contortor
From LSJ
ὁ γοῦν Ἀνάγυρός μοι κεκινῆσθαι δοκεῖ → did somebody fart, seems to me the Anagyros has been stirred up, I knew someone was raising a stink, the fat is in the fire
Latin > English
contortor contortoris N M :: twister, one who perverts
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
contortor: ōris, m. contorqueo,
I a wrester, perverter: legum, Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 27.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
contortŏr, ōris, m., celui qui torture : Ter. Phorm. 474.
Latin > German (Georges)
contortor, ōris, m. (contorqueo), der Verdreher, bonorum extortor (Beutelschneider), legum contortor (Gesetzzuschneider), Ter. Phorm. 374.
