distorqueo

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ torqueō (“twist”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /disˈtor.kʷe.oː/, [d̪ɪs̠ˈt̪ɔrkʷeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /disˈtor.kwe.o/, [d̪isˈt̪ɔrkweo]

Verb

distorqueō (present infinitive distorquēre, perfect active distorsī, supine distortum); second conjugation

1. to turn different ways, twist, distort, warp
2. to torment, torture

Conjugation

• The fourth principal part also appears as distorsum.

Conjugation of distorqueō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	distorqueō	distorquēs	distorquet	distorquēmus	distorquētis	distorquent
	imperfect	distorquēbam	distorquēbās	distorquēbat	distorquēbāmus	distorquēbātis	distorquēbant
	future	distorquēbō	distorquēbis	distorquēbit	distorquēbimus	distorquēbitis	distorquēbunt
	perfect	distorsī	distorsistī	distorsit	distorsimus	distorsistis	distorsērunt, distorsēre
	pluperfect	distorseram	distorserās	distorserat	distorserāmus	distorserātis	distorserant
	future perfect	distorserō	distorseris	distorserit	distorserimus	distorseritis	distorserint
passive	present	distorqueor	distorquēris, distorquēre	distorquētur	distorquēmur	distorquēminī	distorquentur
	imperfect	distorquēbar	distorquēbāris, distorquēbāre	distorquēbātur	distorquēbāmur	distorquēbāminī	distorquēbantur
	future	distorquēbor	distorquēberis, distorquēbere	distorquēbitur	distorquēbimur	distorquēbiminī	distorquēbuntur
	perfect	distortus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	distortus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	distortus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	distorqueam	distorqueās	distorqueat	distorqueāmus	distorqueātis	distorqueant
	imperfect	distorquērem	distorquērēs	distorquēret	distorquērēmus	distorquērētis	distorquērent
	perfect	distorserim	distorserīs	distorserit	distorserīmus	distorserītis	distorserint
	pluperfect	distorsissem	distorsissēs	distorsisset	distorsissēmus	distorsissētis	distorsissent
passive	present	distorquear	distorqueāris, distorqueāre	distorqueātur	distorqueāmur	distorqueāminī	distorqueantur
	imperfect	distorquērer	distorquērēris, distorquērēre	distorquērētur	distorquērēmur	distorquērēminī	distorquērentur
	perfect	distortus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	distortus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	distorquē	—	—	distorquēte	—
	future	—	distorquētō	distorquētō	—	distorquētōte	distorquentō
passive	present	—	distorquēre	—	—	distorquēminī	—
	future	—	distorquētor	distorquētor	—	—	distorquentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		distorquēre	distorsisse	distortūrum esse	distorquērī	distortum esse	distortum īrī
participles		distorquēns	—	distortūrus	—	distortus	distorquendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		distorquendī	distorquendō	distorquendum	distorquendō	distortum	distortū

Derived terms

• distorsiō
• distortiō
• distortus

Related terms

• attorqueō
• circumtorqueō
• contorqueō
• dētorqueō
• extorqueō
• intorqueō
• obtorqueō
• pertorqueō
• praetorqueō
• retorqueō
• torqueō

Descendants

• English: distort
• French: distordre
• Italian: distorcere
• Portuguese: distorcer
• Romanian: destoarce
• Spanish: destorcer

References

• “distorqueo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “distorqueo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• distorqueo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.