distortus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of distorqueō.

Pronunciation

Participle

distortus (feminine distorta, neuter distortum, superlative distortissimus); first/second-declension participle

  1. distorted

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative distortus distorta distortum distortī distortae distorta
genitive distortī distortae distortī distortōrum distortārum distortōrum
dative distortō distortae distortō distortīs
accusative distortum distortam distortum distortōs distortās distorta
ablative distortō distortā distortō distortīs
vocative distorte distorta distortum distortī distortae distorta

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: distort
  • Italian: distorto

References

  • “distortus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “distortus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • distortus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • distortus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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