tortio

Latin

Etymology

From torqueō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtor.ti.oː/, [ˈt̪ɔrt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtor.t͡si.o/, [ˈt̪ɔrt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

tortiō f (genitive tortiōnis); third declension

1. torment, torture

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	tortiō	tortiōnēs
genitive	tortiōnis	tortiōnum
dative	tortiōnī	tortiōnibus
accusative	tortiōnem	tortiōnēs
ablative	tortiōne	tortiōnibus
vocative	tortiō	tortiōnēs

Derived terms

• torsiō (Late Latin)

Descendants

• Catalan: torçó
• Galician: torzón, tarazón, terzón, trozón
• Portuguese: torção
• Spanish: torzón, torozón

References

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