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  • 1 inverto

    in-verto, verti, versum, 3, v. a., to turn upside down, turn about, to upset, invert (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    pingue solum Fortes invertant tauri,

    to turn up, plough up, Verg. G. 1, 64:

    campum,

    id. ib. 3, 161:

    Boreas invertit ornos,

    upturns, overthrows, Luc. 6, 390:

    vinaria,

    to upset, empty, Hor. S. 2, 8, 39:

    mare,

    i. e. disturbed, rough, id. Epod. 10, 5:

    alveos navium inversos pro tuguriis habere,

    Sall. J. 18, 5:

    adeo vehementer talum inverti, ut minimum affuerim quin articulum defregerim,

    dislocated, App. Flor. 3, p. 134, 3:

    si polypus invertatur,

    Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 91:

    invertere se,

    to turn over, id. 32, 2, 5, § 13:

    cum in locum anulum inverterat,

    Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38. —
    2.
    Esp., to dip, dye:

    albentes lanas,

    Sil. 16, 568.—
    II.
    Trop., to invert, transpose; to change. alter; to pervert; to exchange:

    ut cum semel dictum sit directe, invertatur ordo, et idem quasi sursum versus retroque dicatur,

    Cic. Part. 7, 24: quae in vulgus edita ejus verbis, invertere supersedeo, to alter, give in another form, Tac. A. 15, 63:

    virtutes,

    to alter, misrepresent, Hor. S. 1, 3, 55:

    lanas,

    to dye, color, Sil. 16, 569:

    Vertumnus Deus invertendarum rerum est,

    i. e. of barter, trade, Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154. —
    B.
    Esp. of words, to pervert, misapply, use ironically (cf. inversio, I.):

    invertuntur verba, ut, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 262.—Hence, inversus, a, um, P. a., turned upside down, inverted.
    A.
    Lit.:

    vomer inversus,

    Hor. Epod. 2, 63:

    carinae,

    Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 15:

    manus (opp. supina),

    id. 12, 25, 54, § 121:

    charta,

    Mart. 4, 87, 11:

    submovere Euros Pellibus inversis,

    turned inside out, Juv. 14, 187.—
    B.
    Trop., inverted, perverted: annus, inverted, brought back to its beginning, i. e. completed, ended, Hor. S. 1, 1, 36:

    pro curia, inversique mores!

    perverted, corrupt, id. C. 3, 5, 7:

    consuetudo,

    Quint. 3, 9, 9:

    verba,

    perverted from their proper meanings, ambiguous, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 131; so,

    too, verba,

    dark, obscure, Lucr. 1, 642. — Neutr. sing. as adv.: inversum, upside down:

    surculis inversum superpositis,

    Sol. 8.

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  • 2 mōs

        mōs mōris, m    [1 MA-], a will, way, habit, manner, fashion, caprice, humor: suos quoique mos, T.: mores mulierum, T.: alieno more vivendumst mihi, after another's humor, T.: suo more, Cs.: morem alcui gerere, to accommodate oneself.—A custom, usage, manner, practice, wont, habit, fashion: ut nunc sunt mores, T.: legi morique parendum est: uti mos gentis illius est, S.: sicut meus est mos, wont, H.: militari more, Cs.: mos partium popularium et factionum, bad custom, S.: mos obsidiandi vias, L.: more sinistro, by a perverted custom, Iu.: Pellibus in morem cincti, after their manner, V.: crinem de more solutae, V.: ut mos fuit Bithyniae regibus: quae moris Graecorum non sint, L.: apis Matinae More modoque, like, H.: ut Domitiano moris erat, Ta.: praeter civium morem, contrary to usage, T.: raptae sine more Sabinae, in defiance of usage, V.: quod in morem vetustas perduxit, made a custom: quibus omnia vendere mos est, S.: sciant, quibus moris est inlicita mirari, Ta.: Moris erat quondam servare, etc., Iu.: nondum consulem iudicem appellari mos fuerat, L.: mos est Syracusis, ut dicat sententiam qui velit: quod iam in morem venerat, ut, etc., had become customary, L.: barbariam ex Gaditanorum moribus delere.— Morality, conduct: qui istic mos est? T.: mos est hominum, ut nolint, etc., nature.—Plur., conduct, behavior, manners, morals, character: quantum mei mores poscebant, respondi, S.: eius suavissimi mores: iusti: naturam moresque hominis cognoscere, character: perditi: exemplar vitae morumque, H.: morum quoque filius, i. e. like his father in character, Iu.: ignarus meorum morum, i. e. my trade, T.—Of things, quality, nature, manner, mode, fashion: caeli, V.: elabitur anguis in morem fluminis, like, V.: in hunc operis morem, H.— Manner, measure, moderation: Tempestas sine more furit, with singular fierceness, V.: (terra) supra morem densa, uncommonly, V.— A precept, law, rule: Quīs neque mos neque cultus erat, V.: moresque viris et moenia ponet, laws, V.
    * * *
    custom, habit; mood, manner, fashion; character (pl.), behavior, morals

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  • 3 prae-posterus

        prae-posterus adj.,    in reverse order, in disorder, inverted, perverted, absurd, preposterous, unseasonable: quid tam praeposterum dici potest?: gratulatio: consilia.—Of persons, perverse, unreasonable, absurd: semper: homines, S.

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  • 4 mos

    mos, mōris, m. [etym. dub.; perh. root ma-, measure; cf.: maturus, matutinus; prop., a measuring or guiding rule of life; hence], manner, custom, way, usage, practice, fashion, wont, as determined not by the laws, but by men's will and pleasure, humor, self-will, caprice (class.; cf.: consuetudo, usus).
    I.
    Lit.:

    opsequens oboediensque'st mori atque imperiis patris,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 54:

    huncine erat aequum ex illius more, an illum ex hujus vivere?

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 24: alieno more vivendum est mihi, according to the will or humor of another, id. And. 1, 1, 125:

    nonne fuit levius dominae pervincere mores,

    Prop. 1, 17, 15: morem alicui gerere, to do the will of a person, to humor, gratify, obey him:

    sic decet morem geras,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 35; Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 17:

    animo morem gessero,

    Ter. And. 4, 1, 17:

    adulescenti morem gestum oportuit,

    id. Ad. 2, 2, 6; v. gero.—
    II.
    The will as a rule for action, custom, usage, practice, wont, habit:

    leges mori serviunt,

    usage, custom, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 36:

    legi morique parendum est,

    Cic. Univ. 11:

    ibam forte Viā Sacrā, sicut meus est mos,

    custom, wont, Hor. S. 1, 9, 1:

    contra morem consuetudinemque civilem,

    Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148:

    quae vero more agentur institutisque civilibus,

    according to usage, according to custom, id. ib.:

    mos est hominum, ut nolint eundem pluribus rebus excellere,

    id. Brut. 21, 84:

    ut mos est,

    Juv. 6, 392;

    moris erat quondam servare, etc.,

    id. 11, 83:

    more sinistro,

    by a perverted custom, id. 2, 87.— So with ut:

    morem traditum a patribus, ut, etc.,

    Liv. 27, 11, 10:

    hunc morem servare, ut, etc.,

    id. 32, 34, 5:

    virginibus Tyriis mos est gestare pharetram,

    it is the custom, they are accustomed, Verg. A. 1, 336:

    qui istic mos est?

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 1:

    mos ita rogandi,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 17, 1:

    ut mos fuit Bithyniae regibus,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 27: moris est, it is the custom:

    negavit, moris esse Graecorum, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 26, § 66; Vell. 2, 37, 5:

    quae moris Graecorum non sint,

    Liv. 36, 28, 4; cf.:

    (aliquid) satis ex more Graecorum factum,

    id. 36, 28, 5:

    ut Domitiano moris erat,

    Tac. Agr. 39.— Plur.:

    id quoque morum Tiberii erat,

    Tac. A. 1, 80:

    praeter civium morem,

    contrary to custom, to usage, Ter. And. 5, 3, 9: sine more, unwonted, unparalleled:

    facinus sine more,

    Stat. Th. 1, 238; so,

    nullo more,

    id. ib. 7, 135:

    supra morem: terra supra morem densa,

    unusually, Verg. G. 2, 227 (cf.:

    supra modum): perducere aliquid in morem,

    to make into a custom, make customary, Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 162:

    quod jam in morem venerat, ut, etc.,

    had become customary, Liv. 42, 21, 7.—
    B.
    In partic., in a moral point of view, conduct, behavior; in plur., manners, morals, character; in a good or bad sense:

    est ita temperatis moderatisque moribus, ut summa severitas summā cum humanitate jungatur,

    manners, Cic. Fam. 12, 27, 1:

    suavissimi mores,

    id. Att. 16, 16, A, 6: boni, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 254, 8.—Prov.:

    corrumpunt mores bonos colloquia mala,

    Vulg. 1 Cor. 15, 33:

    justi,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 184:

    severi et pudici,

    Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 106:

    sanctissimi,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 20, 3: feri immanisque natura, Cic. Rosc. [p. 1168] Am. 13, 38:

    totam vitam, naturam moresque alicujus cognoscere,

    character, id. ib. 38, 109:

    eos esse M'. Curii mores, eamque probitatem, ut, etc.,

    id. Fam. 13, 17, 3; id. de Or. 2, 43, 182:

    mores disciplinamque alicujus imitari,

    id. Deiot. 10, 28:

    perditi,

    id. Fam. 2, 5, 2:

    praefectura morum,

    the supervision of the public morals, Suet. Caes. 76:

    moribus et caelum patuit,

    to good morals, virtue, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 101:

    amator meretricis mores sibi emit auro et purpurā,

    polite behavior, complaisance, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 128:

    propitiis, si per mores nostros liceret, diis,

    i. e. our evil way of life, Tac. H. 3, 72:

    morum quoque filius,

    like his father in character, Juv. 14, 52:

    ne te ignarum fuisse dicas meorum morum, leno ego sum,

    i. e. my trade, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 6:

    in publicis moribus,

    Suet. Tib. 33; 42.—
    III.
    Transf.
    A.
    Quality, nature, manner; mode, fashion:

    haec meretrix fecit, ut mos est meretricius,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 4, 8:

    mores siderum,

    qualities, properties, Plin. 18, 24, 56, § 206:

    caeli,

    Verg. G. 1, 51:

    Carneadeo more et modo disputare,

    manner, Cic. Univ. 1:

    si humano modo, si usitato more peccāsset,

    in the usual manner, id. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 9:

    Graeco more bibere,

    id. ib. 1, 26, 66:

    apis Matinae More modoque,

    after the manner of, like, Hor. C. 4, 2, 27:

    Dardanius torrentis aquae vel turbinis atri More furens,

    Verg. A. 10, 604:

    more novalium,

    Col. 3, 13, 4:

    caeli et anni mores,

    Col. 1, Praef. 23:

    omnium more,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 17, 3; so,

    ad morem actionum,

    Quint. 4, 1, 43:

    elabitur anguis in morem fluminis,

    like, Verg. G. 1, 245:

    in hunc operis morem,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 63:

    pecudum in morem,

    Flor. 3, 8, 6:

    morem vestis tenere,

    mode, fashion, Just. 1, 2, 3.—
    B.
    A precept, law, rule ( poet. and postAug.):

    moresque viris et moenia ponet,

    precepts, laws, Verg. A. 1, 264; cf.:

    pacis inponere morem,

    id. ib. 6, 852:

    quod moribus eorum interdici non poterat,

    Nep. Ham. 3:

    quid ferri duritiā pugnacius? sed cedit, et patitur mores,

    submits to laws, obeys, is tamed, Plin. 36, 16, 25, § 127:

    ut leo mores Accepit,

    Stat. Ach. 2, 183:

    in morem tonsa coma, = ex more ludi,

    Verg. A. 5, 556.

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  • 5 obstrepo

    ob-strĕpo, ŭi, ĭtum, 3, v. n. and a.
    A.
    Neutr.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    To bawl or shout against; to clamor or cry out against.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    adversarius obstrepit,

    Quint. 12, 6, 5.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    certatim alter alteri obstrepere,

    Liv. 1, 40 fin.:

    ut quodammodo ipsi sibi in dicendo obstrepere videantur,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 13, 50.—
    (γ).
    Impers. pass.:

    decemviro obstrepitur,

    Liv. 3, 49, 4.—
    b.
    To annoy, molest, be troublesome to.—With dat.:

    quae res fecit, ut tibi litteris obstrepere non auderem,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 4, 1.—
    c.
    To impede or hinder; to prove an obstacle, hinderance, or injury to.
    (α).
    With dat.:

    detrectare Pompeium, actisque ejus obstrepere,

    Flor. 4, 2, 9:

    remove parentem, ne tuae laudi obstrepat,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 1030.—
    (β).
    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.—
    d.
    To cry out against, blame.—With dat.:

    huic definitioni ita obstrepunt,

    Gell. 6, 2, 4.—
    B.
    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.—
    2.
    To fill with noise, cause to resound:

    secretus ab omni voce locus, si non opstreperetur aquis,

    Ov. F. 6, 9.

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  • 6 perturbata

    per-turbo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to throw into confusion or disorder, to confuse, disturb (cf.: confundo, misceo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    omnia,

    Ter. And. 3, 4, 22:

    provinciam,

    Cic. Sull. 20, 56:

    aetatum ordinem,

    id. Brut. 62, 223:

    condiciones pactionesque bellicas perjurio,

    id. Off. 3, 29, 108:

    dies intermissus aut nox interposita saepe perturbat omnia,

    id. Mur. 17, 35:

    reliquos (milites) incertis ordinibus perturbaverunt,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 32:

    aciem,

    Sall. J. 59, 3:

    domum,

    Sen. Thyest. 83.— Pass., Plin. Pan. 76, 8.—
    B.
    Transf., to mix or mingle together:

    omnia subtiliter cretā permisceas cum salibus torrefactis ac tritis et diu oleo injecto perturbes,

    Pall. 12, 18.—
    II.
    Trop., to disturb, discompose, embarrass, confound:

    mea consilia,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 127:

    mentes animosque perturbat timor,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

    clamore perturbari,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 6, 18:

    animum, joined with concitare,

    id. Or. 37, 128:

    de rei publicae salute perturbari,

    id. Mil. 1, 1:

    haec te vox non perculit? non perturbavit?

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 57, § 132:

    magno animi motu perturbatus,

    id. Att. 8, 11, 1.—Hence, perturbātus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Troubled, disturbed, unquiet:

    mihi civitatem perturbatam vestris legibus et contionibus et deductionibus tradidistis,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 8, 23:

    perturbatissimum tempestatis genus,

    Sen. Q. N. 7, 10, 3:

    flamma quassatae rei publicae perturbatorumque temporum,

    Cic. Sest. 34, [p. 1360] 73.—
    B.
    Disturbed, embarrassed, discomposed:

    homo perturbatior metu,

    Cic. Att. 10, 14, 1:

    sane sum perturbatus cum ipsius familiaritate,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 4.— Subst.: per-turbāta, ōrum, n., confused visions, perverted truths:

    nunc onusti cibo et vino perturbata et confusa cernimus,

    Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60.— Adv.: perturbātē, confusedly, disorderly:

    ne quid perturbate, ne quid contorte dicatur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 29; id. Or. 35, 122:

    muta animalia perturbate moveri,

    Sen. Ep. 124, 19.

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  • 7 perturbo

    per-turbo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to throw into confusion or disorder, to confuse, disturb (cf.: confundo, misceo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    omnia,

    Ter. And. 3, 4, 22:

    provinciam,

    Cic. Sull. 20, 56:

    aetatum ordinem,

    id. Brut. 62, 223:

    condiciones pactionesque bellicas perjurio,

    id. Off. 3, 29, 108:

    dies intermissus aut nox interposita saepe perturbat omnia,

    id. Mur. 17, 35:

    reliquos (milites) incertis ordinibus perturbaverunt,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 32:

    aciem,

    Sall. J. 59, 3:

    domum,

    Sen. Thyest. 83.— Pass., Plin. Pan. 76, 8.—
    B.
    Transf., to mix or mingle together:

    omnia subtiliter cretā permisceas cum salibus torrefactis ac tritis et diu oleo injecto perturbes,

    Pall. 12, 18.—
    II.
    Trop., to disturb, discompose, embarrass, confound:

    mea consilia,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 127:

    mentes animosque perturbat timor,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

    clamore perturbari,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 6, 18:

    animum, joined with concitare,

    id. Or. 37, 128:

    de rei publicae salute perturbari,

    id. Mil. 1, 1:

    haec te vox non perculit? non perturbavit?

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 57, § 132:

    magno animi motu perturbatus,

    id. Att. 8, 11, 1.—Hence, perturbātus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Troubled, disturbed, unquiet:

    mihi civitatem perturbatam vestris legibus et contionibus et deductionibus tradidistis,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 8, 23:

    perturbatissimum tempestatis genus,

    Sen. Q. N. 7, 10, 3:

    flamma quassatae rei publicae perturbatorumque temporum,

    Cic. Sest. 34, [p. 1360] 73.—
    B.
    Disturbed, embarrassed, discomposed:

    homo perturbatior metu,

    Cic. Att. 10, 14, 1:

    sane sum perturbatus cum ipsius familiaritate,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 4.— Subst.: per-turbāta, ōrum, n., confused visions, perverted truths:

    nunc onusti cibo et vino perturbata et confusa cernimus,

    Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60.— Adv.: perturbātē, confusedly, disorderly:

    ne quid perturbate, ne quid contorte dicatur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 29; id. Or. 35, 122:

    muta animalia perturbate moveri,

    Sen. Ep. 124, 19.

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  • 8 praeposterus

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

    ut erat semper praeposterus atque perversus,

    Cic. Clu. 26, 71:

    imperator,

    id. Pis. 38, 92:

    homines,

    Sall. J. 85, 12.—
    II.
    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.

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  • 9 torqueo

    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).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    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. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    C.
    To hurl, fling (of language):

    curvum sermone rotato enthymema,

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

    via (labyrinthi),

    Prop. 4 (5), 4, 42:

    quercus,

    i. e. a twisted oakgarland, Verg. G. 1, 349.—Hence,
    2.
    Subst.: torta, ae, f., a twisted loaf, a twist, Vulg. 1 Par. 16, 3. —
    * B.
    Trop.:

    condiciones,

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

    torte penitusque remota,

    Lucr. 4, 305 (329).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > torqueo

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