contortio

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Latin

Etymology

contortus, perfect passive participle of contorqueō (“to turn, contort”) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈtor.ti.oː/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈtor.t͡si.o/,

Noun

contortiō f (genitive contortiōnis); third declension

intricacy

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	contortiō	contortiōnēs
Genitive	contortiōnis	contortiōnum
Dative	contortiōnī	contortiōnibus
Accusative	contortiōnem	contortiōnēs
Ablative	contortiōne	contortiōnibus
Vocative	contortiō	contortiōnēs

References

“contortio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“contortio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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