con-torqueō torsī, tortus, ēre, to turn, twist, twirl, swing, whirl, brandish, wield, hurl: globum celeritate: proram ad undas, V.: silvas insano vortice, V.

—Of weapons: hastam viribus, O.: spicula lacertis, V.: hastarm In latus, etc., V.: excussae contorto verbere glandes, the sling, O.

—Fig., to turn, influence: (auditor) ad remissionem animi est contorquendus.

— Of utterance, to hurl forth, throw out: verba.