extorqueo

Latin

Etymology

From ex- +‎ torqueō (“twist, wrench”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ekˈstor.kʷe.oː/, [ɛkˈs̠t̪ɔrkʷeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈstor.kwe.o/, [ekˈst̪ɔrkweo]

Verb

extorqueō (present infinitive extorquēre, perfect active extorsī, supine extortum); second conjugation

1. to obtain or take away by force, extort

   Synonyms: adimō, ēripiō, removeō, tollō

2. to tear away, twist away, wrench out

Conjugation

Conjugation of extorqueō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	extorqueō	extorquēs	extorquet	extorquēmus	extorquētis	extorquent
	imperfect	extorquēbam	extorquēbās	extorquēbat	extorquēbāmus	extorquēbātis	extorquēbant
	future	extorquēbō	extorquēbis	extorquēbit	extorquēbimus	extorquēbitis	extorquēbunt
	perfect	extorsī	extorsistī	extorsit	extorsimus	extorsistis	extorsērunt, extorsēre
	pluperfect	extorseram	extorserās	extorserat	extorserāmus	extorserātis	extorserant
	future perfect	extorserō	extorseris	extorserit	extorserimus	extorseritis	extorserint
passive	present	extorqueor	extorquēris, extorquēre	extorquētur	extorquēmur	extorquēminī	extorquentur
	imperfect	extorquēbar	extorquēbāris, extorquēbāre	extorquēbātur	extorquēbāmur	extorquēbāminī	extorquēbantur
	future	extorquēbor	extorquēberis, extorquēbere	extorquēbitur	extorquēbimur	extorquēbiminī	extorquēbuntur
	perfect	extortus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	extortus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	extortus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	extorqueam	extorqueās	extorqueat	extorqueāmus	extorqueātis	extorqueant
	imperfect	extorquērem	extorquērēs	extorquēret	extorquērēmus	extorquērētis	extorquērent
	perfect	extorserim	extorserīs	extorserit	extorserīmus	extorserītis	extorserint
	pluperfect	extorsissem	extorsissēs	extorsisset	extorsissēmus	extorsissētis	extorsissent
passive	present	extorquear	extorqueāris, extorqueāre	extorqueātur	extorqueāmur	extorqueāminī	extorqueantur
	imperfect	extorquērer	extorquērēris, extorquērēre	extorquērētur	extorquērēmur	extorquērēminī	extorquērentur
	perfect	extortus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	extortus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	extorquē	—	—	extorquēte	—
	future	—	extorquētō	extorquētō	—	extorquētōte	extorquentō
passive	present	—	extorquēre	—	—	extorquēminī	—
	future	—	extorquētor	extorquētor	—	—	extorquentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		extorquēre	extorsisse	extortūrum esse	extorquērī	extortum esse	extortum īrī
participles		extorquēns	—	extortūrus	—	extortus	extorquendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		extorquendī	extorquendō	extorquendum	extorquendō	extortum	extortū

Derived terms

• extorsiō
• extortor
• extortus

Related terms

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

Descendants

(See also *extorcĕre.)

• → Catalan: extorquir
• → English: extort
• → French: extorquer
• → Italian: estorcere
• → Portuguese: extorquir
• → Spanish: extorquer

References

• “extorqueo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “extorqueo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• extorqueo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to wrest from a person's hand: ex or de manibus alicui or alicuius extorquere aliquid
    
  • to undeceive a person: alicui errorem demere, eripere, extorquere
    
  • to wrest weapons from some one's hands: extorquere arma e manibus