distortus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of distorqueō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /disˈtor.tus/, [d̪ɪs̠ˈt̪ɔrt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /disˈtor.tus/, [d̪isˈt̪ɔrt̪us]

Participle

distortus (feminine distorta, neuter distortum, superlative distortissimus); first/second-declension participle

1. distorted

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	distortus	distorta	distortum		distortī	distortae	distorta
Genitive	distortī	distortae	distortī		distortōrum	distortārum	distortōrum
Dative	distortō		distortō		distortīs
Accusative	distortum	distortam	distortum		distortōs	distortās	distorta
Ablative	distortō	distortā	distortō		distortīs
Vocative	distorte	distorta	distortum		distortī	distortae	distorta

Derived terms

• distortiō

Descendants

• English: distort
• Italian: distorto

References

• “distortus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “distortus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• distortus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• distortus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.