torquatus
See also: Torquatus
Latin
Etymology
From torquis (“a twisted neck chain, necklace, collar”), from torqueō (“to turn, twist, bend”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /torˈkʷaː.tus/, [t̪ɔrˈkʷäːt̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /torˈkwa.tus/, [t̪orˈkwäːt̪us]
Adjective
torquātus (feminine torquāta, neuter torquātum); first/second-declension adjective
- adorned with a neck chain or collar
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | torquātus | torquāta | torquātum | torquātī | torquātae | torquāta | |
| Genitive | torquātī | torquātae | torquātī | torquātōrum | torquātārum | torquātōrum | |
| Dative | torquātō | torquātō | torquātīs | ||||
| Accusative | torquātum | torquātam | torquātum | torquātōs | torquātās | torquāta | |
| Ablative | torquātō | torquātā | torquātō | torquātīs | |||
| Vocative | torquāte | torquāta | torquātum | torquātī | torquātae | torquāta | |
Derived terms
- Torquātus
Descendants
- English: torquated
References
- “torquatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “torquatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- torquatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- torquatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “torquatus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- torquatus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016