contortio

Latin

Etymology

contortus, perfect passive participle of contorqueō (“to turn, contort”) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈtor.ti.oː/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪ɔrt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈtor.t͡si.o/, [kon̪ˈt̪ɔrt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

contortiō f (genitive contortiōnis); third declension

1. intricacy

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	contortiō	contortiōnēs
Genitive	contortiōnis	contortiōnum
Dative	contortiōnī	contortiōnibus
Accusative	contortiōnem	contortiōnēs
Ablative	contortiōne	contortiōnibus
Vocative	contortiō	contortiōnēs

References

• “contortio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “contortio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers