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  • 1 intorqueo

    twist, distort

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  • 2 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).

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  • 3 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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  • 4 detorqueo

    detorquere, detorsi, detortus V TRANS
    turn/twist/bend/pull away/aside; deflect; deviate (path); divert; sway; distort, bend out of shape; pervert, misrepresent, twist sense of, alter form

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  • 5 extorqueo

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

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  • 6 contorqueo

    con-torquĕo, torsi, tortum (also -torsum, acc. to Prisc. 9, p. 871 P.), 2, v. a., to turn, twist, twirl, swing, whirl or brandish, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Of weapons, arms, etc. (mostly poet.):

    telum contortum validis viribus,

    Lucr. 1, 971; cf.:

    hastam viribus,

    Ov. M. 5, 32:

    lenta spicula lacertis,

    Verg. A. 7, 165:

    hastile adducto lacerto,

    id. ib. 11, 561:

    cuspidem lacerto,

    Ov. M. 8, 345:

    valido sceptrum lacerto,

    id. ib. 5, 422:

    (hastile) certo contorquens dirigit ictu,

    Verg. A. 12, 490:

    sed magnum stridens contorta phalarica venit,

    id. ib. 9, 705:

    hastam In latus, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 52; Quint. 9, 4, 8:

    telum in eum,

    Curt. 8, 14, 36.—
    B.
    Of other objects:

    gubernaclum quolibet,

    Lucr. 4, 904; cf.:

    membra quocumque volt,

    Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

    tantum corpus,

    Lucr. 4, 900:

    globum eā celeritate, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 10, 24; id. Arat. 61: equum magnā vi, Poët. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 9:

    amnis in alium cursum contortos et deflexos videmus,

    Cic. Div. 1, 19, 38:

    proram ad laevas undas,

    Verg. A. 3, 562:

    silvas insano vortice,

    whirling them round in its raging whirlpool, id. G. 1, 481; cf.
    * Cat.
    64, 107:

    frementes aquas subitis verticibus,

    Luc. 4, 102 Weber; cf. id. 3, 631; Sil. 3, 50:

    an omnis tempestas aeque mare illud contorqueat,

    Sen. Ep. 79, 1 al.:

    vertex est contorta in se aqua,

    Quint. 8, 2, 7:

    nubila fumo,

    Sil. 4, 309.—
    II.
    Trop. (mostly in Cic. and of rhet. matters;

    the metaphor taken from missiles which are brandished, that they may be discharged with greater force): (auditor) tamquam machinatione aliquā tum ad severitatem, tum ad remissionem animi est contorquendus,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72.—So of discourse that is thrown out violently or forcibly, hurled:

    Demosthenis non tam vibrarent fulmina illa, nisi numeris contorta ferrentur,

    Cic. Or. 70, 234; cf. Quint. 10, 7, 14:

    quam rhetorice! quam copiose! quas sententias colligit! quae verba contorquet! ( = summā vi et impetu profert),

    hurls forth, Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63; cf.:

    longas periodos uno spiritu,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 4:

    deinde contorquent et ita concludunt, etc.,

    twist the argument, Cic. Div. 2, 51, 106.— Hence, contortus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II.), of discourse.
    A.
    Brandished, hurled, full of motion, powerful, vehement, energetic, strong (rare;

    mostly in Cic.): contorta et acris oratio,

    Cic. Or. 20, 66:

    vis (orationis),

    Quint. 10, 7, 14:

    levibus mulcentur et contortis excitantur,

    id. 9, 4, 116.—
    B.
    Involved, intricate, obscure, perplexed, complicated:

    contortae et difficiles res,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 250: contorta et aculeata quaedam sophismata, id. Ac. 2, 24, 75.— Adv.: con-tortē (acc. to II.), intricately, perplexedly:

    dicere,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 29; Auct. Her. 1, 9, 15. —
    * Comp.:

    concluduntur a Stoicis,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 10, 22.— Sup. not in use.

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  • 7 implecto

    implecto ( inpl-), xi, xum, 3, v. a. [in-plecto], to plait, wind, or twist into, to wind or twist among, to interweave, interlace, entwine ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; usually in the part. perf.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    multae hirudines dentibus (crocodili) implectuntur,

    App. Mag. p. 278:

    inplexis ita principiis,

    Lucr. 3, 33:

    dracones quaternos quinosque inter se cratium modo implexos,

    Plin. 8, 13, 13, § 35:

    capillus horrore implexus atque impeditus,

    App. Mag. p. 276; cf.

    in a Greek construction, caeruleos implexae crinibus angues Eumenides,

    Verg. G. 4, 482:

    manibus implexis,

    Sen. Ben. 1, 3; cf. App. M. 3, p. 135.—
    * II.
    Trop.:

    vidua implexa luctu continuo,

    implicated, involved, entangled, Tac. A. 16, 10, v. Orell. ad h. l.

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  • 8 inplecto

    implecto ( inpl-), xi, xum, 3, v. a. [in-plecto], to plait, wind, or twist into, to wind or twist among, to interweave, interlace, entwine ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; usually in the part. perf.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    multae hirudines dentibus (crocodili) implectuntur,

    App. Mag. p. 278:

    inplexis ita principiis,

    Lucr. 3, 33:

    dracones quaternos quinosque inter se cratium modo implexos,

    Plin. 8, 13, 13, § 35:

    capillus horrore implexus atque impeditus,

    App. Mag. p. 276; cf.

    in a Greek construction, caeruleos implexae crinibus angues Eumenides,

    Verg. G. 4, 482:

    manibus implexis,

    Sen. Ben. 1, 3; cf. App. M. 3, p. 135.—
    * II.
    Trop.:

    vidua implexa luctu continuo,

    implicated, involved, entangled, Tac. A. 16, 10, v. Orell. ad h. l.

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  • 9 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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  • 10 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.

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  • 11 praetorqueo

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

    praetorto capite et recurvato,

    Col. 3, 18.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    praetorquete injuriae collum,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 12.

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  • 12 spira

    spīra, ae, f., = speira.
    I.
    That which is wound, wreathed, coiled, or twisted; a coil, fold, twist, spire (cf. orbis);

    of a serpent,

    Verg. G. 2, 154; id. A. 2, 217; Ov. M. 3, 77.—Of the grain of wood, Plin. 16, 39, 76, § 198.—Of the intestines, Lact. Opif. Dei, 11, § 16.—
    II.
    Concr.:

    spira dicitur et basis columnae unius tori aut duorum, et genus operis pistorii, et funis nauticus in orbem convolutus, ab eādem omnes similitudine. Pacuvius: Quid cessatis, socii, ejicere spiras sparteas? Ennius quidem hominum multitudinem ita appellat, cum ait: spiras legionibus nexunt,

    Fest. p. 300 Müll. (Ann. v. 501 Vahl., where the read. is nexit).—So,
    A.
    The base of a column, Vitr. 3, 3; 4, 1; Plin. 36, 23, 56, § 179.—
    B.
    A kind of twisted cake, a twist, cracknel, Cato, R. R. 77.—
    C.
    A coil of rope, Pac. ap. Fest. l. l.—
    D.
    A braid of hair, Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 117; Val. Fl. 6, 396.—
    E.
    A twisted tie for fastening the hat under the chin, Juv. 8, 208.—
    F.
    A confused crowd of men, Enn. ap. Fest. l. l.

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  • 13 verso

    verso ( vorso), āvi, ātum, 1 ( inf. vorsarier, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 53), v. freq. a. [verto], to turn, wind, twist, or whirl about often or violently (freq. and class.; syn.: verto, contorqueo).
    I.
    Lit.: qui caelum versat stellis fulgentibus aptum, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 30 Vahl.): Sisyphus versat Saxum, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    turbinem puer,

    Tib. 1, 5, 4:

    turdos in igni,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 72:

    ova non acri favillā,

    Ov. M. 8, 667:

    cum versati appositi essent pisces,

    Quint. 6, 3, 90:

    vinclorum inmensa volumina,

    Verg. A. 5, 408:

    manum,

    Ov. M. 12, 493:

    lumina,

    id. ib. 5, 134; 6, 247;

    7, 579: cardinem,

    id. ib. 4, 93:

    fusum,

    id. ib. 4, 221;

    6, 22: corpus,

    id. Am. 1, 2, 4:

    sortem urnā,

    to shake, Hor. C. 2, 3, 26:

    ligonibus glaebas,

    to turn up, hoe, id. ib. 3, 6, 39; so,

    rura (juvenci),

    Prop. 4 (5), 1, 129:

    terram,

    Ov. R. Am. 173:

    desectum gramen,

    hay, id. M. 14, 646:

    currum in gramine,

    i. e. to wheel about, Verg. A. 12, 664:

    oves,

    to drive about, pasture, id. E. 10, 68:

    pulsat versatque Dareta,

    id. A. 5, 460:

    me versant in litore venti,

    id. ib. 6, 362: vos exemplaria Graeca Nocturnā versate manu, versate diurnā, turn them over, i. e. read, study them, Hor. A. P. 269:

    et nummulario non ex fide versanti pecunias manus amputavit,

    handling, accounting for, Suet. Galb. 9.—With se, or mid., to turn one's self often, to turn, revolve, etc.: versabat se in utramque partem, non solum mente, verum etiam corpore, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30, § 74.—Prov.:

    satis diu jam hoc saxum vorso,

    I have wasted time enough with this man, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 55.—Mid.:

    mundum versari circum axem caeli,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 52:

    qui (orbes) versantur retro,

    id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

    pars superior mundi non versatur in turbinem,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 1:

    suāpte naturā et cylindrum volvi et versari turbinem putat,

    Cic. Fat. 18, 42:

    ne versari aves possent,

    Col. 8, 7, 1.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to turn, twist, bend:

    versare suam naturam et regere ad tempus atque huc et illuc torquere et flectere,

    Cic. Cael. 6, 13:

    ad omnem malitiam et fraudem versare mentem suam coepit,

    id. Clu. 26, 70:

    eadem multis modis,

    id. Or. 40, 137:

    causas,

    i. e. to treat, manage, id. ib. 9, 31; Quint. 10, 5, 9; cf. absol.:

    non mille figuris variet ac verset (orator)?

    id. 5, 14, 32:

    verba,

    to pervert, alter, Cic. Fin. 4, 20, 56:

    fors omnia versat,

    turns, changes, Verg. E. 9, 5;

    so mid.: versatur celeri Fors levis orbe rotae,

    Tib. 1, 5, 70:

    huc et illuc, Torquate, vos versetis licet, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 99:

    in quo, utrum respondebo, verses te huc atque illuc necesse est,

    id. ib. 5, 28, 86:

    versabat se ad omnis cogitationes,

    Curt. 6, 6, 27.—
    2.
    In partic. (rare in Cic.).
    a.
    Qs. to turn upside down, i. e. to discompose, disturb, vex, agitate:

    versabo ego illum hodie, si vivo, probe,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 6; id. Pers. 5, 2, 17:

    haerere homo, versari, rubere,

    to be disturbed, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 187: si quid te adjuero curamve levasso Quae nunc te coquit et versat in pectore fixa, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1 (Ann. v. 340 Vahl.):

    miserum toto cubili,

    Prop. 1, 14, 21:

    illum toto versant suspiria lecto,

    id. 2, 22, 47 (3, 16, 5):

    odiis domos,

    to overthrow, ruin, subvert, Verg. A. 7, 336:

    ille placet, versatque domum, neque verbera sentit,

    i. e. disturbs without being punished, Ov. Am. 2, 2, 29:

    sic fortuna in contentione et certamine utrumque versavit, ut alter alteri inimicus auxilio salutique esset,

    alternated with, treated each in turn, Caes. B. G. 5, 44 fin.:

    pectora,

    id. ib. 2, 45:

    muliebrem animum in omnes partes,

    Liv. 1, 58, 3:

    patrum animos,

    id. 1, 17, 1:

    pectora (nunc indignatio nunc pudor),

    id. 2, 45, 5; cf.:

    spesque timorque animum versat utroque modo,

    Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 12.—
    b.
    To turn over a thing in the mind, to think over, meditate, or reflect upon, revolve, consider; to transact, carry on (cf.:

    volvo, agito): multas res simitu in meo corde vorso,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 1:

    versarent in animis secum unamquamque rem,

    Liv. 3, 34, 4:

    illa dolos dirumque nefas in pectere versat, Certa mori,

    Verg. A. 4, 563; so,

    dolos,

    id. ib. 2, 62:

    versate diu, quid ferre recusent, Quid valeant umeri,

    Hor. A. P. 39:

    ubi maxima rerum momenta versantur,

    Quint. 8, 3, 13:

    versenturque omni modo numeri,

    examined, considered, id. 10, 3, 5; 10, 5, 9:

    somnia decies,

    to interpret, Prop. 2, 4, 16:

    multum igitur domi ante versandi sunt (testes), variis percontationibus, etc.,

    examined, practised, Quint. 5, 7, 11.—
    II.
    Transf., in the mid. form, versor ( vor-sor), ātus, 1, prop. to move about in a place, i. e. to dwell, live, remain, stay, abide, be in a place or among certain persons; constr. most freq. with in aliquā re; also with inter, intra, apud, and cum.
    A.
    Lit.:

    vorsari crebro hic cum viderent me domi,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 128:

    in medio pariete,

    id. Cas. 1, 52:

    non ad solarium, non in campo, non in conviviis versatus est,

    Cic. Quint. 18, 59:

    in fundo,

    id. Mil. 20, 53:

    in castris,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

    inter aciem,

    id. ib. 1, 52; cf.:

    nec versari inter eos sine dedecore potero,

    Cic. Att. 10, 8, 3:

    intra vallum,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 96:

    alicui inter femina,

    Suet. Tib. 44:

    nobiscum versari jam diutius non potes,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10;

    apud praefectos regis,

    Nep. Con. 2, 4.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to be; to be circumstanced or situated:

    nescis, quantis in malis vorser miser,

    Ter. And. 4, 1, 25:

    certe ego te in medio versantem turbine leti Eripui,

    Cat. 64, 149:

    ergo illi nunc in pace versantur,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 6:

    in clarissimā luce,

    id. Off. 2, 13, 44:

    Minturnenses aeternā in laude versantur,

    id. Planc. 10, 26:

    in simili culpā,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

    mihi ante oculos dies noctesque versaris,

    Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 3:

    nec versantur omnino scripta eorum inter manus hominum,

    i. e. are read, Dig. 1, 2, 2.—Of abstract subjects: numquam tibi populi Romani dignitas, numquam species ipsa hujusmodi multitudinis in oculis animoque versata est? Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 55, § 144:

    mors, exsilium mihi ob oculos versabantur,

    id. Sest. 21, 47:

    haec omnia in eodem errore versantur,

    id. N. D. 3, 10, 25; id. Tusc. 1, 44, 107:

    aliquid in dubitatione versatur,

    id. Rep. 2, 15, 29:

    Mithridaticum bellum, in multā varietate versatum,

    waged with many vicissitudes, id. Arch. 9, 21.—
    2.
    In partic., to occupy or busy one's self with any action, to be engaged in any thing.
    a.
    Of persons.
    (α).
    With in and abl. (class.):

    opifices omnes in sordidā arte versantur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150:

    in omnibus ingenuis artibus,

    id. Fam. 4, 3, 4:

    versabor in re difficili,

    id. Leg. 3, 15, 33:

    in re publicā atque in his vitae periculis laboribusque,

    id. Arch. 12, 30;

    ullā in cogitatione acrius ac diligentius versari,

    id. Rep. 1, 22, 35:

    si diutius in hoc genere verser,

    id. ib. 1, 46, 70:

    multum in imperiis,

    Nep. Milt. 8, 2.—
    (β).
    With circa and acc. (post-Aug.):

    circa mensuras ac numeros non versabitur (orator)?

    Quint. 2, 21, 19.—
    (γ).
    With inter:

    inter arma ac studia versatus,

    Vell. 1, 13, 3.—
    b.
    Of abstract subjects.
    (α).
    With in and abl. (class.):

    haec omnia in eodem quo illa Zenonis errore versantur,

    depend on, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 25:

    dicendi omnis ratio in hominum more et sermone versatur,

    is occupied with, concerns, Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 12:

    ejus omnis oratio versata est in eo, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 57, 244; cf.:

    imitatio est posita fere in eludendo, sed versatur etiam in factis,

    Quint. 9, 2, 58: ipsae res in perfacili cognitione versantur Cic. Or. 35, 122;

    quae omnes artes in veri investigatione versantur,

    id. Off. 1, 6, 19:

    omnia quae in causā versarentur,

    Quint. 7, 1, 4:

    epilogi omnes in eādem fere materiā versari solent,

    id. 7, 4, 19; 2, 4, 1:

    praejudiciorum vis omnis tribus in generibus versatur,

    id. 5, 2, 1.—
    (β).
    With circa and acc. (post-Aug.):

    haec pars (tragoedia) circa iram, odium, metum, miserationem fere tota versatur,

    Quint. 6, 2, 20:

    circa quae versari videatur omnis quaestio,

    id. 3, 6, 23:

    quidam circa res omnes, quidam circa civiles modo versari rhetoricen putaverunt,

    id. 2, 15, 15.—
    (γ).
    With abl.:

    itaque (finitio) pluribus legibus isdem quibus conjectura versatur,

    Quint. 7, 3, 1 (dub.; Halm, ex conj. in isdem).—
    c.
    Part. perf.:

    homo in aliis causis exercitatus et in hac multum et saepe versatus,

    Cic. Quint. 1, 3:

    viri in rerum publicarum varietate versati,

    id. Rep. 3, 3, 4:

    semper inter arma ac studia versatus,

    Vell. 1, 13, 3.— Absol.:

    is missum ad dilectus agendos Agricolam integreque ac strenue versatum praeposuit, etc.,

    Tac. Agr. 7.

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  • 14 vorsor

    verso ( vorso), āvi, ātum, 1 ( inf. vorsarier, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 53), v. freq. a. [verto], to turn, wind, twist, or whirl about often or violently (freq. and class.; syn.: verto, contorqueo).
    I.
    Lit.: qui caelum versat stellis fulgentibus aptum, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 30 Vahl.): Sisyphus versat Saxum, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    turbinem puer,

    Tib. 1, 5, 4:

    turdos in igni,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 72:

    ova non acri favillā,

    Ov. M. 8, 667:

    cum versati appositi essent pisces,

    Quint. 6, 3, 90:

    vinclorum inmensa volumina,

    Verg. A. 5, 408:

    manum,

    Ov. M. 12, 493:

    lumina,

    id. ib. 5, 134; 6, 247;

    7, 579: cardinem,

    id. ib. 4, 93:

    fusum,

    id. ib. 4, 221;

    6, 22: corpus,

    id. Am. 1, 2, 4:

    sortem urnā,

    to shake, Hor. C. 2, 3, 26:

    ligonibus glaebas,

    to turn up, hoe, id. ib. 3, 6, 39; so,

    rura (juvenci),

    Prop. 4 (5), 1, 129:

    terram,

    Ov. R. Am. 173:

    desectum gramen,

    hay, id. M. 14, 646:

    currum in gramine,

    i. e. to wheel about, Verg. A. 12, 664:

    oves,

    to drive about, pasture, id. E. 10, 68:

    pulsat versatque Dareta,

    id. A. 5, 460:

    me versant in litore venti,

    id. ib. 6, 362: vos exemplaria Graeca Nocturnā versate manu, versate diurnā, turn them over, i. e. read, study them, Hor. A. P. 269:

    et nummulario non ex fide versanti pecunias manus amputavit,

    handling, accounting for, Suet. Galb. 9.—With se, or mid., to turn one's self often, to turn, revolve, etc.: versabat se in utramque partem, non solum mente, verum etiam corpore, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30, § 74.—Prov.:

    satis diu jam hoc saxum vorso,

    I have wasted time enough with this man, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 55.—Mid.:

    mundum versari circum axem caeli,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 52:

    qui (orbes) versantur retro,

    id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

    pars superior mundi non versatur in turbinem,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 1:

    suāpte naturā et cylindrum volvi et versari turbinem putat,

    Cic. Fat. 18, 42:

    ne versari aves possent,

    Col. 8, 7, 1.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to turn, twist, bend:

    versare suam naturam et regere ad tempus atque huc et illuc torquere et flectere,

    Cic. Cael. 6, 13:

    ad omnem malitiam et fraudem versare mentem suam coepit,

    id. Clu. 26, 70:

    eadem multis modis,

    id. Or. 40, 137:

    causas,

    i. e. to treat, manage, id. ib. 9, 31; Quint. 10, 5, 9; cf. absol.:

    non mille figuris variet ac verset (orator)?

    id. 5, 14, 32:

    verba,

    to pervert, alter, Cic. Fin. 4, 20, 56:

    fors omnia versat,

    turns, changes, Verg. E. 9, 5;

    so mid.: versatur celeri Fors levis orbe rotae,

    Tib. 1, 5, 70:

    huc et illuc, Torquate, vos versetis licet, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 99:

    in quo, utrum respondebo, verses te huc atque illuc necesse est,

    id. ib. 5, 28, 86:

    versabat se ad omnis cogitationes,

    Curt. 6, 6, 27.—
    2.
    In partic. (rare in Cic.).
    a.
    Qs. to turn upside down, i. e. to discompose, disturb, vex, agitate:

    versabo ego illum hodie, si vivo, probe,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 6; id. Pers. 5, 2, 17:

    haerere homo, versari, rubere,

    to be disturbed, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 187: si quid te adjuero curamve levasso Quae nunc te coquit et versat in pectore fixa, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1 (Ann. v. 340 Vahl.):

    miserum toto cubili,

    Prop. 1, 14, 21:

    illum toto versant suspiria lecto,

    id. 2, 22, 47 (3, 16, 5):

    odiis domos,

    to overthrow, ruin, subvert, Verg. A. 7, 336:

    ille placet, versatque domum, neque verbera sentit,

    i. e. disturbs without being punished, Ov. Am. 2, 2, 29:

    sic fortuna in contentione et certamine utrumque versavit, ut alter alteri inimicus auxilio salutique esset,

    alternated with, treated each in turn, Caes. B. G. 5, 44 fin.:

    pectora,

    id. ib. 2, 45:

    muliebrem animum in omnes partes,

    Liv. 1, 58, 3:

    patrum animos,

    id. 1, 17, 1:

    pectora (nunc indignatio nunc pudor),

    id. 2, 45, 5; cf.:

    spesque timorque animum versat utroque modo,

    Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 12.—
    b.
    To turn over a thing in the mind, to think over, meditate, or reflect upon, revolve, consider; to transact, carry on (cf.:

    volvo, agito): multas res simitu in meo corde vorso,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 1:

    versarent in animis secum unamquamque rem,

    Liv. 3, 34, 4:

    illa dolos dirumque nefas in pectere versat, Certa mori,

    Verg. A. 4, 563; so,

    dolos,

    id. ib. 2, 62:

    versate diu, quid ferre recusent, Quid valeant umeri,

    Hor. A. P. 39:

    ubi maxima rerum momenta versantur,

    Quint. 8, 3, 13:

    versenturque omni modo numeri,

    examined, considered, id. 10, 3, 5; 10, 5, 9:

    somnia decies,

    to interpret, Prop. 2, 4, 16:

    multum igitur domi ante versandi sunt (testes), variis percontationibus, etc.,

    examined, practised, Quint. 5, 7, 11.—
    II.
    Transf., in the mid. form, versor ( vor-sor), ātus, 1, prop. to move about in a place, i. e. to dwell, live, remain, stay, abide, be in a place or among certain persons; constr. most freq. with in aliquā re; also with inter, intra, apud, and cum.
    A.
    Lit.:

    vorsari crebro hic cum viderent me domi,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 128:

    in medio pariete,

    id. Cas. 1, 52:

    non ad solarium, non in campo, non in conviviis versatus est,

    Cic. Quint. 18, 59:

    in fundo,

    id. Mil. 20, 53:

    in castris,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

    inter aciem,

    id. ib. 1, 52; cf.:

    nec versari inter eos sine dedecore potero,

    Cic. Att. 10, 8, 3:

    intra vallum,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 96:

    alicui inter femina,

    Suet. Tib. 44:

    nobiscum versari jam diutius non potes,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10;

    apud praefectos regis,

    Nep. Con. 2, 4.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to be; to be circumstanced or situated:

    nescis, quantis in malis vorser miser,

    Ter. And. 4, 1, 25:

    certe ego te in medio versantem turbine leti Eripui,

    Cat. 64, 149:

    ergo illi nunc in pace versantur,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 6:

    in clarissimā luce,

    id. Off. 2, 13, 44:

    Minturnenses aeternā in laude versantur,

    id. Planc. 10, 26:

    in simili culpā,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

    mihi ante oculos dies noctesque versaris,

    Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 3:

    nec versantur omnino scripta eorum inter manus hominum,

    i. e. are read, Dig. 1, 2, 2.—Of abstract subjects: numquam tibi populi Romani dignitas, numquam species ipsa hujusmodi multitudinis in oculis animoque versata est? Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 55, § 144:

    mors, exsilium mihi ob oculos versabantur,

    id. Sest. 21, 47:

    haec omnia in eodem errore versantur,

    id. N. D. 3, 10, 25; id. Tusc. 1, 44, 107:

    aliquid in dubitatione versatur,

    id. Rep. 2, 15, 29:

    Mithridaticum bellum, in multā varietate versatum,

    waged with many vicissitudes, id. Arch. 9, 21.—
    2.
    In partic., to occupy or busy one's self with any action, to be engaged in any thing.
    a.
    Of persons.
    (α).
    With in and abl. (class.):

    opifices omnes in sordidā arte versantur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150:

    in omnibus ingenuis artibus,

    id. Fam. 4, 3, 4:

    versabor in re difficili,

    id. Leg. 3, 15, 33:

    in re publicā atque in his vitae periculis laboribusque,

    id. Arch. 12, 30;

    ullā in cogitatione acrius ac diligentius versari,

    id. Rep. 1, 22, 35:

    si diutius in hoc genere verser,

    id. ib. 1, 46, 70:

    multum in imperiis,

    Nep. Milt. 8, 2.—
    (β).
    With circa and acc. (post-Aug.):

    circa mensuras ac numeros non versabitur (orator)?

    Quint. 2, 21, 19.—
    (γ).
    With inter:

    inter arma ac studia versatus,

    Vell. 1, 13, 3.—
    b.
    Of abstract subjects.
    (α).
    With in and abl. (class.):

    haec omnia in eodem quo illa Zenonis errore versantur,

    depend on, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 25:

    dicendi omnis ratio in hominum more et sermone versatur,

    is occupied with, concerns, Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 12:

    ejus omnis oratio versata est in eo, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 57, 244; cf.:

    imitatio est posita fere in eludendo, sed versatur etiam in factis,

    Quint. 9, 2, 58: ipsae res in perfacili cognitione versantur Cic. Or. 35, 122;

    quae omnes artes in veri investigatione versantur,

    id. Off. 1, 6, 19:

    omnia quae in causā versarentur,

    Quint. 7, 1, 4:

    epilogi omnes in eādem fere materiā versari solent,

    id. 7, 4, 19; 2, 4, 1:

    praejudiciorum vis omnis tribus in generibus versatur,

    id. 5, 2, 1.—
    (β).
    With circa and acc. (post-Aug.):

    haec pars (tragoedia) circa iram, odium, metum, miserationem fere tota versatur,

    Quint. 6, 2, 20:

    circa quae versari videatur omnis quaestio,

    id. 3, 6, 23:

    quidam circa res omnes, quidam circa civiles modo versari rhetoricen putaverunt,

    id. 2, 15, 15.—
    (γ).
    With abl.:

    itaque (finitio) pluribus legibus isdem quibus conjectura versatur,

    Quint. 7, 3, 1 (dub.; Halm, ex conj. in isdem).—
    c.
    Part. perf.:

    homo in aliis causis exercitatus et in hac multum et saepe versatus,

    Cic. Quint. 1, 3:

    viri in rerum publicarum varietate versati,

    id. Rep. 3, 3, 4:

    semper inter arma ac studia versatus,

    Vell. 1, 13, 3.— Absol.:

    is missum ad dilectus agendos Agricolam integreque ac strenue versatum praeposuit, etc.,

    Tac. Agr. 7.

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  • 15 con-torqueō

        con-torqueō torsī, tortus, ēre,    to turn, twist, twirl, swing, whirl, brandish, wield, hurl: globum celeritate: proram ad undas, V.: silvas insano vortice, V.—Of weapons: hastam viribus, O.: spicula lacertis, V.: hastarm In latus, etc., V.: excussae contorto verbere glandes, the sling, O.—Fig., to turn, influence: (auditor) ad remissionem animi est contorquendus. — Of utterance, to hurl forth, throw out: verba.

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  • 16 dēprāvō

        dēprāvō —, ātus, āre    [de + pravus], to distort, disfigure: quaedam contra naturam depravata. —Fig., to pervert, seduce, corrupt, deprave, spoil: nil est Quin male narrando possit depravarier, T.: ut ea quae conrigere volt, depravare videatur: (Campanos) nimiae rerum omnium copiae depravabant: depravatus Pompeius invidiā, Cs.: magna pars gratiā depravata, S.: plebem consiliis, L.: solent domestici depravare.
    * * *
    depravare, depravavi, depravatus V TRANS
    distort/deform/twist, make crooked; mislead/pervert; deprave, corrupt

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  • 17 dē-torqueō

        dē-torqueō sī, tus, ēre,    to bend aside, turn off, turn away, turn, direct: ponticulum: Ora dextrā equorum, V.: lumen ab illā, O.: volnus, averted, V.: alqd in dextram partem: ad regem cursūs, V.: cervicem ad oscula, H.—To twist, distort, put out of shape: partes corporis detortae.—Of words: parce detorta, H.—Fig., to turn aside, divert, pervert: animos a virtute: quae (voluntas testium) nullo negotio flecti ac detorqueri potest: te alio pravum (i. e. ad aliud vitium), H.—To distort, misrepresent: calumniando omnia detorquendoque suspecta efficere, L.: verba prave detorta, Ta.

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  • 18 dis-torqueō

        dis-torqueō rsī, rtus, ere,    to turn awry, twist, distort: os, T.: oculos, H.

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  • 19 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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  • 20 in-nectō

        in-nectō nēxuī, nexus, ere,    to twist, entangle, bind up, weave in, gather together, weave: comas, V.: ramum olivae (in crinīs), V.—To join, bind, attach, connect, fasten to, weave about: palmas armis, V.: tempora sertis, deck, O.: fauces laqueo, encircle, O.: vincula rupit, Queis innexa pedem, ect., V.—Fig., to weave together, frame, contrive: causas morandi, V.: fraudem clienti, V.

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