distortio
From LSJ
Ἐρωτώμενος διὰ τί ὀλίγους ἔχει μαθητάς, ἔφη ὅτι ἀργυρέᾳ αὐτοὺς ἐκβάλλω ῥάβδῳ → When asked why he had so few pupils, he replied ‘I chase them away with a silver stick (Diogenes Laertius 6.4.5, on the philosopher Antisthenes)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
distortĭo: ōnis, f. id.,
I a distorting, writhing, contortion: membrorum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 29; cf. id. Fin. 5, 12, 35: oris, Cels. 4, 2, 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
distortĭō, ōnis, f., distorsion : Cic. Tusc. 4, 29.
