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μὴ κακὸν εὖ ἔρξῃς· σπείρειν ἴσον ἔστ' ἐνὶ πόντῳ → do no good to a bad man; it is like sowing in the sea

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

torto: āre, v. freq. a. id.,
I to torture, torment (ante- and post-class.; syn.: torqueo, crucio): ubi insilui in cochleatum eculeum, ibi tolutim tortor, Pompon. ap. Non. 105, 15, and 182, 5; Lucr. 3, 661; Arn. 3, 106; 1, 30.