contorqueo

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ torqueō (“twist”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈtor.kʷe.oː/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪ɔrkʷeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈtor.kwe.o/, [kon̪ˈt̪ɔrkweo]

Verb

contorqueō (present infinitive contorquēre, perfect active contorsī, supine contortum); second conjugation

1. to turn, twist, swing or whirl (together); contort
2. (of a melee weapon) to brandish, wield
3. to turn, influence, sway
4. (of words or discourse) to hurl or throw out violently, utter vehemently
5. (of a throwing weapon) to hurl

   Iuppiter hastam contorquit

   Jupiter hurls a spear

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.50–52:

     “Sīc fātus, validīs ingentem vīribus hastam
     in latus inque ferī curvam compāgibus alvum
     contorsit.”

     “[Laocoön] thus having spoken [about the horse], with mighty strength he hurled a huge spear at its flank, and into the curved frames of its beastly belly.” – Aeneas

Conjugation

Conjugation of contorqueō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	contorqueō	contorquēs	contorquet	contorquēmus	contorquētis	contorquent
	imperfect	contorquēbam	contorquēbās	contorquēbat	contorquēbāmus	contorquēbātis	contorquēbant
	future	contorquēbō	contorquēbis	contorquēbit	contorquēbimus	contorquēbitis	contorquēbunt
	perfect	contorsī	contorsistī	contorsit	contorsimus	contorsistis	contorsērunt, contorsēre
	pluperfect	contorseram	contorserās	contorserat	contorserāmus	contorserātis	contorserant
	future perfect	contorserō	contorseris	contorserit	contorserimus	contorseritis	contorserint
passive	present	contorqueor	contorquēris, contorquēre	contorquētur	contorquēmur	contorquēminī	contorquentur
	imperfect	contorquēbar	contorquēbāris, contorquēbāre	contorquēbātur	contorquēbāmur	contorquēbāminī	contorquēbantur
	future	contorquēbor	contorquēberis, contorquēbere	contorquēbitur	contorquēbimur	contorquēbiminī	contorquēbuntur
	perfect	contortus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	contortus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	contortus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	contorqueam	contorqueās	contorqueat	contorqueāmus	contorqueātis	contorqueant
	imperfect	contorquērem	contorquērēs	contorquēret	contorquērēmus	contorquērētis	contorquērent
	perfect	contorserim	contorserīs	contorserit	contorserīmus	contorserītis	contorserint
	pluperfect	contorsissem	contorsissēs	contorsisset	contorsissēmus	contorsissētis	contorsissent
passive	present	contorquear	contorqueāris, contorqueāre	contorqueātur	contorqueāmur	contorqueāminī	contorqueantur
	imperfect	contorquērer	contorquērēris, contorquērēre	contorquērētur	contorquērēmur	contorquērēminī	contorquērentur
	perfect	contortus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	contortus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	contorquē	—	—	contorquēte	—
	future	—	contorquētō	contorquētō	—	contorquētōte	contorquentō
passive	present	—	contorquēre	—	—	contorquēminī	—
	future	—	contorquētor	contorquētor	—	—	contorquentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		contorquēre	contorsisse	contortūrum esse	contorquērī	contortum esse	contortum īrī
participles		contorquēns	—	contortūrus	—	contortus	contorquendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		contorquendī	contorquendō	contorquendum	contorquendō	contortum	contortū

Derived terms

• contortē
• contortiō
• contortor
• contortulus
• contortuplicātus
• contortus

Related terms

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

Descendants

• Catalan: contòrcer-se
• English: contort
• Italian: contorcere
• Portuguese: contorcer
• Spanish: contorcer

References

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