contortor
From LSJ
ἆρά γε λόγον ἔχει δυοῖν ἀρχαῖν, ὑλικῆς τε καὶ δραστικῆς → does it in fact have the function of two principles, the material and the active?
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.
Latin > Chinese
contortor, oris. m. :: — legum 强冒律例者。
