Latin edit

Etymology edit

From per- +‎ torqueō (twist).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

pertorqueō (present infinitive pertorquēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

  1. to twist out of shape, distort, contort
  2. to hurl

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of pertorqueō (second conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pertorqueō pertorquēs pertorquet pertorquēmus pertorquētis pertorquent
imperfect pertorquēbam pertorquēbās pertorquēbat pertorquēbāmus pertorquēbātis pertorquēbant
future pertorquēbō pertorquēbis pertorquēbit pertorquēbimus pertorquēbitis pertorquēbunt
passive present pertorqueor pertorquēris,
pertorquēre
pertorquētur pertorquēmur pertorquēminī pertorquentur
imperfect pertorquēbar pertorquēbāris,
pertorquēbāre
pertorquēbātur pertorquēbāmur pertorquēbāminī pertorquēbantur
future pertorquēbor pertorquēberis,
pertorquēbere
pertorquēbitur pertorquēbimur pertorquēbiminī pertorquēbuntur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pertorqueam pertorqueās pertorqueat pertorqueāmus pertorqueātis pertorqueant
imperfect pertorquērem pertorquērēs pertorquēret pertorquērēmus pertorquērētis pertorquērent
passive present pertorquear pertorqueāris,
pertorqueāre
pertorqueātur pertorqueāmur pertorqueāminī pertorqueantur
imperfect pertorquērer pertorquērēris,
pertorquērēre
pertorquērētur pertorquērēmur pertorquērēminī pertorquērentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pertorquē pertorquēte
future pertorquētō pertorquētō pertorquētōte pertorquentō
passive present pertorquēre pertorquēminī
future pertorquētor pertorquētor pertorquentor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives pertorquēre pertorquērī
participles pertorquēns pertorquendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
pertorquendī pertorquendō pertorquendum pertorquendō

Related terms edit

References edit

  • pertorqueo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pertorqueo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.