tortus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of torqueō.

Participle

tortus (feminine torta, neuter tortum); first/second-declension participle

  1. twisted, crooked
  2. spun, whirled
  3. bent, distorted
  4. tormented, tortured

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative tortus torta tortum tortī tortae torta
Genitive tortī tortae tortī tortōrum tortārum tortōrum
Dative tortō tortō tortīs
Accusative tortum tortam tortum tortōs tortās torta
Ablative tortō tortā tortō tortīs
Vocative torte torta tortum tortī tortae torta

Derived terms
  • tortum (noun)
    • Romanian: tort
    • Istriot: tuorto
    • Old French: tort (see there for further descendants)
    • Old Occitan: tort
    • Friulian: tuart
    • → Albanian: tortë
  • torta (participle)

Descendants

Noun

tortus m (genitive tortūs); fourth declension

  1. a twist, a winding
  2. wreath

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tortus tortūs
Genitive tortūs tortuum
Dative tortuī tortibus
Accusative tortum tortūs
Ablative tortū tortibus
Vocative tortus tortūs

Derived terms

References
  • “tortus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “tortus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tortus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • tortus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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