torqueo
Latin
Etymology
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From Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to turn”). Cognates include Latin trīcae, trepidus, turpis, Sanskrit तर्कु (tarkú), Hittite 𒋻𒆪𒉿𒀭𒍣 (tarkuwanzi) and Old Church Slavonic тракъ (trakŭ). See also English thwart and queer.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtor.kʷe.oː/, [ˈt̪ɔrkʷeoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtor.kwe.o/, [ˈt̪ɔrkweo]
Verb
torqueō (present infinitive torquēre, perfect active torsī, supine tortum); second conjugation
Conjugation
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
Derived terms
Descendants
From a Vulgar Latin form *torcere, *torcō:
References
- “torqueo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “torqueo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- torqueo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to suffer torments of expectation, delay: exspectatione torqueri, cruciari
- to suffer torments of expectation, delay: exspectatione torqueri, cruciari