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torqueri

torqueri is a Latin form of torqueo, meaning “twist, turn; hurl; torture, torment”. It is the present passive infinitive.

Found 33 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 5.29: … t: mihi sic usus est, tibi ut opus est facto, fac. et qui ipsi sibi bellum indixissent, cruciari dies, noctes torqueri vellent, nec vero sese ipsi accusarent ob eam causam, quod se male suis rebus consuluisse dicerent. eorum eni …

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.