crookedly

prae-vārĭcor, ātus, 1, v. dep., to walk crookedly, not to walk straight. *

Lit.:

arator praevaricatur,

makes a crooked furrow, Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 179.—

Trop.

To walk crookedly in the discharge of one's duty, not to act uprightly; esp. of an advocate who is guilty of collusion with the opposite party, to make a sham accusation or defence, to collude, prevaricate:

qui praevaricatur, ex utrāque parte consistit, quinimo ex alterā,

Dig. 47, 15, 1; cf. Plin. l. c. supra: a Catilina pecuniam accepit, ut turpissime praevaricaretur, Auct. Har. Resp. 20; Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 29.—With dat., to favor collusively:

interdum non defendere, sed praevaricari accusationi videbatur,

Cic. Clu. 21, 58.—

Late Lat., to transgress, sin against, violate:

pactum meum,

Vulg. Jos. 7, 11:

contra me,

id. Deut. 32, 51: legem, id. Osee, 8, 1.—Also in the form praevā-rĭco, āre:

quod audivit, praevaricavit,

Aug. Tract. in Joann. 99; cf. Prisc. 8, 6, 29.

prae-vārĭcor, ātus, 1, v. dep., to walk crookedly, not to walk straight. *

Lit.:

arator praevaricatur,

makes a crooked furrow, Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 179.—

Trop.

To walk crookedly in the discharge of one's duty, not to act uprightly; esp. of an advocate who is guilty of collusion with the opposite party, to make a sham accusation or defence, to collude, prevaricate:

qui praevaricatur, ex utrāque parte consistit, quinimo ex alterā,

Dig. 47, 15, 1; cf. Plin. l. c. supra: a Catilina pecuniam accepit, ut turpissime praevaricaretur, Auct. Har. Resp. 20; Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 29.—With dat., to favor collusively:

interdum non defendere, sed praevaricari accusationi videbatur,

Cic. Clu. 21, 58.—

Late Lat., to transgress, sin against, violate:

pactum meum,

Vulg. Jos. 7, 11:

contra me,

id. Deut. 32, 51: legem, id. Osee, 8, 1.—Also in the form praevā-rĭco, āre:

quod audivit, praevaricavit,

Aug. Tract. in Joann. 99; cf. Prisc. 8, 6, 29.

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.

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.

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).

tortŭōsus, a, um, adj. [tortus].

Full of crooks or turns, winding, tortuous (class.).

Lit.:

est autem (alvus) multiplex et tortuosa,

Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136:

loca,

id. ib. 2, 57, 144:

serrula,

id. Clu. 64, 180:

per tortuosi amnis sinus flexusque,

Liv. 27, 47, 10:

serpens,

Vulg. Isa. 27, 1: coluber, id. Job, 26, 13.— Comp.:

quiddam tortuosius,

Plin. 11, 46, 106, § 255.—

Trop., entangled, involved, complicated, confused:

tortuosum genus disputandi,

Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 98:

visa quaedam tortuosa et obscura,

id. Div. 2, 63, 129:

ingenium,

id. Lael. 18, 65:

res anxiae et tortuosae,

Gell. 13, 11, 4.— Sup.:

quis aperit tortuosissimam istam et implicatissimam nodositatem?

Aug. Conf. 2, 10. —

Painful, torturing:

rusci radix bibitur in tortuosiore urinā,

i. e. in strangury, Plin. 21, 27, 100, § 173.—

* Adv.: tortŭōsē, crookedly, tortuously:

procedat serpens,

Tert. adv. Valent. 4, 43 fin.