tortilis

Latin

Etymology

From tortus, from torqueō.

Adjective

tortilis (neuter tortile); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. twisted, coiled

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative tortilis tortile tortilēs tortilia
genitive tortilis tortilium
dative tortilī tortilibus
accusative tortilem tortile tortilēs
tortilīs 		tortilia
ablative tortilī tortilibus
vocative tortilis tortile tortilēs tortilia

Descendants

  • Italian: tortile, ⇒ tortiglia
  • Spanish: tórtil, torzal (possibly)
  • → English: tortile
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *tortiliāre

References

  • “tortilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “tortilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tortilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • tortilis in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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