distorqueo

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ torqueō (twist).

Pronunciation

Verb

distorqueō (present infinitive distorquēre, perfect active distorsī, supine distortum); second conjugation

  1. to turn different ways, twist, distort, warp
  2. to torment, torture

Conjugation

  • The fourth principal part also appears as distorsum.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: distort
  • French: distordre
  • Galician: distorcer
  • Italian: distorcere
  • Portuguese: distorcer
  • Romanian: destoarce
  • Spanish: destorcer

References

  • distorqueo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • distorqueo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • distorqueo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.