tortuosus

Latin

Etymology

tortus + -ōsus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

tortuōsus (feminine tortuōsa, neuter tortuōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. twisting, tortuous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative tortuōsus tortuōsa tortuōsum tortuōsī tortuōsae tortuōsa
Genitive tortuōsī tortuōsae tortuōsī tortuōsōrum tortuōsārum tortuōsōrum
Dative tortuōsō tortuōsō tortuōsīs
Accusative tortuōsum tortuōsam tortuōsum tortuōsōs tortuōsās tortuōsa
Ablative tortuōsō tortuōsā tortuōsō tortuōsīs
Vocative tortuōse tortuōsa tortuōsum tortuōsī tortuōsae tortuōsa

Descendants

  • Catalan: tortuós
  • English: tortuous
  • French: tortueux
  • Italian: tortuoso
  • Portuguese: tortuoso
  • Romanian: tortuos
  • Spanish: tortuoso

References

  • tortuosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tortuosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tortuosus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • tortuosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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