rack (v.) Copy link Outline I. To torture on the r.II. To affect with extreme pain1. torqueo, distorqueo, 22. verso, 1 (to disquiet, harass greatly)3. expr. by stĭmŭli, orum (stings, as of keen emotion)III. Fig.IV. To clear or strain liquor1. dēfaeco, 12. lĭquo, 1 • 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.