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obtortĭo

obtortĭo · f

a twisting

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What it meant

obtortĭo — Lewis & Short

obtortĭo, ōnis, f.obtorqueo,

I a twisting, writhing, distortion: valgia sunt labellorum obtortiones, Fulg. Prisc. Serm. p. 565, 33.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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