torculo

Latin

Etymology

From torculum +‎ -ō. Attested from the writings of Venantius Fortunatus.

Verb

torculō (present infinitive torculāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stem (Late Latin)

1. to press

Conjugation

   Conjugation of torculō (first conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	torculō	torculās	torculat	torculāmus	torculātis	torculant
	imperfect	torculābam	torculābās	torculābat	torculābāmus	torculābātis	torculābant
	future	torculābō	torculābis	torculābit	torculābimus	torculābitis	torculābunt
passive	present	torculor	torculāris, torculāre	torculātur	torculāmur	torculāminī	torculantur
	imperfect	torculābar	torculābāris, torculābāre	torculābātur	torculābāmur	torculābāminī	torculābantur
	future	torculābor	torculāberis, torculābere	torculābitur	torculābimur	torculābiminī	torculābuntur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	torculem	torculēs	torculet	torculēmus	torculētis	torculent
imperfect	torculārem	torculārēs	torculāret	torculārēmus	torculārētis	torculārent
passive	present	torculer	torculēris, torculēre	torculētur	torculēmur	torculēminī	torculentur
imperfect	torculārer	torculārēris, torculārēre	torculārētur	torculārēmur	torculārēminī	torculārentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	torculā	—	—	torculāte	—
	future	—	torculātō	torculātō	—	torculātōte	torculantō
passive	present	—	torculāre	—	—	torculāminī	—
	future	—	torculātor	torculātor	—	—	torculantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		torculāre	—	—	torculārī	—	—
participles		torculāns	—	—	—	—	torculandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		torculandī	torculandō	torculandum	torculandō	—	—

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: torchiare
• North Italian:
  • Venetan: torcołar
• Borrowings:
  • → Italian: torcolare
• Vulgar Latin:
  • *extorculāre~extroculāre (see there for further descendants)
  • *troculāre (< *troculum, variant of torculum)
    • Catalan: trullar
    • Franco-Provençal: troiller, trouiller
    • Old French: truilieir, troiller, truillier (see there for further descendants)
    • Occitan: trolhar

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “estrujar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 815
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “tŏrcŭlum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 13: To–Tyrus, page 43

Further reading

• “torculo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• torculo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.