contorqueo, contorques, contorquere E, contorsi, contortum Verb

Translations

  1. to stir up/agitate
  2. to make rough (sea)
  3. to utter with vigor
  4. to turn about/sway (emotions)

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E-Conjugation (2)

Tenses

Person Singular Plural
1.
2.
3.
Future subjunctive forms do not exist. The subjunctive only exists in the four other tenses.

Infinitives

Active Passive
Simult. (Present) contorquerecontorqueri
Anter. (Perfect) contorsissecontortum esse
Post. (Future) contorturum essecontortum iri

Participles

Sg. Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.
Pl. Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.

Gerund

Gerund forms only exist in singular.

Sg. Gerund
Nom. contorquere
Gen. contorquendi
Dat. contorquendo
Acc. contorquendum
Voc. contorquere
Abl. contorquendo

Gerundive

Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.

Imperatives & Supina

Singular Plural
Imperative contorque!contorquete!
Supinum
Type I contortum
Type II contortū

Example Sentences

L. Annaeus Seneca

Scylla et Charybdis Sicula contorquens freta minus est timenda, nulla non melior fera est.

~ Seneca, Hercules

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