retortus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of retorqueō

Participle

retortus (feminine retorta, neuter retortum); first/second-declension participle

1. twisted, turned, bent

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	retortus	retorta	retortum		retortī	retortae	retorta
Genitive	retortī	retortae	retortī		retortōrum	retortārum	retortōrum
Dative	retortō		retortō		retortīs
Accusative	retortum	retortam	retortum		retortōs	retortās	retorta
Ablative	retortō	retortā	retortō		retortīs
Vocative	retorte	retorta	retortum		retortī	retortae	retorta

Descendants

• Catalan: redort, redorta, ridorta
• Galician: retorto
• Spanish: retuerto

References

• “retortus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “retortus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers