contortor

From LSJ

ἀλλὰ τί ἦ μοι ταῦτα περὶ δρῦν ἢ περὶ πέτρην → why all this about trees and rocks, why all these things we have nothing to do with

Source

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。