tortilis
Latin
Etymology
From tortus, from torqueō.
Adjective
tortilis (neuter tortile); third-declension two-termination adjective
- 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016