contortus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of contorqueō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈtor.tus/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪ɔrt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈtor.tus/, [kon̪ˈt̪ɔrt̪us]

Participle

contortus (feminine contorta, neuter contortum); first/second-declension participle

1. contorted
2. intricate, involved
3. brandished

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	contortus	contorta	contortum		contortī	contortae	contorta
Genitive	contortī	contortae	contortī		contortōrum	contortārum	contortōrum
Dative	contortō		contortō		contortīs
Accusative	contortum	contortam	contortum		contortōs	contortās	contorta
Ablative	contortō	contortā	contortō		contortīs
Vocative	contorte	contorta	contortum		contortī	contortae	contorta

Adjective

contortus (feminine contorta, neuter contortum); first/second-declension adjective

1. brandished
2. contorted

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	contortus	contorta	contortum		contortī	contortae	contorta
Genitive	contortī	contortae	contortī		contortōrum	contortārum	contortōrum
Dative	contortō		contortō		contortīs
Accusative	contortum	contortam	contortum		contortōs	contortās	contorta
Ablative	contortō	contortā	contortō		contortīs
Vocative	contorte	contorta	contortum		contortī	contortae	contorta

Descendants

• English: contort
• Italian: contorto

References

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