tortio

Latin

Etymology

From tortus, past participle of torqueō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtor.ti.oː/, [ˈt̪ɔrt̪ioː]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtor.t͡si.o/, [ˈt̪ɔrt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

tortiō f (genitive tortiōnis); third declension

torment, torture

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tortiō	tortiōnēs
Genitive	tortiōnis	tortiōnum
Dative	tortiōnī	tortiōnibus
Accusative	tortiōnem	tortiōnēs
Ablative	tortiōne	tortiōnibus
Vocative	tortiō	tortiōnēs

Derived terms

torsiō (Late Latin)

Descendants

Galician: torzón, tarazón, terzón, trozón
Portuguese: torção
Spanish: torzón, torozón

References

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

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