Torquatus
See also: torquatus
Latin
Etymology
From torquātus (“adorned with a collar”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɔrˈkʷaː.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t̪orˈkʷaː.t̪us]
Proper noun
Torquātus m sg (genitive Torquātī); second declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Titus Manlius Torquatus, a Roman dictator
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| 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.