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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=distorqueo distorquere, distorsi, distortus V :: [[twist this way and that]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>dis-torquĕo</b>: rsi, rtum (<br /><b>I</b> [[supine]], distorsum acc. to Prisc. 871 P.), 2, v. a., to [[turn]] [[different]] ways, to [[twist]], [[distort]] ([[rare]] [[but]] [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Prop.: os, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 3; so, ora [[cachinno]], Ov. A. A. 3, 287: oculos, Hor. S. 1, 9, 65: labra, Quint. 1, 11, 9.—<br /><b>II</b> Meton., to [[torment]], [[torture]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit., Sen. Ben. 7, 19; Suet. Dom. 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.: quem [[repulsa]] distorqueat ([[with]] amore cruciari), Sen. Ep. 74: cogitationem, Petr. 52, 2.—Hence, [[distortus]], a, um, P. a., [[distorted]], [[misshapen]], [[deformed]], [[dwarfish]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: [[distortus]] ejecta [[lingua]], Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; cf. Suet. Aug. 83; Quint. 2, 5, 11: [[vultus]], id. 6, 3, 29: crura, Hor. S. 1, 3, 47: solos sapientes esse, si distortissimi sint, formosos, Cic. Mur. 29, 61; cf. Suet. Galb. 21.—Plur. as subst.: pumili [[atque]] distorti, id. Aug. 83.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.: nullum ([[genus]] enuntiandi) distortius, [[more]] [[perverse]], [[unseemly]], Cic. Fat. 8 fin.—Adv. does not [[occur]].
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>distorquĕō</b>,¹³ torsī, [[tortum]], ēre, tr.,<br /><b>1</b> tourner de côté et d’autre, contourner, tordre : [[sibi]] os Ter. Eun. 670, se défigurer, grimacer ; oculos Hor. S. 1, 9, 65, rouler les yeux<br /><b>2</b> torturer, tourmenter : Sen. Ben. 7, 19, 8 ; Ep. 74, 2 &#124;&#124; v. [[distortus]].||v. [[distortus]].
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{{Georges
|georg=[[dis]]-[[torqueo]], torsī, [[tortum]], ēre, I) [[auseinander]] [[drehen]], -[[zerren]], [[verzerren]], [[verdrehen]], os, Ter.: oculos, Hor.: labra, Quint.: alqm, jmdm. die Glieder [[verrenken]], Sen. rhet. – II) meton., zermartern, [[quälen]], Sen. u. Suet. – übtr., alqm, Sen.: cogitationem, Petron. – / PAdi. [[distortus]] s. [[bes]].
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=distorqueo, es, si, tum, quere. 2. :: [[擰線]]。[[彎]]。[[偏]]
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