torture (v.) Copy link Outline 1. torqueo, si, tum, 2 (both lit. and fig.)2. crŭcio, excrŭcio, 13. lăcĕro, 1 (lit. to tear and mangle4. other phrr may be derived from preced. art. and artt. RACK (subs. and verb) • torture (v.): 1. torqueo, si, tum, 2 (both lit. and fig.): to t. any one like a slave, aliquem servilem in modum t., Suet. Aug. 27: Cic. Fig.: to be t.d by envy or fear, invidia, metu torqueri, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 37: Cic. Comps.: (1.) extorqueo, 2 (strengthened from simple verb): t. me! (and see) if such is not the fact, extorque, nisi ita factum est, Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 37: Liv.: more freq. = to extort, wring from (q. v.). (2.) distorqueo, 2 (fig.): he t.d (them) in a novel way, novo quaestionis genere distorsit, Suet. Dom. 10: also fig., Sen. 2. crŭcio, excrŭcio, 1: v. to torment. 3. lăcĕro, 1 (lit. to tear and mangle: hence, to use with great cruelty): grief t.s the heart, aegritudo l. animum, Cic. poet. Tusc. 3, 13: more fully, animum doloribus l., Vell. 2, 130: cf. Auct. Dom. 23, init., omni crudelitate l., Ov. 4. other phrr may be derived from preced. art. and artt. rack (subs. and verb): e. g. tormenta adhibere, tormenta admovere (Curt. 6, 11), in equuleum injicere, etc.