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.
