tortus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of torqueō.

Participle

tortus m (feminine torta, neuter tortum); first/second declension

1. twisted
2. spun, whirled
3. bent, distorted
4. tormented, tortured

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	tortus	torta	tortum		tortī	tortae	torta
Genitive	tortī	tortae	tortī		tortōrum	tortārum	tortōrum
Dative	tortō		tortō		tortīs
Accusative	tortum	tortam	tortum		tortōs	tortās	torta
Ablative	tortō	tortā	tortō		tortīs
Vocative	torte	torta	tortum		tortī	tortae	torta

Derived terms

• torta (for torta pānis (“twisted bread”))
• tortum

Related terms

• tortilis
• tortiō
• tortūra

Descendants

• Albanian: tortë
• Aromanian: turtã
• Asturian: tuertu
• Catalan: tort
• Dalmatian: turta
• English: tort
• French: tort, tourte

• Friulian: tuart, torte
• Istriot: tuorto
• Italian: torta, torto
• Norman: teurt (Jersey)
• Occitan: tòrt
• Portuguese: torto, torta
• Romanian: tort, toartă, turtă

• Romansch: turta, tuorta
• Sardinian: turta
• Spanish: tuerto, tuerta, torta
• Sicilian: tortu, turta
• Venetian: torto, torta

Noun

tortus m (genitive tortūs); fourth declension

1. a twist, a winding
2. wreath

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tortus	tortūs
Genitive	tortūs	tortuum
Dative	tortuī	tortibus
Accusative	tortum	tortūs
Ablative	tortū	tortibus
Vocative	tortus	tortūs

Derived terms

• tortuōsus

References

• tortus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tortus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tortus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• tortus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette