Juppiter),

Verg. A. 4, 208;

and trop.: cum Juppiter horridus austris Torquet aquosam hiemem,

id. ib. 9, 671; cf.:

Eurus nubes in occiduum orbem,

Luc. 4, 63.—In prose:

torquere amentatas hastas lacertis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 242.—

To twist awry, misplace, turn aside, distort:

negat sibi umquam, cum oculum torsisset, duas ex lucernā flammulas esse visas,

Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

ora Tristia temptantum sensu (sapor) torquebit amaro,

Verg. G. 2, 247.—

To wrench the limbs upon the rack, to put to the rack or to the torture, to rack, torture (class.):

ita te nervo torquebo, itidem uti catapultae solent,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 12:

eculeo torqueri,

Cic. Fin. 3, 13, 42:

aliquem servilem in modum,

Suet. Aug. 27; cf.:

ira torquentium,

Tac. A. 15, 57:

servum in caput domini,

against his master, Dig. 48, 18, 1: vinctus tortusve, [p. 1880] Suet. Aug. 40 fin. —

Trop.

In gen., to twist, wrest, distort, turn, bend, direct (a favorite expression of Cicero):

versare suam naturam et regere ad tempus atque huc et illuc torquere ac flectere,

Cic. Cael. 6, 13:

torquere et flectere imbecillitatem animorum,

id. Leg. 1, 10, 29:

oratio ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas,

id. Or. 16, 52:

omnia ad suae causae commodum,

id. Inv. 2, 14, 46:

verbo ac litterā jus omne torqueri,

wrested, perverted, id. Caecin. 27, 77:

sonum,

to inflect, Auct. Her. 3, 14, 25:

cuncta tuo qui bella, pater, sub numine torques,

Verg. A. 12, 180:

versare sententias, et huc atque illuc torquere,

Tac. H. 1, 85.—

In partic. (acc. to A. 2.), to rack, torment, torture (syn.:

ango, crucio): tuae libidines te torquent,

Cic. Par. 2, 18:

mitto aurum coronarium, quod te diutissime torsit,

id. Pis. 37, 90: acriter nos tuae supplicationes torserunt, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 1:

equidem dies noctesque torqueor,

Cic. Att. 7, 9, 4:

verbi controversia jam diu torquet Graeculos homines,

id. de Or. 1, 11, 47; 3, 9, 33:

stulti malorum memoriā torquentur,

id. Fin. 1, 17, 57:

sollicitudine, poenitentia, etc., torquetur mens,

Quint. 12, 1, 7:

invidiā vel amore vigil torquebere,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 37; Ov. H. 20, 123:

torqueor, infesto ne vir ab hoste cadat,

id. ib. 9, 36; cf. Hor. S. 2, 8, 67:

Aeacus torquet umbras,

holds inquisition over, Juv. 1, 9.— Transf.: (reges) dicuntur torquere mero, quem perspexisse laborant, qs. to rack with wine, i. e. to try or test with wine, Hor. A. P. 435; so,

vino tortus et irā,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 38.—

To hurl, fling (of language):

curvum sermone rotato enthymema,

Juv. 6, 449.—Hence, tortus, a, um, P. a., twisted, crooked, contorted, distorted.

Lit.:

via (labyrinthi),

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 42:

quercus,

i. e. a twisted oakgarland, Verg. G. 1, 349.—Hence,

Subst.: torta, ae, f., a twisted loaf, a twist, Vulg. 1 Par. 16, 3. —

Trop.:

condiciones,

confused, complicated, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 25. — Adv.: tortē, awry, crookedly:

torte penitusque remota,

Lucr. 4, 305 (329).