retorta
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Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
retorta f
Declension
Further reading
- “retorta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “retorta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Latin
Etymology 1
Substantivization of etymology 2 (literally "bent back"). Found in the Lex Salica.[1]
Noun
retorta f (genitive retortae); first declension (Late Latin)
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | retorta | retortae |
| genitive | retortae | retortārum |
| dative | retortae | retortīs |
| accusative | retortam | retortās |
| ablative | retortā | retortīs |
| vocative | retorta | retortae |
Descendants
References
- retorta 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)
- ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “retorta”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 917
Etymology 2
Participle
retorta
- inflection of retortus:
Participle
retortā
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
retorta f
Declension
Declension of retorta
Derived terms
adjective
Further reading
- retorta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- retorta in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin retorta, from Latin retortus.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: re‧tor‧ta
Noun
retorta f (plural retortas)
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin retorta, from Latin retortus.
Noun
retorta f (plural retortas)
Related terms
Further reading
- “retorta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28