wring
wring
v. trans.
Twist: P. and V. στρέφειν.
Squeeze together: P. συμπιέζειν.
Extort: P. and V. ἐξαιρεῖσθαι. βίᾳ ἐξαιρεῖσθαι: see extort.
Wring one’s hands in sign of grief: see P. and V. κόπτεσθαι (lit., beat the breast).
Harass, vex: P. and V. πιέζειν, λῡπεῖν, V. ἀλγύ̄νειν, γυμνάζειν, Ar. and V. πημαίνειν, τείρειν.
v. trans.
Twist: P. and V. στρέφειν.
Squeeze together: P. συμπιέζειν.
Extort: P. and V. ἐξαιρεῖσθαι. βίᾳ ἐξαιρεῖσθαι: see extort.
Wring one’s hands in sign of grief: see P. and V. κόπτεσθαι (lit., beat the breast).
Harass, vex: P. and V. πιέζειν, λῡπεῖν, V. ἀλγύ̄νειν, γυμνάζειν, Ar. and V. πημαίνειν, τείρειν.
WRING
torquere. To wring the hands manus torquere: to wring clothes (after washing) *aquam exprimere linteis: to wring anybody’s neck contorquere fauces; cervices alicujus frangere (☞ gulam alicujus frangere [Sall. Cat. 55 4] is unusual; and collum alicui torquere = “to take a man by the neck and twist it partly round” [a sort of punishment or a milder torture]; ☞ Liv. 4 53): to wring from; Vid: EXTORT.
torquere. To wring the hands manus torquere: to wring clothes (after washing) *aquam exprimere linteis: to wring anybody’s neck contorquere fauces; cervices alicujus frangere (☞ gulam alicujus frangere [Sall. Cat. 55 4] is unusual; and collum alicui torquere = “to take a man by the neck and twist it partly round” [a sort of punishment or a milder torture]; ☞ Liv. 4 53): to wring from; Vid: EXTORT.