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contorqueo
contorqueo
Latin
Verb
contorqueō (present infinitive contorquēre, perfect active contorsī, supine contortum); second conjugation
- I turn, twist, swing or whirl (together); contort
- (of a weapon) I brandish, wield.
- I turn, influence, sway.
- (of words or discourse) I hurl or throw out violently, utter vehemently.
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Descendants
- English: contort
References
- contorqueo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- contorqueo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “contorqueo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.