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intorqueo
intorqueo
Latin
Verb
intorqueō (present infinitive intorquēre, perfect active intorsī, supine intortum); second conjugation
- I twist, turn or spin around; wrench, sprain; contort.
- I brandish, hurl or throw towards.
- I throw or cast against or upon.
- I throw into confusion.
Inflection
Derived terms
- intortiō
- intortus
Related terms
Descendants
- Old French: entordre
- Romanian: întoarce, întoarcere
- Venetian: intòrxer, intòrxar
References
- intorqueo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- intorqueo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “intorqueo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.