LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

tortus

tortus m (genitive tortūs)

Meaning

  1. masculinea twist, a winding
  2. masculinewreath

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetortustortūs
genitivetortūstortuum
dativetortuītortibus
accusativetortumtortūs
ablativetortūtortibus
vocativetortustortūs

tortus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of torqueo.
tortus, ūs, m. torqueo.
I. a twisting, winding; a wreath (poet.): tortu multiplicabili Draco, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: draco tortu terribilis, id. poët. Div. 2, 30, 63.—In plur.: serpens Nequicquam longos fugiens dat corpore tortus, Verg. A. 5, 276: bucinarum, Arn. 6, 196. — *
II. A whirling, hurling: flexae habenae, Stat. Achill. 2, 421.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*terkʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*torkʷ-éye-ti
  3. Proto-Italic*torkʷejō
  4. Proto-Italic*torkʷeō
  5. Latintortus

Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin tortus From torqueō + -tus (forming action nouns).

Quick answers

What does tortus mean in Latin?
tortus, a noun, means “a twist, a winding; wreath”.
What is the genitive of tortus?
The genitive singular is tortūs. tortus is masculine, fourth declension.
Where does tortus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- → Proto-Indo-European *torkʷ-éye-ti → Proto-Italic *torkʷejō → Proto-Italic *torkʷeō → Latin tortus.