noun · masculinethird declension
tortor
tortor m (genitive tortōris)
Meaning
- masculineexecutioner, torturer
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quī tormenta īnferttortor -ōris (m) — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 16
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tortor | tortōrēs |
| genitive | tortōris | tortōrum |
| dative | tortōrī | tortōribus |
| accusative | tortōrem | tortōrēs |
| ablative | tortōre | tortōribus |
| vocative | tortor | tortōrēs |
tortor, ōris, m. torqueo, I. B. 2.,
I. an executioner, tormentor, torturer.
I. Lit.
A. In gen.:
cum jam tortor, atque essent tormenta ipsa defessa, Cic. Clu. 63, 177; id. Phil. 11, 3, 7; id. Fin. 4, 12, 31; Sen. Ep. 14, 5; Hor. C. 3, 5, 50; Juv. 14, 21. — B. He that brandishes, handles. Balearis habenae, Luc. 3, 710.—
C. Tortor, ōris, an epithet of Apollo, as the flayer of Marsyas, under which name he was worshipped in a part of Rome, Suet. Aug. 70.—*
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
tortor ōris, m
TARC-, an executioner, tormentor, torturer : cum iam tortor, atque essent tormenta ipsa defessa: barbarus, H.: occultum quatiente animo tortore flagellum, Iu.
Origins
From tortūra.
Descendants
- Italiantortore
- Spanishtortor