detorqueo
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dē- + torqueō (“twist”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /deːˈtor.kʷe.oː/, [d̪eːˈt̪ɔrkʷeoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈtor.kwe.o/, [d̪eˈt̪ɔrkweo]
Verb
[edit]dētorqueō (present infinitive dētorquēre, perfect active dētorsī, supine dētortum); second conjugation
- to turn or bend aside, off or away, deflect
- to twist out of shape, distort
- to distort, misrepresent
- to turn or go (in a direction)
Conjugation
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[edit]References
[edit]- “detorqueo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “detorqueo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- detorqueo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- detorqueo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016