retorqueo

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ torqueō (“twist”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

   Conjugation of retorqueō (second conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		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
		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
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	retorquē	—	—	retorquēte	—
	future	—	retorquētō	retorquētō	—	retorquētōte	retorquentō
passive	present	—	retorquēre	—	—	retorquēminī	—
	future	—	retorquētor	retorquētor	—	—	retorquentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		retorquēre	retorsisse	retoritūrum esse	retorquērī	retortum esse	retortum īrī
participles		retorquēns	—	retoritūrus	—	retortus	retorquendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		retorquendī	retorquendō	retorquendum	retorquendō	retortum	retortū

Derived terms

• retorta
• retortus

Related terms

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

Descendants

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

References

• “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.