Torquatus
Appearance
See also: torquatus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From torquātus (“adorned with a collar”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /torˈkʷaː.tus/, [t̪ɔrˈkʷäːt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /torˈkwa.tus/, [t̪orˈkwäːt̪us]
Proper noun
[edit]Torquātus m sg (genitive Torquātī); second declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Titus Manlius Torquatus, a Roman dictator
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | Torquātus |
genitive | Torquātī |
dative | Torquātō |
accusative | Torquātum |
ablative | Torquātō |
vocative | Torquāte |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Italian: Torquato
References
[edit]- “Torquatus2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Torquatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.