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Latin
Etymology
From torquis (“a twisted neck chain, necklace, collar”), from torqueō (“to turn, twist, bend”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
torquātus (feminine torquāta, neuter torquātum); first/second-declension adjective
- adorned with a neck chain or collar
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “torquatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “torquatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- torquatus 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)
- torquatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “torquatus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- torquatus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016