Significatio vocis contorqueo | Babel Free

Definitiones

1. to turn, twist, swing or whirl (together); contort
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2. to brandish, wield
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3. to turn, influence, sway
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4. to hurl or throw out violently, utter vehemently
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5. to hurl
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Aequivalentia

Exempla

“Iuppiter hastam contorquet”

Jupiter hurls a spear

““Sīc fātus, validīs ingentem vīribus hastam in latus inque ferī curvam compāgibus alvum contorsit.” “[Laocoön] thus having spoken [about the horse], with mighty strength he hurled a huge spear at its flank, and into the curved frames of its beastly belly.” – Aeneas”

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