torques

torques

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of torque

torques

1. plural of torque

From Latin torquēs.

torques (plural torqueses)

1. (historical) A collar or necklace of twisted metal (often military); torque.
   • 1855, The Cambrian Journal, page 18:

     The torqueses worn by their chiefs, and which were displayed as valuable trophies at Rome, were exquisite works of art, as is proved by such as have been dug up from time to time.

• questor, quoters, roquets

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

torques

1. second-person singular present indicative of torcar

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtor.kʷeːs/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtor.kwes/,

torquēs

1. second-person singular present active indicative of torqueō

torquēs

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of torquis

torquēs f (genitive torquis); third declension

1. Alternative form of torquis

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -em or -im, ablative singular in -e or -ī).

• “torques”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “torques”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Borrowed from Latin torques.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoɾkes/
• Rhymes: -oɾkes
• Syllabification: tor‧ques

torques f (plural torques)

1. torque (a collar often made of metal and worn by various European peoples in ancient times)

• “torques”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014