Parsing inflected forms may not always work as expected. If the following does not give the correct word, try Latin Words or Perseus.
torno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [tornus], to turn in a lathe, to round off.
- I. Lit. (class.; syn. rotundo): idque ita tornavit (deus), ut nihil effici possit rotundius, Cic. Univ. 6: sphaeram, id. Rep. 1, 14, 22: hastas, Plin. 11, 39, 93, § 227: lapis qui tornatur in vasa, id. 36, 22, 44, § 159: turbines columnarum, id. 36, 13, 19, § 90.
- II. Transf., to turn, fashion, smooth (very rare): male tornati versus, Hor.A.P. 441: barbam, i.e. to stroke, Hier. Ep. 50, 2.
P. a. comp.: tornatioris eloquii, Aug. de Catechiz. 8.