torment (v.) Copy link Outline 1. crŭcio, 12. exănĭmo, 1 (lit. to take away life3. ango, xi, ctum, 3 (lit. to throttle4. sollĭcĭto, 1 (to disquiet5. verso, 1 (to keep in a state of agitation)6. vexo, 1 (to handle roughly7. ēnĕco, ui, ctum, 1 (as we say, to t. or worry to death) • torment (v.): i. e. to distress greatly: 1. crŭcio, 1: do not t. yourself, my love! ne crucia te anime mi! Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 15: how poor mothers t. themselves, ut miserae matres cruciantur, Pl. Truc. 2, 5, 3: to be t.'d with grief, dolore cruciari, Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 14. Strengthened, excrucio, 1: lust and cowardice t. and disquiet the mind, libido et ignavia animum ex. et sollicitant, ib. 1, 16, 50. Note also phr. excruciare aliquem animi, Ter. Ph. 1, 4, 9. 2. exănĭmo, 1 (lit. to take away life: hence, to distress greatly with fear, etc.): why do you t. me with your complainings? cur me querelis ex. tuis? Hor. Od. 2, 17, 1: cf. Cic. Mil. 34, 93; me ex. et interimunt hae voces Milonis ...: Ter.: Virg. 3. ango, xi, ctum, 3 (lit. to throttle: hence, to put to extreme distress): to be t.'d with fear, cruciatu timoris angi, Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25: to be t.'d in mind, angi animo, Cic. Br. 2, 6 (also, angi animi, Pl.). Join: sollicitare atque angere, Cic.; angi et cruciari, id. 4. sollĭcĭto, 1 (to disquiet: a less strong word): Cic. 5. verso, 1 (to keep in a state of agitation): I'll t. him nicely to-day, as I'm alive! versabo ego illunc hodie, si vivo, probe! Pl. Bac. 4, 4, 6: cf. Enn. in Cic. Sen. init., [cura] quae nunc te coquit et versat, in pectore fixa: Liv. 6. vexo, 1 (to handle roughly: hence, to put to suffering, trouble greatly): anxiety t.s the guilty, sollicitudo v. impios, Cic. Leg. 1, 14, 40: in sim. sense, Sall. Cat. 15, ita conscientia mentem excitam vexabat. 7. ēnĕco, ui, ctum, 1 (as we say, to t. or worry to death): you t. me! enecas (also, enicas) me! Ter.: v. to worry.