tortilis

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Latin

Etymology

From tortus, from torqueō.

Adjective

tortilis (neuter tortile); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. twisted, coiled

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative tortilis tortile tortilēs tortilia
Genitive tortilis tortilium
Dative tortilī tortilibus
Accusative tortilem tortile tortilēs
tortilīs 		tortilia
Ablative tortilī tortilibus
Vocative tortilis tortile tortilēs tortilia

Descendants

  • English: tortile
  • Italian: tortile
  • Spanish: tórtil, torzal (possibly)

References

  • “tortilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “tortilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tortilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • tortilis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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