torqueō (old inf.torquērier, H., Pr.), torsī, tortus, ēre
TARC-, to turn, turn about, turn away, twist, bend, wind : cervices oculosque: ab obscenis sermonibus aurem, H.: ad sonitum vocis vestigia, V.: ferro capillos, i. e. curl , O.: stamina pollice, spin , O.: tenui praegnatem pollice fusum, Iu.: taxos in arcūs, bend , V.: tegumen torquens inmane leonis, wrapping about him , V.: cum terra circum axem se torqueat.—Poet.: torquet medios nox umida cursūs, i. e. has half-finished , V.— To whirl around, whirl, wield, brandish, fling with force, hurl : hastas lacertis: lapidem, H.: amnis torquet sonantia saxa, V.: in hunc hastam, O.: telum aurata ad tempora, V.: sibila, i. e. hiss , Pr.— To twist awry, misplace, turn aside, distort : quae (festinationes) cum fiant . . . ora torquentur: ora Tristia temptantum sensu (sapor) torquebit amaro, V.— To wrench on the rack, put to the rack, rack, torture : eculeo torqueri.—Fig., to twist, wrest, distort, turn, bend, direct : suam naturam huc et illuc: oratio ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas: verbo ac litterā ius omne.— To rack, torment, torture : te libidines torquent: mitto aurum coronarium, quod te diutissime torsit: equidem dies noctīsque torqueor: Torqueor, infesto ne vir ab hoste cadat, O.: Aeacus torquet umbras, examines , Iu.— To ply, put to the test : (reges) dicuntur torquere mero, quem perspexisse laborant, H.—Of speech, to hurl, fling : curvum sermone rotato enthymema, Iu.