torsio

Finnish

Etymology

< Late Latin torsio, torsionem, from Latin tortio, from torqueō (“twist, turn”)

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: tor‧si‧o
  • Rhymes: -orsio
  • IPA(key): [ˈtorsio]

Noun

torsio

  1. (physics) torsion (twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction)

Declension
Inflection of torsio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
nominative torsio torsiot
genitive torsion torsioiden
torsioitten
partitive torsiota torsioita
illative torsioon torsioihin
singular plural
nominative torsio torsiot
accusative nom. torsio torsiot
gen. torsion
genitive torsion torsioiden
torsioitten
partitive torsiota torsioita
inessive torsiossa torsioissa
elative torsiosta torsioista
illative torsioon torsioihin
adessive torsiolla torsioilla
ablative torsiolta torsioilta
allative torsiolle torsioille
essive torsiona torsioina
translative torsioksi torsioiksi
instructive — torsioin
abessive torsiotta torsioitta
comitative — torsioineen

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Latin

Etymology

Late Latin for tortiō. From torqueō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtor.si.oː/, [ˈtɔr.si.oː]

Noun

torsiō f (genitive torsiōnis); third declension

; (Late Latin)
  1. a wringing or griping
  2. colic

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative torsiō torsiōnēs
Genitive torsiōnis torsiōnum
Dative torsiōnī torsiōnibus
Accusative torsiōnem torsiōnēs
Ablative torsiōne torsiōnibus
Vocative torsiō torsiōnēs

Descendants

References
  • torsĭo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • torsĭo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,584/2
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