tortio
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From tortus, past participle of torqueō.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtor.ti.oː/, [ˈt̪ɔrt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtor.t͡si.o/, [ˈt̪ɔrt̪͡s̪io]
Noun edit
tortiō f (genitive tortiōnis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tortiō | tortiōnēs |
| Genitive | tortiōnis | tortiōnum |
| Dative | tortiōnī | tortiōnibus |
| Accusative | tortiōnem | tortiōnēs |
| Ablative | tortiōne | tortiōnibus |
| Vocative | tortiō | tortiōnēs |
Derived terms edit
- torsiō (Late Latin)
Descendants edit
- Catalan: torçó
- Galician: torzón, tarazón, terzón, trozón
- Portuguese: torção
- Spanish: torzón, torozón
References edit
- “tortio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tortio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.