at-torqueo, ēre, v. a.,
to hurl or swing upward ( ad designating direction upward, as in assurgo, attollo; cf. ad init. ): jaculum attorquens emittit in auras, Verg. A. 9, 52.
attorqueō (adt-) —, —, ēre ad + torqueo, to hurl upwards : iaculum, V. ...
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