writhe Copy link Outline 1. tortor, 1 dep.2. torqueor, 2 dep. • writhe: 1. tortor, 1 dep.: you will see all the parts w.ing with the fresh wound, omnia cernes recenti vulnere tortari, Lucr. 3, 661. 2. torqueor, 2 dep.: that the wise man cannot be happy when he is w.ing under the rack, non posse sapientem beatum esse quum eculeo torqueatur, Cic. Fin. 3, 13, 42.