Torquatus

See also: torquatus

Latin

Etymology

From torquātus (“adorned with a collar”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /torˈkʷaː.tus/, [t̪ɔrˈkʷäːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /torˈkwa.tus/, [t̪orˈkwäːt̪us]

Proper noun

Torquātus m sg (genitive Torquātī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Titus Manlius Torquatus, a Roman dictator

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	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.