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A. Trans.:

I. To bend: reflecto, rĕtorqueo, rĕcurvo: v. TURN BACK, BEND.

II. To move over:

1. inverto, 3: oxen t. up the soil, solum i. tauri, Virg. Georg. 1, 64.

2. verso, 1: to t. up clods with hoes, v. glebas ligonibus, Hor. Od. 3, 6, 39: v. HOE. Phr.: to t. up the nose (sneer), nares corrugare, Quint. 11, 3, 80: naribus uti, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 45: v. NOSE. T.'d up, rĕpandus, Cic. N. D. 1, 29, fin.: rĕsīmus, Ov. Met. 14, 95: Plin.

B. Intrans.:

I. To happen: v. TURN OUT.

II. Of numbers on dice: cădo, cĕcĭdi, cāsum, 3: that which has t.'d up, illud quod cecidit forte, Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 22: excīdo: the dog throw t.s up, canis e., Sen. Ap. Col. 10.

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I. Lit.: expr. by circum or in with simple verb: v. TURN, B.

II. Fig.: vertor, 3 dep.: the case t.s on a point of law, causa v. in jure, Cic. Brut. 39, 145. Phr.: he t.'d upon him (a pursuer) with fury, in eum magno impetu rediit, Liv. 1, 25, med.: to t. one's back upon prayers, aversor preces, Liv. 3, 12.

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