torques

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.

bracchĭālis ( brāch-), e, adj. [bracchium], of or belonging to the arm:

nervus,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 99:

crassitudo,

the thickness of an arm, Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:

torques,

Vop. Aur. 7.—Hence,

Subst.: bracchĭāle, is, n. (sc. ornamentum):

argenteum,

Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 82 sq.; 25, 10, 80, § 129; 32, 1, 3, § 8; and bracchĭālis, is, m. (sc. torques), Treb. Claud. 14, 5 (class. armillae); an armlet, bracelet; cf. Prisc. p. 1220 P.

bracchĭālis ( brāch-), e, adj. [bracchium], of or belonging to the arm:

nervus,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 99:

crassitudo,

the thickness of an arm, Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:

torques,

Vop. Aur. 7.—Hence,

Subst.: bracchĭāle, is, n. (sc. ornamentum):

argenteum,

Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 82 sq.; 25, 10, 80, § 129; 32, 1, 3, § 8; and bracchĭālis, is, m. (sc. torques), Treb. Claud. 14, 5 (class. armillae); an armlet, bracelet; cf. Prisc. p. 1220 P.

bracchĭālis ( brāch-), e, adj. [bracchium], of or belonging to the arm:

nervus,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 99:

crassitudo,

the thickness of an arm, Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:

torques,

Vop. Aur. 7.—Hence,

Subst.: bracchĭāle, is, n. (sc. ornamentum):

argenteum,

Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 82 sq.; 25, 10, 80, § 129; 32, 1, 3, § 8; and bracchĭālis, is, m. (sc. torques), Treb. Claud. 14, 5 (class. armillae); an armlet, bracelet; cf. Prisc. p. 1220 P.

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aurĕus, a, um, adj. [id.].

Lit.

Of gold, golden (syn.:

aureolus, auratus, aurifer): patera,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 104 and 263:

vasa,

Vulg. Exod. 12, 35; ib. 2 Tim. 2, 20:

torulus,

Plaut. Am. prol. 144:

imber,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 37:

funis,

Lucr. 2, 1154: torques. Vulg. Gen. 41, 42:

simulacra,

Lucr. 2, 24:

mala Hesperidum,

id. 5, 33:

aurea mala,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6:

pelles,

id. ib.:

corona (a gift for distinction in war),

Liv. 7, 37, 1; Inscr. Orell. 363; 3453; 3475:

corona,

Vulg. Exod. 25, 11:

candelabra,

ib. Apoc. 1, 12: nummus, and absol.: aurĕus, i, m., the standard gold coin of Rome, a gold piece (first struck in the second Punic war), of the value of 25 denarii or 100 sestertii (weighing about 120 grains, and being about equal to £1, 1 s. 1 d. or $5.10), Cic. Phil. 12, 8: si (tibi) contigit aureus unus. Juv. 7, 122;

fully, aureus nummus,

Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 47; Suet. Calig. 42; id. Claud. 21; id. Vit. 16; id. Oth. 4; id. Dom. 7 al.—Of the Hebrew shekels (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. 4 Reg. 5, 5; ib. 2 Par. 9, 15; 9, 16.— Poet.:

vis aurea tinxit Flumen,

i. e. the power of changing every thing to gold, Ov. M. 11, 142.—

Furnished with gold, wrought, interwoven, or ornamented with gold, gilded:

victimam auream polcram immolabat,

i. e. with gilded horns, Naev. 1, 12 (cf. Hom. Od. 3, 426):

sella,

Cic. Phil. 2, 34, and Prop. 5, 10, 28:

cingula,

Verg. A. 1, 492:

Capitolia,

id. ib. 8, 347. templa, Prop. 5, 1, 5:

cuspis,

Ov. M. 7, 673:

Pactolus,

whose waters flowed with gold, id. ib. 11, 87; cf: Lucr 5, 911 sq.—

Of the color of gold, glittering like gold, golden:

liquidi color aureus ignis,

Lucr. 6, 205:

Barba erat incipiens, barbae color aureus,

Ov. M. 12, 395; Plin. 37, 5, 20, § 76; Gell. 2, 26, 5; Pall. Mart. 13, 4:

lumina solis,

Lucr. 5, 461; so,

aurea Phoebe,

Verg. G. 1, 431; Ov. M. 2, 723:

luna,

id. ib. 10, 448; Hor. Epod 17, 41:

aureus sol,

Verg. G 1, 232; 4, 51; so Ov. M. 7, 663: sidera, Verg A. 2, 488;

11, 832: caesaries,

golden locks, id. ib. 8, 659:

coma,

Cat. 61, 95, and Ov. M. 12, 395:

aurea mala,

Verg. E. 3, 71, and 8, 52: Aurea pavonum ridenti imbuta lepore Saecla, the golden species of peacock, full of laughing beauty, Lucr 2, 502.—

Trop., of physical and mental excellences or attractions, golden, beautiful, splendid:

aurea Venus,

Verg. A. 10, 16; Ov M. 10, 277;

15, 761: Amor,

id. Am. 2, 18, 36:

Copia,

Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 28:

Aurea Phoebi porticus,

Prop. 3, 29, 1:

litus,

Mart. 11, 80:

aether,

Ov. M. 13, 587:

medicamentum,

Col. 6, 14, 5 al.:

dicta, vita,

Lucr. 3, 12 and 13:

mores,

Hor. C 4, 2, 23:

Qui nunc te fruitur credulus aureā,

id. ib. 1, 5, 9:

tua mater Me movet atque iras aurea vincit anus,

Tib. 1, 6, 58:

mediocritas,

the golden mean, Hor. C. 2, 10, 5:

aetas,

the golden age, Ov. M. 1, 89:

tempus,

Hor. Epod. 16, 64.—Hence, Virgo = Astraea, Albin. 2, 23.

exĭgŭus, a, um, adj. [exigo, II. B. 5.; cf. contiguus, from contingo; lit., weighed, exact; hence opp. to abundant, beyond measure; cf.: parvus, pusillus, minutus], scanty in measure or number, small, little, petty, short, poor, mean.

Adj. (freq. [p. 687] and class.):

exile et exiguum et vietum cor et dissimile cordis fuisse,

Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37; cf.:

me corporis exigui, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 24;

and, mus,

Verg. G. 1, 181:

oratorem ex immenso campo in exiguum sane gyrum compellitis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 70; cf.:

quoniam exiguis quibusdam finibus totum oratoris munus circumdedisti,

id. ib. 1, 62, 264:

finis,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 10:

alteram partem nimis exiguam atque angustam esse voluisti,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 3, 9:

litterae tuae exiguam significationem tuae erga me voluntatis habebant,

id. Fam. 5, 7, 2;

exigua et infirma civitas,

Caes. B. G. 7, 17, 2; cf.:

pars terrae,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17:

campi,

Hor. C. 2, 9, 24:

castra,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49, 7:

aedificia,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 5, 1:

locus eloquentiae,

Quint. 2, 17, 28:

toga,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 13; cf.:

torques,

id. C. 3, 6, 12:

elegi,

id. A. P. 77 et saep.:

numerus oratorum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 4, 16; cf.:

copiae amicorum,

id. Quint. 1, 2:

malorum particula,

Juv. 13, 13:

copiae,

Caes. B. C. 2, 39, 3:

fructus,

Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:

cibus,

Juv. 14, 301:

animus,

id. 13, 190:

facultates,

Caes. B. C. 1, 78, 2:

census,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 43:

pulvis,

id. C. 1, 28, 3:

tempus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 92; cf.:

pars unius anni,

id. Rep. 6, 23:

pars aestatis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 20, 1:

laus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 2, 5:

grandis aut exigua (vox),

Quint. 11, 3, 15; so,

vox,

Suet. Ner. 20.—With gen.: abundans corporis exiguusque animi, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 381.— Comp.:

aqua exiguior facta,

Dig. 43, 11, 1, § 15; ib. 29, 5, 1, § 27; Front. Aquaed. 32:

cytisum aridum si dabis, exiguius dato,

Col. Arb. 28; Dig. 30, 1, 14 fin.—Sup.:

pars exiguissima,

Ov. H. 14, 115:

legata,

Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 7.

Subst.

exĭgŭum, i, n., a little, a trifle (post-Aug.).—With gen.:

exiguum campi ante castra erat,

Liv. 27, 27, 13:

exiguum spatii,

id. 22, 24, 8:

aquae,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 20:

mellis,

Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 139:

temporis,

id. Ep. 7, 27, 13:

salutis,

Sil. 4, 248:

exiguum de naturae patriaeque veneno,

Juv. 3, 123: exiguo (sc. tempore) post obitum ipsius, a short time after, etc., Plin. 31, 2, 3, § 7; cf.:

perquam exiguum sapere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1.— Plur.:

res hodie minor est here quam fuit, atque eadem cras Deteret exiguis aliquid,

Juv. 3, 23 sq. —

exĭgŭus, i, m., a poor man:

exiguo conceditur misericordia,

Vulg. Sap. 6, 7.— Adv., shortly, briefly; slightly, scantily, sparingly.

Form exĭgŭe (class.):

hoc quidem est nimis exigue et exiliter ad calculos revocare amicitiam,

too narrowly, Cic. Lael. 16, 58:

exigue sumptum praebent (parentes),

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 33; cf.:

ratione inita frumentum se exigue dierum XXX. habere,

hardly, Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 4:

celeriter exigueque dicere,

slightly, briefly, Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 144; cf.:

epistola exigue scripta,

id. Att. 11, 16, 1:

exigue atque frigide laudari,

Gell. 19, 3, 1: Vergilius hunc Homeri versum exigue secutus est, to a slight degree, i. e. not closely, id. 9, 9, 16.—

Form exĭgŭum (post-Aug.):

dormire,

Plin. 10, 77, 97, § 209:

sapere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1:

tument vela,

Luc. 5, 431.—

Form exĭgŭo:

tangere aliquid,

Scrib. Comp. 240.

exĭgŭus, a, um, adj. [exigo, II. B. 5.; cf. contiguus, from contingo; lit., weighed, exact; hence opp. to abundant, beyond measure; cf.: parvus, pusillus, minutus], scanty in measure or number, small, little, petty, short, poor, mean.

Adj. (freq. [p. 687] and class.):

exile et exiguum et vietum cor et dissimile cordis fuisse,

Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37; cf.:

me corporis exigui, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 24;

and, mus,

Verg. G. 1, 181:

oratorem ex immenso campo in exiguum sane gyrum compellitis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 70; cf.:

quoniam exiguis quibusdam finibus totum oratoris munus circumdedisti,

id. ib. 1, 62, 264:

finis,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 10:

alteram partem nimis exiguam atque angustam esse voluisti,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 3, 9:

litterae tuae exiguam significationem tuae erga me voluntatis habebant,

id. Fam. 5, 7, 2;

exigua et infirma civitas,

Caes. B. G. 7, 17, 2; cf.:

pars terrae,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17:

campi,

Hor. C. 2, 9, 24:

castra,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49, 7:

aedificia,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 5, 1:

locus eloquentiae,

Quint. 2, 17, 28:

toga,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 13; cf.:

torques,

id. C. 3, 6, 12:

elegi,

id. A. P. 77 et saep.:

numerus oratorum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 4, 16; cf.:

copiae amicorum,

id. Quint. 1, 2:

malorum particula,

Juv. 13, 13:

copiae,

Caes. B. C. 2, 39, 3:

fructus,

Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:

cibus,

Juv. 14, 301:

animus,

id. 13, 190:

facultates,

Caes. B. C. 1, 78, 2:

census,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 43:

pulvis,

id. C. 1, 28, 3:

tempus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 92; cf.:

pars unius anni,

id. Rep. 6, 23:

pars aestatis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 20, 1:

laus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 2, 5:

grandis aut exigua (vox),

Quint. 11, 3, 15; so,

vox,

Suet. Ner. 20.—With gen.: abundans corporis exiguusque animi, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 381.— Comp.:

aqua exiguior facta,

Dig. 43, 11, 1, § 15; ib. 29, 5, 1, § 27; Front. Aquaed. 32:

cytisum aridum si dabis, exiguius dato,

Col. Arb. 28; Dig. 30, 1, 14 fin.—Sup.:

pars exiguissima,

Ov. H. 14, 115:

legata,

Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 7.

Subst.

exĭgŭum, i, n., a little, a trifle (post-Aug.).—With gen.:

exiguum campi ante castra erat,

Liv. 27, 27, 13:

exiguum spatii,

id. 22, 24, 8:

aquae,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 20:

mellis,

Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 139:

temporis,

id. Ep. 7, 27, 13:

salutis,

Sil. 4, 248:

exiguum de naturae patriaeque veneno,

Juv. 3, 123: exiguo (sc. tempore) post obitum ipsius, a short time after, etc., Plin. 31, 2, 3, § 7; cf.:

perquam exiguum sapere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1.— Plur.:

res hodie minor est here quam fuit, atque eadem cras Deteret exiguis aliquid,

Juv. 3, 23 sq. —

exĭgŭus, i, m., a poor man:

exiguo conceditur misericordia,

Vulg. Sap. 6, 7.— Adv., shortly, briefly; slightly, scantily, sparingly.

Form exĭgŭe (class.):

hoc quidem est nimis exigue et exiliter ad calculos revocare amicitiam,

too narrowly, Cic. Lael. 16, 58:

exigue sumptum praebent (parentes),

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 33; cf.:

ratione inita frumentum se exigue dierum XXX. habere,

hardly, Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 4:

celeriter exigueque dicere,

slightly, briefly, Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 144; cf.:

epistola exigue scripta,

id. Att. 11, 16, 1:

exigue atque frigide laudari,

Gell. 19, 3, 1: Vergilius hunc Homeri versum exigue secutus est, to a slight degree, i. e. not closely, id. 9, 9, 16.—

Form exĭgŭum (post-Aug.):

dormire,

Plin. 10, 77, 97, § 209:

sapere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1:

tument vela,

Luc. 5, 431.—

Form exĭgŭo:

tangere aliquid,

Scrib. Comp. 240.

exĭgŭus, a, um, adj. [exigo, II. B. 5.; cf. contiguus, from contingo; lit., weighed, exact; hence opp. to abundant, beyond measure; cf.: parvus, pusillus, minutus], scanty in measure or number, small, little, petty, short, poor, mean.

Adj. (freq. [p. 687] and class.):

exile et exiguum et vietum cor et dissimile cordis fuisse,

Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37; cf.:

me corporis exigui, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 24;

and, mus,

Verg. G. 1, 181:

oratorem ex immenso campo in exiguum sane gyrum compellitis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 70; cf.:

quoniam exiguis quibusdam finibus totum oratoris munus circumdedisti,

id. ib. 1, 62, 264:

finis,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 10:

alteram partem nimis exiguam atque angustam esse voluisti,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 3, 9:

litterae tuae exiguam significationem tuae erga me voluntatis habebant,

id. Fam. 5, 7, 2;

exigua et infirma civitas,

Caes. B. G. 7, 17, 2; cf.:

pars terrae,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17:

campi,

Hor. C. 2, 9, 24:

castra,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49, 7:

aedificia,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 5, 1:

locus eloquentiae,

Quint. 2, 17, 28:

toga,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 13; cf.:

torques,

id. C. 3, 6, 12:

elegi,

id. A. P. 77 et saep.:

numerus oratorum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 4, 16; cf.:

copiae amicorum,

id. Quint. 1, 2:

malorum particula,

Juv. 13, 13:

copiae,

Caes. B. C. 2, 39, 3:

fructus,

Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:

cibus,

Juv. 14, 301:

animus,

id. 13, 190:

facultates,

Caes. B. C. 1, 78, 2:

census,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 43:

pulvis,

id. C. 1, 28, 3:

tempus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 92; cf.:

pars unius anni,

id. Rep. 6, 23:

pars aestatis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 20, 1:

laus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 2, 5:

grandis aut exigua (vox),

Quint. 11, 3, 15; so,

vox,

Suet. Ner. 20.—With gen.: abundans corporis exiguusque animi, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 381.— Comp.:

aqua exiguior facta,

Dig. 43, 11, 1, § 15; ib. 29, 5, 1, § 27; Front. Aquaed. 32:

cytisum aridum si dabis, exiguius dato,

Col. Arb. 28; Dig. 30, 1, 14 fin.—Sup.:

pars exiguissima,

Ov. H. 14, 115:

legata,

Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 7.

Subst.

exĭgŭum, i, n., a little, a trifle (post-Aug.).—With gen.:

exiguum campi ante castra erat,

Liv. 27, 27, 13:

exiguum spatii,

id. 22, 24, 8:

aquae,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 20:

mellis,

Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 139:

temporis,

id. Ep. 7, 27, 13:

salutis,

Sil. 4, 248:

exiguum de naturae patriaeque veneno,

Juv. 3, 123: exiguo (sc. tempore) post obitum ipsius, a short time after, etc., Plin. 31, 2, 3, § 7; cf.:

perquam exiguum sapere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1.— Plur.:

res hodie minor est here quam fuit, atque eadem cras Deteret exiguis aliquid,

Juv. 3, 23 sq. —

exĭgŭus, i, m., a poor man:

exiguo conceditur misericordia,

Vulg. Sap. 6, 7.— Adv., shortly, briefly; slightly, scantily, sparingly.

Form exĭgŭe (class.):

hoc quidem est nimis exigue et exiliter ad calculos revocare amicitiam,

too narrowly, Cic. Lael. 16, 58:

exigue sumptum praebent (parentes),

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 33; cf.:

ratione inita frumentum se exigue dierum XXX. habere,

hardly, Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 4:

celeriter exigueque dicere,

slightly, briefly, Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 144; cf.:

epistola exigue scripta,

id. Att. 11, 16, 1:

exigue atque frigide laudari,

Gell. 19, 3, 1: Vergilius hunc Homeri versum exigue secutus est, to a slight degree, i. e. not closely, id. 9, 9, 16.—

Form exĭgŭum (post-Aug.):

dormire,

Plin. 10, 77, 97, § 209:

sapere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1:

tument vela,

Luc. 5, 431.—

Form exĭgŭo:

tangere aliquid,

Scrib. Comp. 240.

sanguĭnŏlentus (collat. form san-guĭlentus, Scrib. Comp. 182), a, um, adj. [sanguis]

Lit., full of blood, bloody (class., but, like sanguineus, mostly poet.; not in Cic.): torques, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 18; so,

soror,

Tib. 2, 6, 40:

pectora,

Ov. H. 3, 50:

ille,

id. F. 4, 844:

Erinys,

id. H. 6, 46:

(Curetes) inter se armis Ludunt in numerumque exsultant sanguinolenti,

Lucr. 2, 631;

v. Lachm. ad h. l.: Allia...vulneribus Latiis,

Ov. A. A. 1, 414: seditiones, Varr. ap. Non. 465, 33.—

Transf., bloodred:

color,

Ov. Am. 1, 12, 12.—

Trop., full of blood, bloody, sanguinary:

palma,

Auct. Her. 4, 39, 51: centesimae, qs. bloodsucking, Sen. Ben. 7, 10, 3:

littera,

i. e. offensive, injurious, Ov. Ib. 4.

stāmen, ĭnis, n. [sto], the warp in the upright loom of the ancients (cf.: trama, subtemen).

Lit., Varr. L. L. 5, § 113 Müll.; Tib. 1, 3, 86; Ov. M. 6, 54 sq.; 6, 576; 4, 275; 4, 397 al.—

Transf., in gen.

A thread hanging from the distaff:

aut ducunt lanas aut stamina pollice versant,

Ov. M. 4, 34; 4, 179; 4, 221;

12, 475: operoso stamine,

id. A. A. 1, 695:

et minuent plenas stamina nostra colos,

id. H. 3, 76:

deducere plenā stamina longa colu,

Tib. 1, 3, 86; 1, 6, 78:

digitis dum torques stamina duris,

Ov. H. 9, 79.—Of the threads of the Parcae, Tib. 1, 7, 2; 3, 3, 36; Ov. M. 8, 453; id. Tr. 5, 13, 24; 4, 1, 63; Luc. 3, 19; 6, 777. —Hence, de legibus queri Fatorum et nimio de stamine, too long a thread of life, Juv. 10, 252.— Poet.:

fallebam stamine somnum,

i. e. by spinning, Prop. 1, 3, 41.—

Of threads of other sorts;

thus, of the thread of Ariadne,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 42;

of the spider,

Ov. M. 6, 145; Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 80;

of a net,

id. 19, 1, 2, § 11; of the stamina of the lily, id. 21, 5, 11, § 23; the fibres of wood, id. 16, 38, 73, § 186; the strings of an instrument, Ov. M. 11, 169.—

(Pars pro toto.) A cloth made of threads; so the fillets of priests, Prop. 4 (5), 9, 52; Sil. 3, 25.— A garment, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 304; id. Laud. Stil. 2, 346; id. Rapt. Pros. 2, 34.

torquātus, a, um, adj. [torques], adorned with a neck-chain or collar. In gen.:

miles,

presented with a chain for his bravery, Veg. Mil. 2, 7 fin.:

affuit Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,

with snakes coiled about her neck, Ov. H. 2, 119:

palumbus,

the ring-dove, Mart. 13, 67, 1: quid de aliis dicimus, qui calamistratos et torquatos habeant in ministerio, Amhros. Ep. 69, 7.

Torquātus, i, m. [1. torquatus], the surname of T. Manlius, so called because he put on the neck-chain of a Gaul whom he slew in single combat; also, of his descendants, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 19; Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23; id. Off. 3, 31, 112; Liv. 7, 10; Flor. 1, 13.— Adj.:

Torquata nomina,

Luc. 7, 584.—Hence, Torquātĭānus, a, um, of or belonging to a Torquatus, Torquatian:

horti,

Front. Aquaed. 5.

torquātus, a, um, adj. [torques], adorned with a neck-chain or collar. In gen.:

miles,

presented with a chain for his bravery, Veg. Mil. 2, 7 fin.:

affuit Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,

with snakes coiled about her neck, Ov. H. 2, 119:

palumbus,

the ring-dove, Mart. 13, 67, 1: quid de aliis dicimus, qui calamistratos et torquatos habeant in ministerio, Amhros. Ep. 69, 7.

Torquātus, i, m. [1. torquatus], the surname of T. Manlius, so called because he put on the neck-chain of a Gaul whom he slew in single combat; also, of his descendants, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 19; Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23; id. Off. 3, 31, 112; Liv. 7, 10; Flor. 1, 13.— Adj.:

Torquata nomina,

Luc. 7, 584.—Hence, Torquātĭānus, a, um, of or belonging to a Torquatus, Torquatian:

horti,

Front. Aquaed. 5.

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).

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.