Torquatus

See also: torquatus

Latin

Etymology

From torquātus (“adorned with a collar”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /torˈkʷaː.tus/, [t̪ɔrˈkʷäːt̪ʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /torˈkwa.tus/, [t̪orˈkwäːt̪us]

Proper noun

Torquātus m sg (genitive Torquātī); second declension

  1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
    1. Titus Manlius Torquatus, a Roman dictator

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Torquātus
Genitive Torquātī
Dative Torquātō
Accusative Torquātum
Ablative Torquātō
Vocative Torquāte

Derived terms
  • Torquātiānus

Descendants
  • Italian: Torquato

References
  • “Torquatus2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Torquatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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