contorte
From LSJ
ὃν οὐ τύπτει λόγος οὐδὲ ῥάβδος → if words don't get through, neither a beating will | if the carrot doesn't work, the stick will not work either | whom words do not strike, neither does the rod
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
contortē: adv., v. contorqueo,
I P. a. fin.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
contortē (contortus), d’une manière contournée : Cic. Inv. 1, 29 || d’une manière serrée : hæc concluduntur contortius Cic. Tusc. 3, 22, ces raisonnements-là sont trop ramassés.
