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Latin
Etymology
From ex- + torqueō (“twist, wrench”).
Pronunciation
Verb
extorqueō (present infinitive extorquēre, perfect active extorsī, supine extortum); second conjugation
- to obtain or take away by force, extort
- Synonyms: adimō, ēripiō, removeō, tollō
- to tear away, twist away, wrench out
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
(See also *extorcĕre.)
References
- “extorqueo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “extorqueo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- extorqueo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to wrest from a person's hand: ex or de manibus alicui or alicuius extorquere aliquid
- to undeceive a person: alicui errorem demere, eripere, extorquere
- to wrest weapons from some one's hands: extorquere arma e manibus