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detorqueo
detorqueo
Latin
Verb
dētorqueō (present infinitive dētorquēre, perfect active dētorsī, supine dētortum); second conjugation
- I turn or bend aside, off or away, deflect.
- I twist out of shape, distort.
- I distort, misrepresent.
- I turn or go (in a direction).
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References
- 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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “detorqueo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- detorqueo in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016