RACK Copy link • RACK 1. 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). 2. v. To stretch, Vid: To torture, [Vid: “to put to the RACK”]. To clarify, capulare (e.g., oleum, Plin.). Vid: also, CLARIFY.