circumtorqueo
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From circum- + torqueō (“twist”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kir.kunˈtor.kʷe.oː/, [kɪrkʊn̪ˈt̪ɔrkʷeoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃir.kunˈtor.kwe.o/, [t͡ʃirkun̪ˈt̪ɔrkweo]
Verb edit
circumtorqueō (present infinitive circumtorquēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stem
- (transitive) to twist or turn around
Conjugation edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “circumtorqueo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- circumtorqueo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- circumtorqueo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016