torqueo

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *torkʷeō, from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to turn”). Cognates include Latin trīcae, trepidus, turpis, Sanskrit तर्कु (tarkú), Hittite 𒋻𒌑𒍣 (tarúzi) and Old Church Slavonic тракъ (trakŭ). See also English torch, torque, thwart, queer. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtɔr.kʷe.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtɔr.kʷe.o] === Verb === torqueō (present infinitive torquēre, perfect active torsī, supine tortum); second conjugation to spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve to twist, wind, bend awry, distort to hurl violently, twirl (around the head to throw), fling to torment, torture ==== Conjugation ==== 1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Vulgar Latin: *torcere (see there for further descendants) → English: torque, torch, truss →? Turkish: tork →? Welsh: terchu === 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.