retorqueo

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From re- +‎ torqueō (“twist”).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /reˈtor.kʷe.oː/, [rɛˈt̪ɔrkʷeoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈtor.kwe.o/, [reˈt̪ɔrkweo]

Verb edit

retorqueō (present infinitive retorquēre, perfect active retorsī, supine retortum); second conjugation

to twist, turn, bend or cast back; avert, deflect
(of an argument) to retort, cast back

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of retorqueō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	retorqueō	retorquēs	retorquet	retorquēmus	retorquētis	retorquent
	imperfect	retorquēbam	retorquēbās	retorquēbat	retorquēbāmus	retorquēbātis	retorquēbant
	future	retorquēbō	retorquēbis	retorquēbit	retorquēbimus	retorquēbitis	retorquēbunt
	perfect	retorsī	retorsistī	retorsit	retorsimus	retorsistis	retorsērunt, retorsēre
	pluperfect	retorseram	retorserās	retorserat	retorserāmus	retorserātis	retorserant
	future perfect	retorserō	retorseris	retorserit	retorserimus	retorseritis	retorserint
passive	present	retorqueor	retorquēris, retorquēre	retorquētur	retorquēmur	retorquēminī	retorquentur
	imperfect	retorquēbar	retorquēbāris, retorquēbāre	retorquēbātur	retorquēbāmur	retorquēbāminī	retorquēbantur
	future	retorquēbor	retorquēberis, retorquēbere	retorquēbitur	retorquēbimur	retorquēbiminī	retorquēbuntur
	perfect	retortus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	retortus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	retortus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	retorqueam	retorqueās	retorqueat	retorqueāmus	retorqueātis	retorqueant
	imperfect	retorquērem	retorquērēs	retorquēret	retorquērēmus	retorquērētis	retorquērent
	perfect	retorserim	retorserīs	retorserit	retorserīmus	retorserītis	retorserint
	pluperfect	retorsissem	retorsissēs	retorsisset	retorsissēmus	retorsissētis	retorsissent
passive	present	retorquear	retorqueāris, retorqueāre	retorqueātur	retorqueāmur	retorqueāminī	retorqueantur
	imperfect	retorquērer	retorquērēris, retorquērēre	retorquērētur	retorquērēmur	retorquērēminī	retorquērentur
	perfect	retortus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	retortus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	retorquē	—	—	retorquēte	—
active	future	—	retorquētō	retorquētō	—	retorquētōte	retorquentō
passive	present	—	retorquēre	—	—	retorquēminī	—
passive	future	—	retorquētor	retorquētor	—	—	retorquentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		retorquēre	retorsisse	retortūrum esse	retorquērī	retortum esse	retortum īrī
participles		retorquēns	—	retortūrus	—	retortus	retorquendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		retorquendī	retorquendō	retorquendum	retorquendō	retortum	retortū

Derived terms edit

retortus

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

→ Catalan: retorquir (learned)
French: rétorquer
Galician: retorcer
Italian: ritorcere
Portuguese: retorquir, Portuguese: retorcer
Spanish: retorcer

References edit

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