δήλωσιν ποιούμενος ὅτι ὁ ἐντυγχάνων τοῖς τε λίθοις καὶ τοξεύμασι διεφθείρετο → intimating that it was a mere matter of chance who was hit and killed by stones and bow-shots
tortē: adv., v. torqueo.
tortē¹⁶ (tortus), de côté, de travers : Lucr. 4, 303.
tortē, Adv. (tortus), gekrümmt, krumm, Lucr. 4, 303 (329).