distortio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

distortĭo, ōnis, f. [distorqueo],

a distorting , writhing , contortion : membrorum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 29; cf. id. Fin. 5, 12, 35: oris, Cels. 4, 2, 2.

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