tortus

tortus

Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of torqueō.

Participle

tortus (feminine torta, neuter tortum); first/second-declension participle

  1. twisted, crooked
  2. spun, whirled
  3. bent, distorted
  4. tormented, tortured
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative tortus torta tortum tortī tortae torta
genitive tortī tortae tortī tortōrum tortārum tortōrum
dative tortō tortae tortō tortīs
accusative tortum tortam tortum tortōs tortās torta
ablative tortō tortā tortō tortīs
vocative torte torta tortum tortī tortae torta
Derived terms
  • torta (Late Latin)
  • *tortiāre (Vulgar Latin)
  • tortum (Medieval Latin.)
Descendants
  • Balkano-Romance:
    • Romanian: tort
  • Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Piedmontese: tòrt
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: tort
    • Old Occitan:
      • Occitan: tòrt
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Late Latin torta:
  • Medieval Latin tortum:
  • Vulgar Latin *tortiāre:

Etymology 2

    From torqueō + -tus (forming action nouns).

    Noun

    tortus m (genitive tortūs); fourth declension

    1. a twist, a winding
    2. wreath
    Declension

    Fourth-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative tortus tortūs
    genitive tortūs tortuum
    dative tortuī tortibus
    accusative tortum tortūs
    ablative tortū tortibus
    vocative tortus tortūs
    Derived terms

    References

    • tortus, -a, -um”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • tortus, -a, -um”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • tortus, -ūs”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • tortus, -ūs”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "tortus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • tortus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Forcellini, Egidio; Furlanetto, Giuseppe (ed.); Corradini, Francesco (ed.); and Perin, Giuseppe (ed.) (1733-1965). Lexicon Totius Latinitatis. Bologna: Arnaldo Forni. Vol. IVb. p. 754.