Latin edit

Etymology edit

From circum- +‎ torqueō (twist).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

circumtorqueō (present infinitive circumtorquēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

  1. (transitive) to twist or turn around

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of circumtorqueō (second conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present circumtorqueō circumtorquēs circumtorquet circumtorquēmus circumtorquētis circumtorquent
imperfect circumtorquēbam circumtorquēbās circumtorquēbat circumtorquēbāmus circumtorquēbātis circumtorquēbant
future circumtorquēbō circumtorquēbis circumtorquēbit circumtorquēbimus circumtorquēbitis circumtorquēbunt
passive present circumtorqueor circumtorquēris,
circumtorquēre
circumtorquētur circumtorquēmur circumtorquēminī circumtorquentur
imperfect circumtorquēbar circumtorquēbāris,
circumtorquēbāre
circumtorquēbātur circumtorquēbāmur circumtorquēbāminī circumtorquēbantur
future circumtorquēbor circumtorquēberis,
circumtorquēbere
circumtorquēbitur circumtorquēbimur circumtorquēbiminī circumtorquēbuntur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present circumtorqueam circumtorqueās circumtorqueat circumtorqueāmus circumtorqueātis circumtorqueant
imperfect circumtorquērem circumtorquērēs circumtorquēret circumtorquērēmus circumtorquērētis circumtorquērent
passive present circumtorquear circumtorqueāris,
circumtorqueāre
circumtorqueātur circumtorqueāmur circumtorqueāminī circumtorqueantur
imperfect circumtorquērer circumtorquērēris,
circumtorquērēre
circumtorquērētur circumtorquērēmur circumtorquērēminī circumtorquērentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present circumtorquē circumtorquēte
future circumtorquētō circumtorquētō circumtorquētōte circumtorquentō
passive present circumtorquēre circumtorquēminī
future circumtorquētor circumtorquētor circumtorquentor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives circumtorquēre circumtorquērī
participles circumtorquēns circumtorquendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
circumtorquendī circumtorquendō circumtorquendum circumtorquendō

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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