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Latin
Etymology
From tortus, from torqueō.
Adjective
tortilis (neuter tortile); third-declension two-termination adjective
- twisted, coiled
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Descendants
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