contortus

== Latin == === Etymology === Perfect passive participle of contorqueō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔnˈtɔr.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [konˈtɔr.tus] === Participle === contortus (feminine contorta, neuter contortum); first/second-declension participle contorted intricate, involved brandished ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === Adjective === contortus (feminine contorta, neuter contortum); first/second-declension adjective brandished contorted ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: contort → English: contort Italian: contorto === References === “contortus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “contortus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “contortus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.