retorqueo
Latin
Etymology
From re- + torqueō (“twist”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /reˈtor.kʷe.oː/, [rɛˈtɔr.kᶣe.oː]
Verb
retorqueō (present infinitive retorquēre, perfect active retorsī, supine retortum); second conjugation
- I twist, turn, bend or cast back; avert, deflect.
- (of an argument) I retort, cast back.
Inflection
| Conjugation of retorqueo (second conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | retorqueō | retorquēs | retorquet | retorquēmus | retorquētis | retorquent |
| imperfect | retorquēbam | retorquēbās | retorquēbat | retorquēbāmus | retorquēbātis | retorquēbant | |
| future | retorquēbō | retorquēbis | retorquēbit | retorquēbimus | retorquēbitis | retorquēbunt | |
| perfect | retorsī | retorsistī | retorsit | retorsimus | retorsistis | retorsērunt, retorsēre | |
| pluperfect | retorseram | retorserās | retorserat | retorserāmus | retorserātis | retorserant | |
| future perfect | retorserō | retorseris | retorserit | retorserimus | retorseritis | retorserint | |
| passive | present | retorqueor | retorquēris, retorquēre | retorquētur | retorquēmur | retorquēminī | retorquentur |
| imperfect | retorquēbar | retorquēbāris, retorquēbāre | retorquēbātur | retorquēbāmur | retorquēbāminī | retorquēbantur | |
| future | retorquēbor | retorquēberis, retorquēbere | retorquēbitur | retorquēbimur | retorquēbiminī | retorquēbuntur | |
| perfect | retortus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | retortus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | retortus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | retorqueam | retorqueās | retorqueat | retorqueāmus | retorqueātis | retorqueant |
| imperfect | retorquērem | retorquērēs | retorquēret | retorquērēmus | retorquērētis | retorquērent | |
| perfect | retorserim | retorserīs | retorserit | retorserimus | retorseritis | retorserint | |
| pluperfect | retorsissem | retorsissēs | retorsisset | retorsissēmus | retorsissētis | retorsissent | |
| passive | present | retorquear | retorqueāris, retorqueāre | retorqueātur | retorqueāmur | retorqueāminī | retorqueantur |
| imperfect | retorquērer | retorquērēris, retorquērēre | retorquērētur | retorquērēmur | retorquērēminī | retorquērentur | |
| perfect | retortus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | retortus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | retorquē | — | — | retorquēte | — |
| future | — | retorquētō | retorquētō | — | retorquētōte | retorquentō | |
| passive | present | — | retorquēre | — | — | retorquēminī | — |
| future | — | retorquētor | retorquētor | — | — | retorquentor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | retorquēre | retorsisse | retortūrus esse | retorquērī | retortus esse | retortum īrī | |
| participles | retorquēns | — | retortūrus | — | retortus | retorquendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| retorquēre | retorquendī | retorquendō | retorquendum | retortum | retortū | ||
Derived terms
- retortus
Related terms
- attorqueō
- circumtorqueō
- contorqueō
- dētorqueō
- distorqueō
- extorqueō
- intorqueō
- obtorqueō
- pertorqueō
- praetorqueō
- torqueō
Descendants
- English: retort
- French: rétorquer
- Galician: retorcer
- Italian: ritorcere
- Spanish: retorcer
References
- retorqueo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- retorqueo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- retorqueo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette