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|lnetxt=contorqueo contorquere, contorsi, contortus V TRANS :: stir up/agitate, make rough (sea); utter with vigor; turn about/sway (emotions)<br />contorqueo contorqueo contorquere, contorsi, contortus V TRANS :: twist, make twisted/crooked; twirl/whirl, rotate/move in arc; brandish; fling
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>con-torquĕo</b>: torsi, [[tortum]] (also -torsum, acc. to Prisc. 9, p. 871 P.), 2,<br /><b>I</b> v. a., to [[turn]], [[twist]], [[twirl]], [[swing]], [[whirl]] or [[brandish]], etc. ([[class]]. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Involved, [[intricate]], [[obscure]], perplexed, [[complicated]]: contortae et difficiles res, Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 250: contorta et aculeata quaedam σοφίσματα, 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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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>contorquĕō</b>,¹¹ torsī, [[tortum]], ēre, tr.,<br /><b>1</b> tourner, faire tourner (tournoyer) : membra Cic. Div. 1, 120, se tourner ; proram ad... Virg. En. 3, 562, tourner la proue vers... ; amnes in [[alium]] cursum contorti Cic. Div. 1, 38, cours d’eau que l’on a détournés dans une autre direction &#124;&#124; [en part.] brandir, lancer : [[telum]] Lucr. 1, 971, lancer un javelot<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> tourner qqn dans tel ou tel sens : [[auditor]] ad severitatem [[est]] contorquendus Cic. de Or. 2, 72, il faut amener l’auditeur à la sévérité ; <b> b)</b> lancer avec force : quæ verba contorquet ! Cic. Tusc. 3, 63, quels traits il lance ! periodos [[uno]] spiritu Plin. Min. Ep. 5, 20, 4, lancer des périodes d’une haleine.||[en part.] brandir, lancer : [[telum]] Lucr. 1, 971, lancer un javelot<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> tourner qqn dans tel ou tel sens : [[auditor]] ad severitatem [[est]] contorquendus Cic. de Or. 2, 72, il faut amener l’auditeur à la sévérité ; <b> b)</b> lancer avec force : quæ verba contorquet ! Cic. Tusc. 3, 63, quels traits il lance ! periodos [[uno]] spiritu Plin. Min. Ep. 5, 20, 4, lancer des périodes d’une haleine.
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{{Georges
|georg=con-[[torqueo]], torsī, [[tortum]], ēre, in die [[Runde]] [[herumdrehen]], -[[wenden]], -[[schwingen]], I) im allg.: navem [[quolibet]], [[herumlenken]], Lucr.: membra [[quocumque]] [[vult]] contorquet, reckt, Cic.: amnes in [[alium]] cursum contortos et deflexos, Cic.: proram laevas ad undas, Verg.: ut ([[deus]] [[rotundus]]) eā celeritate contorqueatur, [[sich]] herumbewegt, Cic.: silvas insano vortice, Verg. – übtr., auditorem [[tamquam]] machinatione aliquā tum ad severitatem, tum ad remissionem animi, [[herumbringen]] zu usw., Cic. – [[deinde]] contorquent et [[ita]] concludunt, [[geben]] [[sie]] der [[Sache]] eine erzwungene [[Wendung]], [[machen]] [[sie]] eine Seitenwendung und usw., Cic. – II) insbes.: A) [[schwingen]], [[brachium]], Cornif. rhet. 4, 68. – prägn., [[schwingen]] = [[schleudern]], c. hastam in [[latus]], Verg.: c. [[telum]] in [[eum]], Curt.: [[hasta]] viribus contorta, Ov.: [[hasta]] speciosissime contorta, Quint. – übtr., [[von]] der schwung-, kraftvollen [[Rede]], (fulmina [[illa]], sc. verborum) numeris contorta ferrentur, [[einen]] so kraftvollen [[Schwung]] hätten, Cic.: [[quae]] verba contorquet, [[wie]] schwungvoll ist seine [[Rede]], Cic. – B) [[winden]], contorta [[toga]], um den [[Arm]] gewundene, Cornif. rhet. 4, 68. – cornua rugarum ambitu contorta, [[runzelig]] gewundene, Plin.: [[arbor]] magna ex parte contorta, [[krumm]] gewunden, Plin.: [[crinis]] [[contortus]], Sen. poët.: [[contortus]] [[vel]] [[conductus]] [[vultus]], verzerrtes od. verzogenes, Cael. Aur. chron. 2, 1, 5. – / Ungew. Supin. contorsum [[bei]] Prisc. 9, 52.
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