ex-torquĕo

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.

mācĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [prob. from root mag-, massô, to knead; through an adj. mācerus; v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 395; cf. also măcer], to make soft or tender, to soften by steeping, to soak, steep, macerate (not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Lit.:

brassicam in aquam,

Cato, R. R. 156, 5:

salsamenta,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 27:

in piscina lupinum,

Col. 1, 6, 21:

semen lacte,

id. 11, 3, 51:

(ramos genistae) marinā aquā,

Plin. 24, 9, 40, § 66:

(siliginem) novem diebus maceratum... subigunt,

id. 18, 11, 27, § 106:

grana (cacaliae) in oleo,

id. 25, 11, 85, § 135:

intestina piscium sale,

id. 31, 7, 43, § 93:

podagrici crura macerantes,

Vitr. 18, 3.—

Transf., to weaken in body or mind, to waste away, enervate.

Of the body:

multos iste morbus homines macerat,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 22; Liv. 26, 13:

quam lentis macerer ignibus,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 8; cf.:

Macedo siti maceratus,

Curt. 5, 13, 24:

pars exercitus ad utilitatem nostram macerata perductaque ad exitiabilem famem,

Vell. 2, 112, 4:

Fabius sic maceravit Hannibalem, ut, etc.,

i. e. Hannibal's army, Flor. 2, 6, 28:

muscus crura vitium situ et veterno macerat,

Col. 4, 22, 6:

cor solum viscerum vitiis non maceratur,

Plin. 11, 37, 69, § 182.—

Of the mind, to fret, vex, torment, distress, torture, pain (syn.:

crucio, torqueo): egemet me concoquo et macero et defatigo,

fret myself, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 2:

quor me excrucio? quor me macero? quor meam senectutem sollicito?

Ter. And. 5, 3, 15; cf. id. Eun. 1, 2, 107:

noli te macerare,

id. And. 4, 2, 2:

cura satis me lacrumis maceravi,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 8:

hoc me facinus miserum macerat,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 21: infelix sollicitudo persequitur nec oratorem macerat et coquit, * Quint. 12, 10, 77:

quae vos macerent desiderio,

Liv. 5, 54, 3; 26, 13, 8.— Poet., with a causal object-clause:

consimili ratione ab eodem saepe timore macerat invidia, ante oculos illum esse potentem,

Lucr. 3, 75.— Mid., to vex, torment one's self:

maceror interdum, quod sim tibi causa dolendi,

Ov. H. 2, 125: unum hoc maceror et doleo tibi deesse, Terenti, C. Caes. ap. Suet. Vit. Ter. fin.: ex desiderio magis magisque maceror, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 182 P.

ob-torquĕo, si, tum, 2, v. a.

To turn towards; to turn: obtorque prorim, Att. ap. Non. 200, 33 (Trag. Rel. v. 575 Rib.):

dextrasque obtorquet in undas Proram,

Stat. Th. 5, 414.—

To turn round, twist, writhe, wrench (esp. the neck; rare, and class. only in the part. perf.)):

collum,

Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 66:

obtorto collo ad praetorem trahor,

i. e. dragged violently by the throat, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 45; id. Rud. 3, 6, 16:

ut illum collo obtorto ad subsellia reduceret,

Cic. Clu. 21, 59 (for which:

torquere collum,

Liv. 4, 53, 8):

obtorta gulā in vincula abripi jussit,

by the throat, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 24: obtorto valgiter labello, twisted, contorted, Petr. Fragm. ap. Fulg. p. 566, 2:

obtorti circulus auri,

twisted, wreathed, Verg. A. 5, 559:

cardines,

App. M. 3, p. 151, 22.

per-torquĕo, ēre, v. a., to twist awry, to distort:

ora foedo sapore,

Lucr. 2, 401.—

To hurl, vent: quam senticosa verba pertorquet, Afran. ap. Fest. p. 339 Müll. and ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 333 ib. (Com. Rel. v. 1 Rib.).

prae-torquĕo, no perf., tum, 2, v. a., to twist forwards, twist round (ante-class. and post-Aug.).

Lit.:

praetorto capite et recurvato,

Col. 3, 18.—

Trop.:

praetorquete injuriae collum,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 12.

rĕ-torquĕo, si, tum, 2, v. a., to twist or bend back; to turn or cast back (class.; cf. [p. 1587] reflecto).

Lit.:

caput in sua terga (anguis),

Ov. M. 3, 68:

ora,

id. ib. 4, 715:

ora ad os Phoebi,

id. ib. 11, 163: oculos saepe ad hanc urbem, * Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 2:

oculos,

Ov. M. 10, 696:

omnium oculos in se,

Quint. Decl. 8, 8:

tergo bracchia,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 22; cf.:

manibus retortis,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 191:

cervices,

Plin. Pan. 34, 3:

ferocis equi colla,

Ov. H. 4, 79:

pantherae terga,

to wrap about, cast about, Verg. A. 8, 460:

amictum,

id. ib. 12, 400:

crinem,

to crisp, frizzle, Mart. 6, 39, 6:

litore violenter undas,

to drive back, repulse, Hor. C. 1, 2, 13:

Rhoetum unguibus leonis,

id. ib. 2, 19, 23:

vela ab Euboïcis aquis,

Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 84:

viam,

i. e. to return by the same way, Claud. Phaen. 27:

de bysso retorta,

Vulg. Exod. 26, 1:

missilia in hostem,

Curt. 6, 1, 15:

quod me retorsisti (a morte),

Quint. Decl. 17, 18. — Mid.: ubi paulatim retorqueri agmen ad dextram conspexerunt, to wheel around, * Caes. B. C. 1, 69, 3.—

Trop.: animum ad praeterita, to turn or cast back, Sen. Ben. 3, 3, 3:

scelus in auctorem,

Just. 34, 4, 2; cf.:

crimina in eum,

Dig. 38, 2, 14, § 6; and simply argumentum, to retort upon one ' s opponent, App. Flor. p. 360, 33:

mentem,

to alter, change, Verg. A. 12, 841.

rŏto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [rota].

Act., to turn a thing round like a wheel; to swing round, whirl about ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf. torqueo).

Lit.:

Learchum bis terque per auras More rotat fundae,

Ov. M. 4, 517; cf. id. ib. 9, 217; id. A. A. 2, 374:

jactare caput et comas excutientem rotare, fanaticum est,

Quint. 11, 3, 71:

sanguineos orbes (i. e. oculos),

to roll about, Val. Fl. 4, 235: ensem fulmineum, to brandish (in order to add force to the blow), Verg. A. 9, 441:

telum,

Liv. 42, 65, 10:

telum in ora loquentis,

Stat. Th. 9, 802:

clipeum, Val Fl. 6, 551: saxa,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 6:

flammam (venti),

Lucr. 6, 202; cf.:

(venti) trudunt res ante rapidique rotanti turbine portant,

in a whirling tornado, id. 1, 295:

flammae fumum,

Hor. C. 4, 11, 11:

se in vulnus (ursa),

Luc. 6, 222:

conreptum rotatumque sternit,

Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 51.— Mid., to turn or go round in a circle, to roll round, revolve:

Tyrrheni greges circumque infraque rotantur,

Stat. Achill. 1, 56:

circum caput igne rotato,

Ov. M. 12, 296:

poterisne rotatis Obvius ire polis?

id. ib. 2, 74; cf.:

nivibus rotatis (with glomerari),

id. ib. 9, 221: sphaerico motu in orbem rotari, Macr Somn. Scip. 2, 14, 31.—

Trop.:

aut curtum sermone rotato Torqueat enthymema,

round, compact, concise, Juv. 6, 449:

sic ordinem fati rerum aeterna series rotat,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 35, 2.—

Neutr., = rotari, to turn or roll round, to revolve (very rare):

parte ex aliā, quā saxa rotantia late Impulerat torrens,

Verg. A. 10, 362 Serv. (cf.:

volventia plaustra,

id. G. 1, 163);

so of a peacock spreading its tail out like a wheel,

Col. 8, 11, 8.

torcŭlar, āris, n. [torqueo].

A press used in making wine or oil, Vitr. 6, 9; Plin. 18, 26, 62, § 230.—

A cellar for storing up oil, an oil-cellar, Col. 1, 6, 18; 12, 52, 10 sq.; Plin. 15, 1, 2, § 6; 15, 3, 3, § 10.

tormentum, i, n. [torqueo, an instrument with which any thing is turned or twisted].

Lit.:

tormenta telorum,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57:

tormentis Mutinam verberavit,

id. Phil. 8, 7, 20; Caes. B. G. 2, 8; 4, 25; id. B. C. 1, 17; Hirt. B. G. 8, 14, 5:

machinator bellicorum tormentorum,

Liv. 24, 34, 2; Sil. 6, 279; Tac. A. 2, 81; id. H. 3, 20; 4, 23; Curt. 4, 3, 13.—

Transf., a missile, shot thrown by the engine:

quod unum genus tegumenti nullo telo neque tormento transici posse,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9;

telum tormentumve missum,

id. ib. 3, 51; 3, 56; Plin. 8, 23, 35, § 85; Stat. Th. 9, 145; Curt. 4, 2, 9.—

A (twisted) cord, rope: praesectis [p. 1879] crinibus tormenta effecerunt, Caes. B. C. 3, 9:

falces tormentis introrsus reducebant,

id. B. G. 7, 22, 2:

laxare,

Quint. Decl. 19, 15; Grat. Cyn. 26; Auct. Priap. 6:

stuppeum,

App. Mag. p. 276, 14:

ferreum,

i. e. fetters, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 12; cf.:

sine tormentorum injuriā,

Petr. 102.—

An instrument of torture, a rack.

Lit.:

verberibus ac tormentis quaestionem habere,

Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5; 11, 4, 8; 13, 9, 21:

quaerere de aliquo tormentis,

id. Deiot. 1, 3; id. Clu. 63, 176 sq.; id. Mil. 21, 57; 22, 58; id. Sull. 28, 78; id. Off. 3, 9, 39; id. Part. Or. 14, 50; id. Tusc. 5, 28, 80; Caes. B. G. 6, 18; Quint. 2, 20, 10; 3, 5, 10; Suet. Tib. 19; 58; 62 al.:

tu lene tormentum ingenio admoves,

a rack of a mild sort, Hor. C. 3, 21, 13.—

Transf., in gen., torture, anguish, pain, torment, etc.:

cruciatus et tormenta pati,

Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 6; cf.:

tormento liberari,

Col. 6, 7, 1; so of the torture or pain of sickness, Cels. 7, 11; Plin. 19, 8, 44, § 155; 20, 4, 13, § 27; 22, 22, 37, § 79:

tormenta fortunae,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 1: caecae suspitionis, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

invidiā Siculi non invenere tyranni Majus tormentum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 59; Juv. 2, 137:

esse in tormentis,

Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 9:

incredibiles cruciatus et indignissima tormenta pati,

id. ib. 1, 12, 6:

tormentum sibi injungere,

id. Pan. 86, 1:

bene tormentis secubituque coli,

Ov. Am. 3, 10, 16; so of the pain of love, Mart. 7, 29, 1:

tormentis gaudet amantis,

Juv. 6, 209:

animi tormenta latentis in aegro Corpore,

id. 9, 18.—

A clothes-press, mangle, Sen. Tranq. 1, 3.

tormĭna, um, n. ( masc. collat. form tormĭnes, acc. to Non. 32, 11) [torqueo], a griping of the bowels, the gripes, colic.

Lit.: proxima his, inter intestinorum mala, tormina esse consueverunt: dusenteria Graece vocatur, etc., Cels. 4, 15; cf. Cato, R. R. 156, 5; 157, 9; Cic. Tusc. 2, 19, 45; Col. 6, 7, 1; Plin. 22, 25, 72, § 148; 26, 8, 47, § 74; 29, 5, 33, § 103 al.—

Transf.:

tormina urinae,

strangury, Plin. 20, 8, 30, § 74; 30, 15, 50, § 144.

tormĭna, um, n. ( masc. collat. form tormĭnes, acc. to Non. 32, 11) [torqueo], a griping of the bowels, the gripes, colic.

Lit.: proxima his, inter intestinorum mala, tormina esse consueverunt: dusenteria Graece vocatur, etc., Cels. 4, 15; cf. Cato, R. R. 156, 5; 157, 9; Cic. Tusc. 2, 19, 45; Col. 6, 7, 1; Plin. 22, 25, 72, § 148; 26, 8, 47, § 74; 29, 5, 33, § 103 al.—

Transf.:

tormina urinae,

strangury, Plin. 20, 8, 30, § 74; 30, 15, 50, § 144.

torquis or torques (the first form, Naev. ap. Charis. p. 118 P.; Liv. 44, 14, 2; Prop. 4 (5), 10, 44;

the latter form,

Val. Fl. 2, 111; Stat. Th. 10, 517; cf. Charis. 1. 1.; acc. torquim, Phoc. de Nom. 1711 P.; abl. torqui, App. Flor. 2, 12), m. and f. [torqueo], a twisted neck-chain, necklace, collar.

Lit.:

T. Manlius, qui Galli torque detracto, Torquati cognomen invenit,

Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23; id. Off. 3, 31, 112; cf. of the same: torquem detraxit, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 18:

Q. Rubrium coronā et phaleris et torque donasti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 80, § 185:

aureus,

Liv. 44, 14, 2; Quint. 6, 3, 79; Auct. B. Hisp. 26, 1; Suet. Aug. 43 (al. aurea): aureae, Varr. ap. Non. 228, 2:

unca,

Prop. 4 (5), 10, 44:

adempta,

Ov. F. 1, 601:

adjecisse praedam Torquibus exiguis renidet,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 12.—

Transf.

A coupling-collar for oxen:

ipsis e torquibus aptos Junge pares,

Verg. G. 3, 168.—

A wreath, ring, in gen.:

avis torque miniato in cervice distincta,

Plin. 10, 42, 58, § 117:

saepe deum nexis ornatae torquibus arae,

Verg. G. 4, 276:

hinc vastis urgent immensi torquibus orbes (ceti natantis),

i. e. rings, circles, Manil. 5, 584.

torquis or torques (the first form, Naev. ap. Charis. p. 118 P.; Liv. 44, 14, 2; Prop. 4 (5), 10, 44;

the latter form,

Val. Fl. 2, 111; Stat. Th. 10, 517; cf. Charis. 1. 1.; acc. torquim, Phoc. de Nom. 1711 P.; abl. torqui, App. Flor. 2, 12), m. and f. [torqueo], a twisted neck-chain, necklace, collar.

Lit.:

T. Manlius, qui Galli torque detracto, Torquati cognomen invenit,

Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23; id. Off. 3, 31, 112; cf. of the same: torquem detraxit, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 18:

Q. Rubrium coronā et phaleris et torque donasti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 80, § 185:

aureus,

Liv. 44, 14, 2; Quint. 6, 3, 79; Auct. B. Hisp. 26, 1; Suet. Aug. 43 (al. aurea): aureae, Varr. ap. Non. 228, 2:

unca,

Prop. 4 (5), 10, 44:

adempta,

Ov. F. 1, 601:

adjecisse praedam Torquibus exiguis renidet,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 12.—

Transf.

A coupling-collar for oxen:

ipsis e torquibus aptos Junge pares,

Verg. G. 3, 168.—

A wreath, ring, in gen.:

avis torque miniato in cervice distincta,

Plin. 10, 42, 58, § 117:

saepe deum nexis ornatae torquibus arae,

Verg. G. 4, 276:

hinc vastis urgent immensi torquibus orbes (ceti natantis),

i. e. rings, circles, Manil. 5, 584.

tortor, ōris, m. [torqueo, I. B. 2.], an executioner, tormentor, torturer.

Lit.

In gen.:

cum jam tortor, atque essent tormenta ipsa defessa,

Cic. Clu. 63, 177; id. Phil. 11, 3, 7; id. Fin. 4, 12, 31; Sen. Ep. 14, 5; Hor. C. 3, 5, 50; Juv. 14, 21. —

He that brandishes, handles. Balearis habenae, Luc. 3, 710.—

Tortor, ōris, an epithet of Apollo, as the flayer of Marsyas, under which name he was worshipped in a part of Rome, Suet. Aug. 70.—

Trop.:

occultum quatiente animo tortore flagellum,

Juv. 13, 195.