tortio

Latin

Etymology

From torqueō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

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

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.