Latin search results for: contortus

#1

verb

  • conjugation: 2nd conjugation
  • voice: transitive

Definitions:

  1. brandish
  2. fling
  3. twirl/whirl, rotate/move in arc
  4. twist, make twisted/crooked
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Frequent, top 2000+ words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#2

verb

  • conjugation: 2nd conjugation
  • voice: transitive

Definitions:

  1. stir up/agitate, make rough (sea)
  2. turn about/sway (emotions)
  3. utter with vigor
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Frequent, top 2000+ words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#3

adjective

Definitions:

  1. involved, intricate, obscure (discourse)
  2. tangled/complicated
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4

adjective

Definitions:

  1. brandished/hurled
  2. vehement, energetic, strong, full of motion
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)