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Latin
Etymology
From dis- + torqueō (“twist”).
Pronunciation
Verb
distorqueō (present infinitive distorquēre, perfect active distorsī, supine distortum); second conjugation
- to turn different ways, twist, distort, warp
- to torment, torture
Conjugation
- The fourth principal part also appears as distorsum.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “distorqueo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “distorqueo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- distorqueo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.