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Latin
Etymology
From re- + torqueō (“twist”).
Pronunciation
Verb
retorqueō (present infinitive retorquēre, perfect active retorsī, supine retortum); second conjugation
- to twist, turn, bend or cast back; avert, deflect
- (of an argument) to retort, cast back
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References
- “retorqueo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “retorqueo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934) “retorqueo”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette.