torqueo

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (to turn). Cognates include Latin trīcae, trepidus, turpis, Ancient Greek τρέπω (trépō), Sanskrit तर्कु (tarku), Hittite 𒋻𒆪𒉿𒀭𒍣 (tarkuwanzi) and Old Church Slavonic тракъ (trakŭ). See also English thwart and queer.

Pronunciation

Verb

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  1. I twist, wind.
  2. I hurl violently; I spin, whirl.
  3. I twist or bend awry, distort
  4. I torment, torture.

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

  • torqueo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • torqueo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • torqueo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to suffer torments of expectation, delay: exspectatione torqueri, cruciari