Obtorqueo, obtorques, obtorsi, obtortum, obtorquêre. Plin. iun.To wring, wrest, or writh about.Collum obtorquere alicui.Cic.To wring ones necke.Gulam obtorquere.Cic.To wring one by the throate.Proram obtorquet in vndas.Stat.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
ob-torquĕo, si, tum, 2, v. a.I.To turn towards; to turn: obtorque prorim, Att. ap. Non. 200, 33 (Trag. Rel. v. 575 Rib.): dextrasque obtorquet in undas Proram, Stat. Th. 5, 414.—II.To turn round, twist, writhe, wrench (esp. the neck; rare, and class. only in the part. perf.)): collum, Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 66: obtorto collo ad praetorem trahor, i. e.
dragged violently by the throat
, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 45; id. Rud. 3, 6, 16: ut illum collo obtorto ad subsellia reduceret, Cic. Clu. 21, 59 (for which: torquere collum, Liv. 4, 53, 8): obtorta gulā in vincula abripi jussit,