"contortio" meaning in Latin

See contortio in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [kɔnˈtɔr.ti.oː] [Classical-Latin], [konˈtɔr.t͡si.o] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: contortus, perfect passive participle of contorqueō (“to turn, contort”) + -tiō Etymology templates: {{af|la|contorqueō|-tiō|gloss1=to turn, contort}} contorqueō (“to turn, contort”) + -tiō Head templates: {{la-noun|contortiō<3>|g=f}} contortiō f (genitive contortiōnis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|contortiō<3>}} Forms: contortiō [canonical, feminine], contortiōnis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], contortiō [nominative, singular], contortiōnēs [nominative, plural], contortiōnis [genitive, singular], contortiōnum [genitive, plural], contortiōnī [dative, singular], contortiōnibus [dative, plural], contortiōnem [accusative, singular], contortiōnēs [accusative, plural], contortiōne [ablative, singular], contortiōnibus [ablative, plural], contortiō [singular, vocative], contortiōnēs [plural, vocative]
  1. intricacy Tags: declension-3
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