distorqueo
ἀεὶ φέρει τὶ Λιβύη καινὸν κακόν → Libya always bears some new evil
Latin > English
distorqueo distorquere, distorsi, distortus V :: twist this way and that
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dis-torquĕo: rsi, rtum (
I supine, distorsum acc. to Prisc. 871 P.), 2, v. a., to turn different ways, to twist, distort (rare but class.).
I Prop.: os, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 3; so, ora cachinno, Ov. A. A. 3, 287: oculos, Hor. S. 1, 9, 65: labra, Quint. 1, 11, 9.—
II Meton., to torment, torture.
A Lit., Sen. Ben. 7, 19; Suet. Dom. 10.—
B Trop.: quem repulsa distorqueat (with amore cruciari), Sen. Ep. 74: cogitationem, Petr. 52, 2.—Hence, distortus, a, um, P. a., distorted, misshapen, deformed, dwarfish.
A Lit.: distortus ejecta lingua, Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; cf. Suet. Aug. 83; Quint. 2, 5, 11: vultus, id. 6, 3, 29: crura, Hor. S. 1, 3, 47: solos sapientes esse, si distortissimi sint, formosos, Cic. Mur. 29, 61; cf. Suet. Galb. 21.—Plur. as subst.: pumili atque distorti, id. Aug. 83.—
B Trop.: nullum (genus enuntiandi) distortius, more perverse, unseemly, Cic. Fat. 8 fin.—Adv. does not occur.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
distorquĕō,¹³ torsī, tortum, ēre, tr.,
1 tourner de côté et d’autre, contourner, tordre : sibi os Ter. Eun. 670, se défigurer, grimacer ; oculos Hor. S. 1, 9, 65, rouler les yeux
2 torturer, tourmenter : Sen. Ben. 7, 19, 8 ; Ep. 74, 2 || v. distortus.
Latin > German (Georges)
dis-torqueo, torsī, tortum, ēre, I) auseinander drehen, -zerren, verzerren, verdrehen, os, Ter.: oculos, Hor.: labra, Quint.: alqm, jmdm. die Glieder verrenken, Sen. rhet. – II) meton., zermartern, quälen, Sen. u. Suet. – übtr., alqm, Sen.: cogitationem, Petron. – / PAdi. distortus s. bes.
