torvus
Latin
Etymology
Of disputed origin[1]; proposed derivations include:
- From Proto-Indo-European *twerḱ- (“to cut”), a root common to Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx, “meat, flesh”) and Latin trux (“wild, ferocious”).
- From Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to squeeze; push; press”), the same root of English threat, Latin trudō (“I thrust”), Ancient Greek τάρβος (tárbos, “terror; awe”) and Welsh tarfu (“to scare away”).
- From Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to turn”). Cognates include Latin torqueō (“I wind, twist”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtor.wus/, [ˈtɔr.wʊs]
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | torvus | torva | torvum | torvī | torvae | torva | |
| Genitive | torvī | torvae | torvī | torvōrum | torvārum | torvōrum | |
| Dative | torvō | torvae | torvō | torvīs | torvīs | torvīs | |
| Accusative | torvum | torvam | torvum | torvōs | torvās | torva | |
| Ablative | torvō | torvā | torvō | torvīs | torvīs | torvīs | |
| Vocative | torve | torva | torvum | torvī | torvae | torva | |
References
- torvus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- torvus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- torvus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “torvus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 695
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