contorqueo
Latin
Etymology
From con- + torqueō (“twist”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈtor.kʷe.oː/, [kɔnˈtɔr.kᶣe.oː]
Verb
contorqueō (present infinitive contorquēre, perfect active contorsī, supine contortum); second conjugation
- I turn, twist, swing or whirl (together); contort
- (of a weapon) I brandish, wield.
- I turn, influence, sway.
- (of words or discourse) I hurl or throw out violently, utter vehemently.
Inflection
| Conjugation of contorqueo (second conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | contorqueō | contorquēs | contorquet | contorquēmus | contorquētis | contorquent |
| imperfect | contorquēbam | contorquēbās | contorquēbat | contorquēbāmus | contorquēbātis | contorquēbant | |
| future | contorquēbō | contorquēbis | contorquēbit | contorquēbimus | contorquēbitis | contorquēbunt | |
| perfect | contorsī | contorsistī | contorsit | contorsimus | contorsistis | contorsērunt, contorsēre | |
| pluperfect | contorseram | contorserās | contorserat | contorserāmus | contorserātis | contorserant | |
| future perfect | contorserō | contorseris | contorserit | contorserimus | contorseritis | contorserint | |
| passive | present | contorqueor | contorquēris, contorquēre | contorquētur | contorquēmur | contorquēminī | contorquentur |
| imperfect | contorquēbar | contorquēbāris, contorquēbāre | contorquēbātur | contorquēbāmur | contorquēbāminī | contorquēbantur | |
| future | contorquēbor | contorquēberis, contorquēbere | contorquēbitur | contorquēbimur | contorquēbiminī | contorquēbuntur | |
| perfect | contortus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | contortus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | contortus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | contorqueam | contorqueās | contorqueat | contorqueāmus | contorqueātis | contorqueant |
| imperfect | contorquērem | contorquērēs | contorquēret | contorquērēmus | contorquērētis | contorquērent | |
| perfect | contorserim | contorserīs | contorserit | contorserimus | contorseritis | contorserint | |
| pluperfect | contorsissem | contorsissēs | contorsisset | contorsissēmus | contorsissētis | contorsissent | |
| passive | present | contorquear | contorqueāris, contorqueāre | contorqueātur | contorqueāmur | contorqueāminī | contorqueantur |
| imperfect | contorquērer | contorquērēris, contorquērēre | contorquērētur | contorquērēmur | contorquērēminī | contorquērentur | |
| perfect | contortus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | contortus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | contorquē | — | — | contorquēte | — |
| future | — | contorquētō | contorquētō | — | contorquētōte | contorquentō | |
| passive | present | — | contorquēre | — | — | contorquēminī | — |
| future | — | contorquētor | contorquētor | — | — | contorquentor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | contorquēre | contorsisse | contortūrus esse | contorquērī | contortus esse | contortum īrī | |
| participles | contorquēns | — | contortūrus | — | contortus | contorquendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| contorquēre | contorquendī | contorquendō | contorquendum | contortum | contortū | ||
Derived terms
- contortē
- contortiō
- contortor
- contortulus
- contortuplicātus
- contortus
Related terms
- attorqueō
- circumtorqueō
- dētorqueō
- distorqueō
- extorqueō
- intorqueō
- obtorqueō
- pertorqueō
- praetorqueō
- retorqueō
- torqueō
Descendants
- Catalan: contòrcer-se
- English: contort
- Italian: contorcere
- Portuguese: contorcer
- Spanish: contorcer
References
- contorqueo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- contorqueo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- contorqueo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette