The corpus record — Latin

tortūra

tortūra · f

A twisting

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What it meant

tortūra — Lewis & Short

tortūra, ae, f.torqueo (post-class.).

I A twisting, wreathing: sarmenti, Pall. Febr. 9, 8.—

II Torment, torture: ventris, the gripes. colic. = tormina: tortura et extensio ventris dolorque, Veg. Vet. 1, 40 fin.; 2, 55.

Where it came from

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