rack
rack
v. trans.
Torture: Ar. and P. στρεβλοῦν ; see torture.
Examine by rack: Ar. and P. βᾰσᾰνίζειν.
Rack one’s brains: use ponder.
v. trans.
Torture: Ar. and P. στρεβλοῦν ; see torture.
Examine by rack: Ar. and P. βᾰσᾰνίζειν.
Rack one’s brains: use ponder.
rack
subs.
Ar. and P. τροχός, ὁ.
Examination by rack: Ar. and P. βά̆σᾰνος, ἡ.
Being stretched on the rack: P. κατατεινόμενος ὑπὸ τῆς βασάνου (Dem. 1172).
Be on the rack, met.: Ar. and P. πᾰρᾰτείνεσθαι; see be distressed, under distress, v.
subs.
Ar. and P. τροχός, ὁ.
Examination by rack: Ar. and P. βά̆σᾰνος, ἡ.
Being stretched on the rack: P. κατατεινόμενος ὑπὸ τῆς βασάνου (Dem. 1172).
Be on the rack, met.: Ar. and P. πᾰρᾰτείνεσθαι; see be distressed, under distress, v.
RACK
An instrument of torture equuleus: catasta (the scaffold itself later only): to put to the rack in equuleum imponere injicere conjicere aliquem; equuleo torquere aliquem: to be brought or put to the rack in equuleum ire imponi injici (☞ fidiculae are the ropes used in torture but not the rack): to die on the rack extortum mori: to abide by the truth even on the rack vi tormentorum adductum in veritate manere: to undergo or go through the torments of the rack vim tormentorum perferre; [Vid : also TORTURE (respecting the abstract sense): to put one’s brains to the rack *cogitationem in aliquid maxime intendere. If = TORTURE Vid:
A wooden grate in which hay is placed for cattle cratis: jacea (a common name; which Freund does not mention: cratis quae jacea vocatur a vulgo; Veg. 1 56).
An instrument of torture equuleus: catasta (the scaffold itself later only): to put to the rack in equuleum imponere injicere conjicere aliquem; equuleo torquere aliquem: to be brought or put to the rack in equuleum ire imponi injici (☞ fidiculae are the ropes used in torture but not the rack): to die on the rack extortum mori: to abide by the truth even on the rack vi tormentorum adductum in veritate manere: to undergo or go through the torments of the rack vim tormentorum perferre; [Vid : also TORTURE (respecting the abstract sense): to put one’s brains to the rack *cogitationem in aliquid maxime intendere. If = TORTURE Vid:
A wooden grate in which hay is placed for cattle cratis: jacea (a common name; which Freund does not mention: cratis quae jacea vocatur a vulgo; Veg. 1 56).
v. To stretch Vid:
To torture [Vid: “to put to the RACK”].
To clarify capulare (e.g. oleum Plin.). Vid: also CLARIFY.
To torture [Vid: “to put to the RACK”].
To clarify capulare (e.g. oleum Plin.). Vid: also CLARIFY.
rack (subs.):
I. An instrument of torture.
1. ĕquŭleus: to put any one to the r., aliquem in equuleum imponere, Curt. 6, 10, ad init.: equuleo torquere aliquem, Cic. Fin. 3, 13, 42: Cic. Mil. 21, extr.: Sen.
2. meton. quaestio (prop. examination on the rack): Cic. Phr.: to put to the r.: to offer a slave for examination on the r., dare servum in quaestionem, Cic. R. A. 41, 120: to promise a slave for examination on the r., servum in quaestionem polliceri, ib. 28, 77: to demand a slave for examination on the r. respecting the death of his master, postulare servum in quaestionem de morte domini, cf. id. Clu. 64 § 181: the word denoting the crime is usually dependent on the prep. de, but the following constr. may also be used: to examine slaves on the r. respecting the death of one's father, mortis paternae de servis quaestionem ferre, id. R. A. 28, 78.
3. tormentum (gen. term: torture): to extort a confession by the r., tormentis aliquem cogere confiteri, id. Mil. 21, 57; tormentis exprimere confessionem cogitati sceleris, Suet. Tib. 19: the fear of the r. compels them to confess the truth, motus tormentorum vera fateri eos cogit, Liv.: even on the r. they stuck to the truth, vi tormentorum adducti in veritate manserunt, Cic. Clu. 63, 176: to die on the r., in tormentis necari, id. N. D. 3, 33, 82: to hand a slave over for examination on the r., dedere servum tormentis, id. Mil. 22, 58:
4. carnĭfĭcīna: v.TORTURE .
II. Fig.: extreme pain, perh. carnĭfĭcīna: cf. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, init., quum omnis perturbatio miseria est, tum carnificina est aegritudo: but usu. better expr. by verb: e. g. to be on the r., cruciari, excruciari, discruciari (cf. Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 1, discrucior animi! I am on the r.!); animo angi (to be in distress of mind), Cic. Fam. 16, 14; also, angi et cruciari, id. Att. 7, 22. See alsoSUSPENSE .
III. A wooden frame from which horses and cattle are fed.
1. faliscae, arum: Cat. R. R. 4, init. (f. clathratae, furnished with a grating).
2. crātis, crātes, is, f. (prop. wicker work): Veg. Vet. 1, 56.
3. jācea or jacca (the vulgar term = cratis): Veg. l. c., cratis quae jacea vocatur a vulgo.
IV. Vapour; hence, thin flying clouds driven by the wind ("leave not a rack behind," Shaks.: "the doubtful rack of heaven," Dryd.): nubes ... veluti pendentia vellera lanae, like hanging fleeces of wool, Lucr. 6, 504: cf. Virg. G. 1, 397, tenuia nec lanae per caelum vellera ferri.
I. An instrument of torture.
1. ĕquŭleus: to put any one to the r., aliquem in equuleum imponere, Curt. 6, 10, ad init.: equuleo torquere aliquem, Cic. Fin. 3, 13, 42: Cic. Mil. 21, extr.: Sen.
2. meton. quaestio (prop. examination on the rack): Cic. Phr.: to put to the r.: to offer a slave for examination on the r., dare servum in quaestionem, Cic. R. A. 41, 120: to promise a slave for examination on the r., servum in quaestionem polliceri, ib. 28, 77: to demand a slave for examination on the r. respecting the death of his master, postulare servum in quaestionem de morte domini, cf. id. Clu. 64 § 181: the word denoting the crime is usually dependent on the prep. de, but the following constr. may also be used: to examine slaves on the r. respecting the death of one's father, mortis paternae de servis quaestionem ferre, id. R. A. 28, 78.
3. tormentum (gen. term: torture): to extort a confession by the r., tormentis aliquem cogere confiteri, id. Mil. 21, 57; tormentis exprimere confessionem cogitati sceleris, Suet. Tib. 19: the fear of the r. compels them to confess the truth, motus tormentorum vera fateri eos cogit, Liv.: even on the r. they stuck to the truth, vi tormentorum adducti in veritate manserunt, Cic. Clu. 63, 176: to die on the r., in tormentis necari, id. N. D. 3, 33, 82: to hand a slave over for examination on the r., dedere servum tormentis, id. Mil. 22, 58:
4. carnĭfĭcīna: v.
II. Fig.: extreme pain, perh. carnĭfĭcīna: cf. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, init., quum omnis perturbatio miseria est, tum carnificina est aegritudo: but usu. better expr. by verb: e. g. to be on the r., cruciari, excruciari, discruciari (cf. Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 1, discrucior animi! I am on the r.!); animo angi (to be in distress of mind), Cic. Fam. 16, 14; also, angi et cruciari, id. Att. 7, 22. See also
III. A wooden frame from which horses and cattle are fed.
1. faliscae, arum: Cat. R. R. 4, init. (f. clathratae, furnished with a grating).
2. crātis, crātes, is, f. (prop. wicker work): Veg. Vet. 1, 56.
3. jācea or jacca (the vulgar term = cratis): Veg. l. c., cratis quae jacea vocatur a vulgo.
IV. Vapour; hence, thin flying clouds driven by the wind ("leave not a rack behind," Shaks.: "the doubtful rack of heaven," Dryd.): nubes ... veluti pendentia vellera lanae, like hanging fleeces of wool, Lucr. 6, 504: cf. Virg. G. 1, 397, tenuia nec lanae per caelum vellera ferri.
rack (v.):
I. To torture on the r.: torqueo, si, tum, 2: Cic.: v.TO TORTURE . More precisely, equuleo torquere, etc.: v. RACK , subs. (I.). to put to the r.
II. To affect with extreme pain:
1. torqueo, distorqueo, 2: Cic.: v.TO TORTURE .
2. verso, 1 (to disquiet, harass greatly): Enn. in Cic. Sen. init.: Liv. 2, 45, med. (nunc indignatio nunc pudor pectora versare): Prop.
3. expr. by stĭmŭli, orum (stings, as of keen emotion): Join: lacerare, vexare, stimulos admovere, Cic. Tusc. 3, 16, 34. Phr.: r.'d with deep despair (Milton), *acres cui stimulos rerum desperatio admovet; cujus cor extrema rerum desperatione aestuat: to be r.'d with pain, dolore distineri (et divelli), Cic. Plan. 33, init.: v.TORTURE .
III. Fig.: to screw, to force to performance: Phr.: to r. one's brains, aliqua re scrutanda, quaerenda, rimanda fatigari, paene dirumpi (Kr.).
IV. To clear or strain liquor:
1. dēfaeco, 1: Col. 12, 33: Plin.
2. lĭquo, 1: Hor. Od. 1, 11, 6.
I. To torture on the r.: torqueo, si, tum, 2: Cic.: v.
II. To affect with extreme pain:
1. torqueo, distorqueo, 2: Cic.: v.
2. verso, 1 (to disquiet, harass greatly): Enn. in Cic. Sen. init.: Liv. 2, 45, med. (nunc indignatio nunc pudor pectora versare): Prop.
3. expr. by stĭmŭli, orum (stings, as of keen emotion): Join: lacerare, vexare, stimulos admovere, Cic. Tusc. 3, 16, 34. Phr.: r.'d with deep despair (Milton), *acres cui stimulos rerum desperatio admovet; cujus cor extrema rerum desperatione aestuat: to be r.'d with pain, dolore distineri (et divelli), Cic. Plan. 33, init.: v.
III. Fig.: to screw, to force to performance: Phr.: to r. one's brains, aliqua re scrutanda, quaerenda, rimanda fatigari, paene dirumpi (Kr.).
IV. To clear or strain liquor:
1. dēfaeco, 1: Col. 12, 33: Plin.
2. lĭquo, 1: Hor. Od. 1, 11, 6.
excrucio
to torment, torture, rack, plague
the rack, torture, torment, butchery
to torment, torture, rack, plague
appearing fewer than 50 times
carnificinathe rack, torture, torment, butchery