retorqueo

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ torqueō (“twist”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [rɛˈtɔr.kʷe.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [reˈtɔr.kʷe.o]

Verb

retorqueō (present infinitive retorquēre, perfect active retorsī, supine retortum); second conjugation

to twist, turn, bend or cast back; avert, deflect
(of an argument) to retort, cast back

Conjugation

Conjugation of retorqueō (second conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	retorqueō	retorquēs		retorquet	retorquēmus	retorquētis		retorquent
	imperfect	retorquēbam	retorquēbās		retorquēbat	retorquēbāmus	retorquēbātis		retorquēbant
	future	retorquēbō	retorquēbis		retorquēbit	retorquēbimus	retorquēbitis		retorquēbunt
	perfect	retorsī	retorsistī		retorsit	retorsimus	retorsistis		retorsērunt, retorsēre
	pluperfect	retorseram	retorserās		retorserat	retorserāmus	retorserātis		retorserant
	future perfect	retorserō	retorseris		retorserit	retorserimus	retorseritis		retorserint
passive	present	retorqueor	retorquēris, retorquēre		retorquētur	retorquēmur	retorquēminī		retorquentur
	imperfect	retorquēbar	retorquēbāris, retorquēbāre		retorquēbātur	retorquēbāmur	retorquēbāminī		retorquēbantur
	future	retorquēbor	retorquēberis, retorquēbere		retorquēbitur	retorquēbimur	retorquēbiminī		retorquēbuntur
	perfect	retortus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	retortus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	retortus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	retorqueam	retorqueās		retorqueat	retorqueāmus	retorqueātis		retorqueant
	imperfect	retorquērem	retorquērēs		retorquēret	retorquērēmus	retorquērētis		retorquērent
	perfect	retorserim	retorserīs		retorserit	retorserīmus	retorserītis		retorserint
	pluperfect	retorsissem	retorsissēs		retorsisset	retorsissēmus	retorsissētis		retorsissent
passive	present	retorquear	retorqueāris, retorqueāre		retorqueātur	retorqueāmur	retorqueāminī		retorqueantur
	imperfect	retorquērer	retorquērēris, retorquērēre		retorquērētur	retorquērēmur	retorquērēminī		retorquērentur
	perfect	retortus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	retortus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	retorquē		—	—	retorquēte		—
active	future	—	retorquētō		retorquētō	—	retorquētōte		retorquentō
passive	present	—	retorquēre		—	—	retorquēminī		—
passive	future	—	retorquētor		retorquētor	—	—		retorquentor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		retorquēre		retorquērī		retorquēns		—
future		retortūrum esse		retortum īrī		retortūrus		retorquendus
perfect		retorsisse		retortum esse		—		retortus
future perfect		—		retortum fore		—		—
perfect potential		retortūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		retorquendī	retorquendō		retorquendum	retorquendō	retortum		retortū

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

(Note: see also *retorcere.)

→ Catalan: retorquir (learned)
→ English: retort (learned)
→ French: rétorquer (learned)
→ Portuguese: retorquir (learned)

References

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