obtorqueo

Latin

Alternative forms

• optorqueō

Etymology

From ob- +‎ torqueō (“twist”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /obˈtor.kʷe.oː/, [ɔpˈt̪ɔrkʷeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /obˈtor.kwe.o/, [obˈt̪ɔrkweo]

Verb

obtorqueō (present infinitive obtorquēre, perfect active obtorsī, supine obtortum); second conjugation

1. to turn towards, turn
2. to turn, bend or twist around; writhe, wrench

Conjugation

Conjugation of obtorqueō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	obtorqueō	obtorquēs	obtorquet	obtorquēmus	obtorquētis	obtorquent
	imperfect	obtorquēbam	obtorquēbās	obtorquēbat	obtorquēbāmus	obtorquēbātis	obtorquēbant
	future	obtorquēbō	obtorquēbis	obtorquēbit	obtorquēbimus	obtorquēbitis	obtorquēbunt
	perfect	obtorsī	obtorsistī	obtorsit	obtorsimus	obtorsistis	obtorsērunt, obtorsēre
	pluperfect	obtorseram	obtorserās	obtorserat	obtorserāmus	obtorserātis	obtorserant
	future perfect	obtorserō	obtorseris	obtorserit	obtorserimus	obtorseritis	obtorserint
passive	present	obtorqueor	obtorquēris, obtorquēre	obtorquētur	obtorquēmur	obtorquēminī	obtorquentur
	imperfect	obtorquēbar	obtorquēbāris, obtorquēbāre	obtorquēbātur	obtorquēbāmur	obtorquēbāminī	obtorquēbantur
	future	obtorquēbor	obtorquēberis, obtorquēbere	obtorquēbitur	obtorquēbimur	obtorquēbiminī	obtorquēbuntur
	perfect	obtortus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	obtortus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	obtortus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	obtorqueam	obtorqueās	obtorqueat	obtorqueāmus	obtorqueātis	obtorqueant
	imperfect	obtorquērem	obtorquērēs	obtorquēret	obtorquērēmus	obtorquērētis	obtorquērent
	perfect	obtorserim	obtorserīs	obtorserit	obtorserīmus	obtorserītis	obtorserint
	pluperfect	obtorsissem	obtorsissēs	obtorsisset	obtorsissēmus	obtorsissētis	obtorsissent
passive	present	obtorquear	obtorqueāris, obtorqueāre	obtorqueātur	obtorqueāmur	obtorqueāminī	obtorqueantur
	imperfect	obtorquērer	obtorquērēris, obtorquērēre	obtorquērētur	obtorquērēmur	obtorquērēminī	obtorquērentur
	perfect	obtortus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	obtortus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	obtorquē	—	—	obtorquēte	—
	future	—	obtorquētō	obtorquētō	—	obtorquētōte	obtorquentō
passive	present	—	obtorquēre	—	—	obtorquēminī	—
	future	—	obtorquētor	obtorquētor	—	—	obtorquentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		obtorquēre	obtorsisse	obtortūrum esse	obtorquērī	obtortum esse	obtortum īrī
participles		obtorquēns	—	obtortūrus	—	obtortus	obtorquendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		obtorquendī	obtorquendō	obtorquendum	obtorquendō	obtortum	obtortū

Derived terms

• obtortiō
• obtortus

Related terms

• attorqueō
• circumtorqueō
• contorqueō
• dētorqueō
• distorqueō
• extorqueō
• intorqueō
• pertorqueō
• praetorqueō
• retorqueō
• torqueō

References

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