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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>ob-torquĕo</b>: si, tum, 2, v. a.<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>obtorquĕō</b>,¹⁴ torsī, [[tortum]], ēre, tr., tourner, faire tourner : Acc. Tr. 575 ; Stat. Th. 5, 414 &#124;&#124; serrer violemment : collo obtorto Cic. Clu. 59 ; obtorta [[gula]] Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, avec le cou serré, serré au collet &#124;&#124; tordre : obtorti [[circulus]] auri Virg. En. 5, 559, un collier d’or en torsade.||serrer violemment : collo obtorto Cic. Clu. 59 ; obtorta [[gula]] Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, avec le cou serré, serré au collet||tordre : obtorti [[circulus]] auri Virg. En. 5, 559, un collier d’or en torsade.
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{{Georges
|georg=ob-[[torqueo]], torsī, [[tortum]], ēre, I) [[hindrehen]], obtorque prorim (= proram), Acc. tr. 575: laevas dextrasque in undas obtorquet proram, Stat. Theb. 5, 414. – II) [[herumdrehen]], [[umdrehen]], [[collum]] od. gulam, die [[Kehle]] [[umdrehen]], d.i. [[derb]] [[bei]] der K. [[anfassen]], [[wenn]] [[man]] [[einen]] [[mit]] [[Gewalt]] [[vor]] [[Gericht]] zog usw., consuli [[ita]] [[collum]] in [[comitio]] obtorsit, ut [[multus]] [[sanguis]] flueret e naribus, Aur. Vict.: obtorto collo ([[mit]] [[Gewalt]] [[bei]] der [[Kehle]]) ad praetorem trahi, Plaut.: u. so alqm collo obtorto ad subsellia reducere, Cic.: obtortā gulā in vincula abripi, Cic. – obtorto [[valgiter]] labello, gekrümmt, [[gebogen]], Petron. fr.: obtorti [[circulus]] auri, gedrehtem, gewundenem, Verg.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=obtorqueo obtorquere, obtorsi, obtortus V :: bend back; twist or turn
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