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  • 1 āvellō

        āvellō (vellī), volsus or vulsus, ere    [ab + vello], to tear away, rend off, pluck, snatch away: poma ex arboribus vi: alqd a corpore: frondes, O.: leporum avulsos armos edere, H.: avolsum umeris caput, V.: truncis corpora, O.: tibi mavis pretium avellier? H.: sibi avelli iubet spiculum.— To tear away, remove by force: ab eā sese, T.: de matris hunc complexu: ut sperem posse avelli, be separated, T.: neque avelli possunt, leave the place, V.: complexu avulsus Iuli, V.—To pluck away, rescue: hunc convitio a tanto errore.
    * * *
    I
    avellere, avelli, avolsus V TRANS
    tear/pluck/wrench away/out/off; separate by force, part; take away, wrest
    II
    avellere, avolsi, avolsus V TRANS
    tear/pluck/wrench away/out/off; separate by force, part; take away, wrest
    III
    avellere, avulsi, avulsus V TRANS
    tear/pluck/wrench away/out/off; separate by force, part; take away, wrest

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  • 2 extorqueo

    ex-torquĕo, si, tum, 2, v. a., to twist out, wrench out, wrest away (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    ferrum e manibus,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 2; id. Planc. 41, 98:

    arma e manibus,

    id. Brut. 2, 7; Curt. 8, 2, 4;

    for which: tibi sica de manibus extorta est,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 16:

    pedem mensulae,

    Petr. 136:

    ut inhaerentem atque incubantem Italiae extorqueret Hannibalem,

    tear away, force away, Flor. 2, 6, 57.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of limbs, to wrench out, put out of joint, dislocate (syn. luxo):

    articulum,

    Sen. Ep. 104:

    omnibus membris extortus et fractus,

    crippled, Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 9; cf. Sen. Ep. 66 med.; and:

    prava extortaque puella,

    Juv. 8, 33:

    in servilem modum lacerati atque extorti,

    i. e. dislocated by torture, tortured, Liv. 32, 38, 8; cf. absol.:

    extorque, nisi ita factum'st,

    put me to the torture, Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 37.—
    2.
    To obtain by force, to extort (syn.:

    eripio, exprimo): ut pecunia omnis Stajeno extorta atque erepta sit,

    Cic. Clu. 28 fin.:

    nihil exprimere ab egentibus, nihil ulla vi a miseris extorquere potuit,

    id. Prov. Cons. 3, 5:

    vi et metu extortum,

    id. Pis. 35, 86:

    a Caesare per Herodem talenta Attica quinquaginta extorsistis,

    id. Att. 6, 1, 25:

    obsidibus summa cum contumelia extortis,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 54 fin.
    II.
    Trop., to wrest out or away, obtain or take away by force, to tear away, to extort (syn.: eripio, demo, aufero, etc.): hoc est vim afferre, Torquate, sensibus: extorquere ex animis cognitiones verborum, quibus imbuti sumus, Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 16; cf.:

    sententias de manibus judicum vi quadam orationis,

    id. de Or. 2, 18, 74:

    suffragium populi per vim,

    Liv. 25, 4, 4:

    extorquebat enim vitam vis morbida membris,

    Lucr. 6, 1225 Lachm.:

    opinionem veritas extorquebit,

    Cic. Clu. 2, 6:

    suam citius abiciet humanitatem quam extorquebit tuam,

    id. Lig. 5, 16:

    patientiam saepe tranquillissimis pectoribus,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 1; cf.:

    mihi hunc errorem,

    Cic. de Sen. 23, 85:

    cui sic extorta voluptas,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 139; cf. ib. 57:

    cum extorta mihi veritas esset,

    Cic. Or. 48, 160.—With ut:

    quoniam extorsisti, ut faterer,

    id. Tusc. 1, 7, 14.

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  • 3 dī-vellō

        dī-vellō vellī, volsus or vulsus, ere,    to tear apart, rend asunder, tear in pieces, separate violently, tear: res a naturā copulatas errore: corpus, V.: mordicus agnam, H.: nodos manibus, untie, V.: divulsa remis Unda, O.—To tear away, wrench off, wrest, tear, separate, remove: ab eis membra: liberos a parentum complexu, S.: dulci amplexu divelli, V.: ramum trunco, O.—Fig., to tear apart, destroy, sunder, distract: commoda civium: rem divolsam conglutinare: amorem querimoniis, H.: divellor dolore.—To remove, part, sever, estrange: Me (a te), H.: ab eo divelli: sapientiam a voluptate.

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  • 4 ex-torqueō

        ex-torqueō sī, tus, ēre,    to twist out, wrench out, wrest away: ferrum e manibus: horum gladios: dextrae mucronem, V.: in servilem modum extorti, wrenched, L.: extorque, put me to the torture, T.—To obtain by force, extort: ut pecunia Staieno extorta sit: vi et metu extortum: a Caesare per Herodem talenta: obsidibus summā cum contumeliā extortis, Cs.—Fig., to wrest out, force away, obtain by force, tear away, extort: defessis libertatem, S.: suffragium populi per vim, L.: mihi hunc errorem: cui sic extorta voluptas, H.: extorsisti, ut faterer, forced me to: poëmata (of the years), H.

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  • 5 in-torqueō

        in-torqueō torsī, tortus, ēre,    to twist, wind about, fold, wrench, distort: paludamento circa bracchium intorto, L.: mentum in dicendo: oculos, V.: intorti capillis angues, entwined, H.: intorti funes, twisted, O.—Fig.: verbo ac litterā ius omne intorqueri.—To hurl, launch, cast, aim: telum in hostem, V.: tergo hastam, at the back, V. —Fig.: alternis versibus intorquentur inter fratres contumeliae.

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  • 6 (ob-torqueō)

       (ob-torqueō) torsī, tortus, ere,    to twist, writhe, wrench.—Only P. perf.: collo obtorto: obtortā gulā in vincula abripi iussit, by the throat: obtorti circulus auri, V.

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  • 7 raptus

        raptus (ūs), m    [RAP-], a snatching away, wrench: Inoo lacerata est altera (manus) raptu, by the violence of Ino, O.— A plundering, robbery: nullis raptibus aut latrociniis populantur, Ta.: penatium, of the house, Ta.—Of persons, an abduction, rape: Ganymedi: virginis, C., O.
    * * *
    violent snatching or dragging away; robbery, carrying off, abduction

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  • 8 torqueō

        torqueō (old inf. torquērier, H., Pr.), torsī, tortus, ēre    [TARC-], to turn, turn about, turn away, twist, bend, wind: cervices oculosque: ab obscenis sermonibus aurem, H.: ad sonitum vocis vestigia, V.: ferro capillos, i. e. curl, O.: stamina pollice, spin, O.: tenui praegnatem pollice fusum, Iu.: taxos in arcūs, bend, V.: tegumen torquens inmane leonis, wrapping about him, V.: cum terra circum axem se torqueat.—Poet.: torquet medios nox umida cursūs, i. e. has half-finished, V. — To whirl around, whirl, wield, brandish, fling with force, hurl: hastas lacertis: lapidem, H.: amnis torquet sonantia saxa, V.: in hunc hastam, O.: telum aurata ad tempora, V.: sibila, i. e. hiss, Pr.— To twist awry, misplace, turn aside, distort: quae (festinationes) cum fiant... ora torquentur: ora Tristia temptantum sensu (sapor) torquebit amaro, V.— To wrench on the rack, put to the rack, rack, torture: eculeo torqueri.—Fig., to twist, wrest, distort, turn, bend, direct: suam naturam huc et illuc: oratio ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas: verbo ac litterā ius omne.— To rack, torment, torture: te libidines torquent: mitto aurum coronarium, quod te diutissime torsit: equidem dies noctīsque torqueor: Torqueor, infesto ne vir ab hoste cadat, O.: Aeacus torquet umbras, examines, Iu.— To ply, put to the test: (reges) dicuntur torquere mero, quem perspexisse laborant, H.—Of speech, to hurl, fling: curvum sermone rotato enthymema, Iu.
    * * *
    torquere, torsi, tortus V
    turn, twist; hurl; torture; torment; bend, distort; spin, whirl; wind (round)

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  • 9 convello

    convellere, convelli, convulsus V TRANS
    shatter, batter, convulse, shake violently; heave up, set in motion; overthrow; pull/pluck/tug/tear up/at dislodge, uproot; wrench, strain, dislocate (limbs)

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  • 10 distraho

    distrahere, distraxi, distractus V
    draw/pull/tear apart, wrench, separate, (sub)divide; sell in parcels; distract

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  • 11 extorqueo

    extorquere, extorsi, extortus V
    extort; tear away, twist away; twist/wrench out

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  • 12 extorqueo

    to twist, wrench, dislocate / extort by force.

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  • 13 convello

    con-vello, velli (convulsi, Sen. Q. N. 2, 6, 4), vulsum (volsum), 3, v. a.
    I.
    To draw violently hither and thither something that is firm or quiet (esp. a tree, house, and the like); hence, to tear up, wrest from its position, to tear loose or away, to separate from, pull or pluck up (freq. and class.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.
    (α).
    Without designation of place from which, etc.:

    cum praecides caveto ne librum convellas,

    Cato, R. R. 40, 2:

    saxa turris hostium, quibus fundamenta continebantur,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 11; cf. Hirt. B. G. 8, 26 fin.;

    and, fundamenta,

    Lucr. 4, 506:

    cum gradus Castoris convellisti ac removisti,

    Cic. Dom. 21, 54:

    aesculum,

    Verg. G. 2, 294:

    convellere repagula, effringere valvas,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94:

    limina tectorum,

    Verg. A. 2, 507; Luc. 3, 528:

    artus,

    Lucr. 3, 344;

    so of the rack: omnia (membra) laniata, omnes partes convulsae sunt,

    Sen. Contr. 2, 13, 5:

    convolsis laceratisque membris,

    id. ib. § 6; cf.

    armos,

    to wrench, dislocate, Col. 6, 16, 1:

    teneros fetus,

    i. e. to produce abortion, Ov. Am. 2, 14, 5.—
    (β).
    With designation of place from or out of which, etc.:

    simulacrum Cereris e sacrario convellendum auferendumque curavit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 187; cf. id. ib. §

    186: me ex nostris hortulis,

    id. Leg. 1, 21, 55:

    viridem silvam ab humo,

    Verg. A. 3, 24:

    funem ab terrā,

    id. G. 1, 457:

    (turrim) convellimus altis sedibus,

    id. A. 2, 464:

    robora suā terrā,

    Ov. M. 7, 204:

    Roma prope convulsa sedibus suis,

    Cic. Pis. 22, 52:

    domus convulsa sedibus suis,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 19, 8:

    aspera undique nisu,

    Val. Fl. 5, 159.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    haeserunt radice pedes. Convellere pugnat,

    Ov. M. 9, 351.—
    2.
    Milit. t. t.: signa, to pluck up the standards from the ground, to decamp (rare), Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77; Liv. 22, 3, 12; cf.

    vexilla,

    Tac. A. 1, 20.—
    b.
    Medic. t. t.: convulsus ( - volsus), a, um, suffering from wrenching of a limb, Plin. 25, 8, 54, § 98; cf. id. 20, 5, 18, § 36; 20, 17, 69, § 178; or from convulsions, spasmodic, convulsive:

    latus,

    Suet. Tib. 72:

    fauces,

    Quint. 11, 3, 20.—
    B.
    Trop., to cause to totter, to shake, to destroy, overthrow, bring to naught (syn.: labefacto, commoveo, commuto, infirmo;

    esp. freq. in Cic.): est boni consulis, cum cuncta auxilia rei publicae labefactari convellique videat, ferre opëm patriae,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 1, 3;

    so with labefactare: cogitationem,

    id. Fam. 5, 13, 2 Manut.; cf. id. Clu. 2, 6:

    rei publicae statum,

    id. Pis. 2, 4:

    ea quae non possint commoveri,

    id. de Or. 2, 51, 205:

    haec si tenemus, quae mihi quidem non videntur posse convelli,

    id. Div. 1, 51, 117:

    judicia, stipulationes, etc. (with infirmare),

    id. Caecin. 18, 51:

    convellere et commutare instituta omnium,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 15:

    acta Dolabellae,

    id. Phil. 2, 33, 83:

    rem publicam judicio aliquo,

    id. Brut. 30, 115:

    gratiam Caesaris,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:

    vires aegri,

    Cels. 3, 4, 14; cf. id. ib. §

    11: fidem legionum promissis,

    Tac. H. 4, 30 fin.:

    caede Messalinae convulsa principis domus,

    id. A. 12, 1; cf. id. ib. 12, 65;

    4, 40: Tiberius vi dominationis convulsus ( = abalienatus ab honestate) et mutatus,

    id. ib. 6, 48:

    fata,

    Ov. H. 16, 41:

    secutae sunt duae (epistulae), quae me convellerunt de pristino statu, jam tamen labantem,

    Cic. Att. 8, 15, 2.—
    II.
    To tear or rend to pieces, to cleave, dismember, shatter, break (perh. first in the poets of the Aug. per.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    dapes avido dente,

    Ov. M. 11, 123: glaebam vomere, * Cat. 64, 40:

    dehiscit Convolsum remis rostrisque tridentibus aequor,

    Verg. A. 5, 143; 8, 690:

    loca vi quondam et vastā convolsa ruinā,

    id. ib. 3, 414:

    septem (naves) convolsae undis Euroque supersunt,

    shattered, id. ib. 1, 383; cf. Luc. 3, 528:

    convulsi laniatique centuriones,

    Tac. A. 1, 32:

    domum,

    id. ib. 6, 40.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of words, to mutilate, mispronounce:

    magno cursu verba convellere,

    Sen. Ep. 40, 2.—
    2.
    To afflict, torture:

    verbis convellere pectus,

    Ov. H. 17, 111.

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  • 14 convolsus

    con-vello, velli (convulsi, Sen. Q. N. 2, 6, 4), vulsum (volsum), 3, v. a.
    I.
    To draw violently hither and thither something that is firm or quiet (esp. a tree, house, and the like); hence, to tear up, wrest from its position, to tear loose or away, to separate from, pull or pluck up (freq. and class.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.
    (α).
    Without designation of place from which, etc.:

    cum praecides caveto ne librum convellas,

    Cato, R. R. 40, 2:

    saxa turris hostium, quibus fundamenta continebantur,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 11; cf. Hirt. B. G. 8, 26 fin.;

    and, fundamenta,

    Lucr. 4, 506:

    cum gradus Castoris convellisti ac removisti,

    Cic. Dom. 21, 54:

    aesculum,

    Verg. G. 2, 294:

    convellere repagula, effringere valvas,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94:

    limina tectorum,

    Verg. A. 2, 507; Luc. 3, 528:

    artus,

    Lucr. 3, 344;

    so of the rack: omnia (membra) laniata, omnes partes convulsae sunt,

    Sen. Contr. 2, 13, 5:

    convolsis laceratisque membris,

    id. ib. § 6; cf.

    armos,

    to wrench, dislocate, Col. 6, 16, 1:

    teneros fetus,

    i. e. to produce abortion, Ov. Am. 2, 14, 5.—
    (β).
    With designation of place from or out of which, etc.:

    simulacrum Cereris e sacrario convellendum auferendumque curavit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 187; cf. id. ib. §

    186: me ex nostris hortulis,

    id. Leg. 1, 21, 55:

    viridem silvam ab humo,

    Verg. A. 3, 24:

    funem ab terrā,

    id. G. 1, 457:

    (turrim) convellimus altis sedibus,

    id. A. 2, 464:

    robora suā terrā,

    Ov. M. 7, 204:

    Roma prope convulsa sedibus suis,

    Cic. Pis. 22, 52:

    domus convulsa sedibus suis,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 19, 8:

    aspera undique nisu,

    Val. Fl. 5, 159.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    haeserunt radice pedes. Convellere pugnat,

    Ov. M. 9, 351.—
    2.
    Milit. t. t.: signa, to pluck up the standards from the ground, to decamp (rare), Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77; Liv. 22, 3, 12; cf.

    vexilla,

    Tac. A. 1, 20.—
    b.
    Medic. t. t.: convulsus ( - volsus), a, um, suffering from wrenching of a limb, Plin. 25, 8, 54, § 98; cf. id. 20, 5, 18, § 36; 20, 17, 69, § 178; or from convulsions, spasmodic, convulsive:

    latus,

    Suet. Tib. 72:

    fauces,

    Quint. 11, 3, 20.—
    B.
    Trop., to cause to totter, to shake, to destroy, overthrow, bring to naught (syn.: labefacto, commoveo, commuto, infirmo;

    esp. freq. in Cic.): est boni consulis, cum cuncta auxilia rei publicae labefactari convellique videat, ferre opëm patriae,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 1, 3;

    so with labefactare: cogitationem,

    id. Fam. 5, 13, 2 Manut.; cf. id. Clu. 2, 6:

    rei publicae statum,

    id. Pis. 2, 4:

    ea quae non possint commoveri,

    id. de Or. 2, 51, 205:

    haec si tenemus, quae mihi quidem non videntur posse convelli,

    id. Div. 1, 51, 117:

    judicia, stipulationes, etc. (with infirmare),

    id. Caecin. 18, 51:

    convellere et commutare instituta omnium,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 15:

    acta Dolabellae,

    id. Phil. 2, 33, 83:

    rem publicam judicio aliquo,

    id. Brut. 30, 115:

    gratiam Caesaris,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:

    vires aegri,

    Cels. 3, 4, 14; cf. id. ib. §

    11: fidem legionum promissis,

    Tac. H. 4, 30 fin.:

    caede Messalinae convulsa principis domus,

    id. A. 12, 1; cf. id. ib. 12, 65;

    4, 40: Tiberius vi dominationis convulsus ( = abalienatus ab honestate) et mutatus,

    id. ib. 6, 48:

    fata,

    Ov. H. 16, 41:

    secutae sunt duae (epistulae), quae me convellerunt de pristino statu, jam tamen labantem,

    Cic. Att. 8, 15, 2.—
    II.
    To tear or rend to pieces, to cleave, dismember, shatter, break (perh. first in the poets of the Aug. per.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    dapes avido dente,

    Ov. M. 11, 123: glaebam vomere, * Cat. 64, 40:

    dehiscit Convolsum remis rostrisque tridentibus aequor,

    Verg. A. 5, 143; 8, 690:

    loca vi quondam et vastā convolsa ruinā,

    id. ib. 3, 414:

    septem (naves) convolsae undis Euroque supersunt,

    shattered, id. ib. 1, 383; cf. Luc. 3, 528:

    convulsi laniatique centuriones,

    Tac. A. 1, 32:

    domum,

    id. ib. 6, 40.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of words, to mutilate, mispronounce:

    magno cursu verba convellere,

    Sen. Ep. 40, 2.—
    2.
    To afflict, torture:

    verbis convellere pectus,

    Ov. H. 17, 111.

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  • 15 intorqueo

    in-torquĕo, torsi, tortum, 2, v. a., to twist, turn round, turn to; to wrench, sprain (class.).
    I.
    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. —
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    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. —
    B.
    To throw into confusion:

    orationem,

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

    mores,

    to corrupt, pervert, Pers. 5, 38.—
    III.
    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.

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  • 16 intorte

    in-torquĕo, torsi, tortum, 2, v. a., to twist, turn round, turn to; to wrench, sprain (class.).
    I.
    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. —
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    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. —
    B.
    To throw into confusion:

    orationem,

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

    mores,

    to corrupt, pervert, Pers. 5, 38.—
    III.
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > intorte

  • 17 obtorqueo

    ob-torquĕo, si, tum, 2, v. a.
    I.
    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.—
    II.
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > obtorqueo

  • 18 praerumpo

    prae-rumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3, v. a., to break or tear off before or in front (class.):

    retinacula classis,

    Ov. M. 14, 547:

    funes praerumpebantur,

    were broken off, Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

    uncus praerumpitur,

    Col. 3, 18, 2. —
    II.
    Trop., to wrench, tear to pieces (late Lat.):

    purgativa medicamina praerumpunt corpora,

    Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 21, 128.—Hence, prae-ruptus, a, um, P. a., broken or torn off; hence, of places, steep, abrupt, rugged (syn.: abscisus, abruptus).
    A.
    Lit.:

    saxa,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 145:

    loca,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 86:

    praeruptum atque asperum jugum,

    id. B. C. 2, 24:

    praeruptum undique oppidum,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 40:

    praeruptus et difficilis descensus,

    id. ib.:

    nemus,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 91:

    mons,

    Verg. A. 1, 105:

    rupes,

    Suet. Tib. 40:

    fossae,

    Tac. H. 2, 41.— Absol.: praerupta, ōrum, n., steep or rugged places:

    praerupta collium,

    Just. 41, 1, 11:

    petere,

    Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 156.—In sing.:

    ad praeruptum petrae,

    Vulg. 2 Par. 25, 12.— Comp.:

    praeruptior collis,

    Col. 3, 13.— Sup.:

    omnes oppidi partes praeruptissimis saxis munitae,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 33.—
    B.
    Trop., hasty, rash, precipitate (post-Aug.).
    1.
    Of persons:

    juvenis animo praeruptus,

    Tac. A. 16, 7.—
    2.
    Of things:

    praerupta audacia, tanta temeritas ut non procul abhorreat ab insaniā,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 24, 68:

    dominatio,

    hard, stern, Tac. A. 5, 3:

    praeruptum atque anceps periculum,

    critical, extreme, Vell. 2, 2, 3:

    seditio,

    dangerous, Dig. 28, 3, 6.—Hence, praerūpium, ii, n. [prae - rupes], the rocky wall, line, or wall of rocks (late Lat.):

    fluminis,

    App. Mag. 8, p. 278 med. (dub.; al. praeripia, q. v.); Serv. Verg. A. 6, 704; sing., Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 38.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > praerumpo

  • 19 praerupium

    prae-rumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3, v. a., to break or tear off before or in front (class.):

    retinacula classis,

    Ov. M. 14, 547:

    funes praerumpebantur,

    were broken off, Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

    uncus praerumpitur,

    Col. 3, 18, 2. —
    II.
    Trop., to wrench, tear to pieces (late Lat.):

    purgativa medicamina praerumpunt corpora,

    Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 21, 128.—Hence, prae-ruptus, a, um, P. a., broken or torn off; hence, of places, steep, abrupt, rugged (syn.: abscisus, abruptus).
    A.
    Lit.:

    saxa,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 145:

    loca,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 86:

    praeruptum atque asperum jugum,

    id. B. C. 2, 24:

    praeruptum undique oppidum,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 40:

    praeruptus et difficilis descensus,

    id. ib.:

    nemus,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 91:

    mons,

    Verg. A. 1, 105:

    rupes,

    Suet. Tib. 40:

    fossae,

    Tac. H. 2, 41.— Absol.: praerupta, ōrum, n., steep or rugged places:

    praerupta collium,

    Just. 41, 1, 11:

    petere,

    Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 156.—In sing.:

    ad praeruptum petrae,

    Vulg. 2 Par. 25, 12.— Comp.:

    praeruptior collis,

    Col. 3, 13.— Sup.:

    omnes oppidi partes praeruptissimis saxis munitae,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 33.—
    B.
    Trop., hasty, rash, precipitate (post-Aug.).
    1.
    Of persons:

    juvenis animo praeruptus,

    Tac. A. 16, 7.—
    2.
    Of things:

    praerupta audacia, tanta temeritas ut non procul abhorreat ab insaniā,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 24, 68:

    dominatio,

    hard, stern, Tac. A. 5, 3:

    praeruptum atque anceps periculum,

    critical, extreme, Vell. 2, 2, 3:

    seditio,

    dangerous, Dig. 28, 3, 6.—Hence, praerūpium, ii, n. [prae - rupes], the rocky wall, line, or wall of rocks (late Lat.):

    fluminis,

    App. Mag. 8, p. 278 med. (dub.; al. praeripia, q. v.); Serv. Verg. A. 6, 704; sing., Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 38.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > praerupium

  • 20 praeruptus

    prae-rumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3, v. a., to break or tear off before or in front (class.):

    retinacula classis,

    Ov. M. 14, 547:

    funes praerumpebantur,

    were broken off, Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

    uncus praerumpitur,

    Col. 3, 18, 2. —
    II.
    Trop., to wrench, tear to pieces (late Lat.):

    purgativa medicamina praerumpunt corpora,

    Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 21, 128.—Hence, prae-ruptus, a, um, P. a., broken or torn off; hence, of places, steep, abrupt, rugged (syn.: abscisus, abruptus).
    A.
    Lit.:

    saxa,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 145:

    loca,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 86:

    praeruptum atque asperum jugum,

    id. B. C. 2, 24:

    praeruptum undique oppidum,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 40:

    praeruptus et difficilis descensus,

    id. ib.:

    nemus,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 91:

    mons,

    Verg. A. 1, 105:

    rupes,

    Suet. Tib. 40:

    fossae,

    Tac. H. 2, 41.— Absol.: praerupta, ōrum, n., steep or rugged places:

    praerupta collium,

    Just. 41, 1, 11:

    petere,

    Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 156.—In sing.:

    ad praeruptum petrae,

    Vulg. 2 Par. 25, 12.— Comp.:

    praeruptior collis,

    Col. 3, 13.— Sup.:

    omnes oppidi partes praeruptissimis saxis munitae,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 33.—
    B.
    Trop., hasty, rash, precipitate (post-Aug.).
    1.
    Of persons:

    juvenis animo praeruptus,

    Tac. A. 16, 7.—
    2.
    Of things:

    praerupta audacia, tanta temeritas ut non procul abhorreat ab insaniā,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 24, 68:

    dominatio,

    hard, stern, Tac. A. 5, 3:

    praeruptum atque anceps periculum,

    critical, extreme, Vell. 2, 2, 3:

    seditio,

    dangerous, Dig. 28, 3, 6.—Hence, praerūpium, ii, n. [prae - rupes], the rocky wall, line, or wall of rocks (late Lat.):

    fluminis,

    App. Mag. 8, p. 278 med. (dub.; al. praeripia, q. v.); Serv. Verg. A. 6, 704; sing., Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 38.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > praeruptus

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