LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation

extorqueō

extorqueō (present infinitive extorquēre, perfect active extorsī, supine extortum)
Classical[ɛkˈstɔr.kʷe.oː]Ecclesiastical[ekˈstɔr.kʷe.o]
extortus perf. pass. ptcp.

Meaning

  1. to obtain or take away by force, extort
  2. to tear away, twist away, wrench out

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 2

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.extorqueōextorquēbamextorquēbōextorsīextorseramextorserō
2nd sg.extorquēsextorquēbāsextorquēbisextorsistīextorserāsextorseris
3rd sg.extorquetextorquēbatextorquēbitextorsitextorseratextorserit
1st pl.extorquēmusextorquēbāmusextorquēbimusextorsimusextorserāmusextorserimus
2nd pl.extorquētisextorquēbātisextorquēbitisextorsistisextorserātisextorseritis
3rd pl.extorquentextorquēbantextorquēbuntextorsērunt
extorsēre		extorserantextorserint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.extorqueamextorquēremextorserimextorsissem
2nd sg.extorqueāsextorquērēsextorserīsextorsissēs
3rd sg.extorqueatextorquēretextorseritextorsisset
1st pl.extorqueāmusextorquērēmusextorserīmusextorsissēmus
2nd pl.extorqueātisextorquērētisextorserītisextorsissētis
3rd pl.extorqueantextorquērentextorserintextorsissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.extorqueorextorquēbarextorquēbor
2nd sg.extorquēris
extorquēre		extorquēbāris
extorquēbāre		extorquēberis
extorquēbere
3rd sg.extorquēturextorquēbāturextorquēbitur
1st pl.extorquēmurextorquēbāmurextorquēbimur
2nd pl.extorquēminīextorquēbāminīextorquēbiminī
3rd pl.extorquenturextorquēbanturextorquēbuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.extorquearextorquērer
2nd sg.extorqueāris
extorqueāre		extorquērēris
extorquērēre
3rd sg.extorqueāturextorquērētur
1st pl.extorqueāmurextorquērēmur
2nd pl.extorqueāminīextorquērēminī
3rd pl.extorqueanturextorquērentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.extorquēextorquēre
pres. 2nd pl.extorquēteextorquēminī
fut. 2nd sg.extorquētōextorquētor
fut. 3rd sg.extorquētōextorquētor
fut. 2nd pl.extorquētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.extorquentōextorquentor
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveextorquēreextorquērī
perfect infinitiveextorsisseextortum esse
future infinitiveextortūrum esseextortum īrī
present participleextorquēns—
perfect participle—extortus
extorta, extortā, extortae, extortam, extortārum, extortās, extorte, extortī, extortīs, extortō, extortōrum, extortōs
future participleextortūrus
extortūra, extortūrā, extortūrae, extortūram, extortūrārum, extortūrās, extortūre, extortūrī, extortūrīs, extortūrō, extortūrōrum, extortūrōs, extortūrum		extorquendus
extorquenda, extorquendā, extorquendae, extorquendam, extorquendārum, extorquendās, extorquende, extorquendīs, extorquendōrum, extorquendōs
gerundextorquendī, extorquendō, extorquendumsupineextortum, extortū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

extorquere arma e manibus
to wrest weapons from some one's hands.
alicui errorem demere, eripere, extorquere
to undeceive a person.
ex or de manibus alicui or alicuius extorquere aliquid
to wrest from a person's hand.

ex-torquĕo, si, tum, 2, v. a.,
I. to twist out, wrench out, wrest away (class.).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: ferrum e manibus, Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 2; id. Planc. 41, 98: arma e manibus, id. Brut. 2, 7; Curt. 8, 2, 4; for which: tibi sica de manibus extorta est, Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 16: pedem mensulae, Petr. 136: ut inhaerentem atque incubantem Italiae extorqueret Hannibalem, tear away, force away, Flor. 2, 6, 57.—
B. In partic.
1. Of limbs, to wrench out, put out of joint, dislocate (syn. luxo): articulum, Sen. Ep. 104: omnibus membris extortus et fractus, crippled, Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 9; cf. Sen. Ep. 66 med.; and: prava extortaque puella, Juv. 8, 33: in servilem modum lacerati atque extorti, i. e. dislocated by torture, tortured, Liv. 32, 38, 8; cf. absol.: extorque, nisi ita factum'st, put me to the torture, Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 37.—
2. To obtain by force, to extort (syn.: eripio, exprimo): ut pecunia omnis Stajeno extorta atque erepta sit, Cic. Clu. 28 fin.: nihil exprimere ab egentibus, nihil ulla vi a miseris extorquere potuit, id. Prov. Cons. 3, 5: vi et metu extortum, id. Pis. 35, 86: a Caesare per Herodem talenta Attica quinquaginta extorsistis, id. Att. 6, 1, 25: obsidibus summa cum contumelia extortis, Caes. B. G. 7, 54 fin.—
II. Trop., to wrest out or away, obtain or take away by force, to tear away, to extort (syn.: eripio, demo, aufero, etc.): hoc est vim afferre, Torquate, sensibus: extorquere ex animis cognitiones verborum, quibus imbuti sumus, Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 16; cf.: sententias de manibus judicum vi quadam orationis, id. de Or. 2, 18, 74: suffragium populi per vim, Liv. 25, 4, 4: extorquebat enim vitam vis morbida membris, Lucr. 6, 1225 Lachm.: opinionem veritas extorquebit, Cic. Clu. 2, 6: suam citius abiciet humanitatem quam extorquebit tuam, id. Lig. 5, 16: patientiam saepe tranquillissimis pectoribus, Sen. Clem. 1, 1; cf.: mihi hunc errorem, Cic. de Sen. 23, 85: cui sic extorta voluptas, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 139; cf. ib. 57: cum extorta mihi veritas esset, Cic. Or. 48, 160.—With ut: quoniam extorsisti, ut faterer, id. Tusc. 1, 7, 14.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinextorqueō

Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *torkʷ-éye-ti Proto-Italic *torkʷejō Proto-Italic *torkʷeō Latin torqueō Latin extorqueō From ex- + torqueō (“twist, wrench”).

Descendants
  • Catalanextorquir
  • Frenchextorquer
  • Italianestorcere
  • Portugueseextorquir
  • Spanishestorcer

In English words that came into English from extorqueō

  • extortextortus
  • extortionextortiō

Quick answers

What does extorqueō mean in Latin?
extorqueō, a verb, means “to obtain or take away by force, extort; to tear away, twist away, wrench out”.
What are the principal parts of extorqueō?
extorqueō, extorquēre, extorsī, extortum (second conjugation).
How do you pronounce extorqueō?
In classical Latin, [ɛkˈstɔr.kʷe.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ekˈstɔr.kʷe.o].
Where does extorqueō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin extorqueō.