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torquere

torquere is a Latin form of torqueo, meaning “twist, turn; hurl; torture, torment”. It is the 2nd person singular present passive imperative or 2nd person singular present passive indicative or present active infinitive.

Found 26 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro M. Caelio 13: … rporis, scelere etiam, si opus esset, et audacia, versare suam naturam et regere ad tempus atque huc et illuc torquere ac flectere, cum tristibus severe, cum remissis iucunde, cum senibus graviter, cum iuventute comiter, cum fac …

All forms of torqueo (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.