torvus

Latin

Of disputed origin^[1]; proposed derivations include:

From Proto-Indo-European *twerḱ- (“to cut”), a root common to Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx, “meat, flesh”) and Latin trux (“wild, ferocious”).
From Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to squeeze; push; press”), the same root of English threat, Latin trudō (“I thrust”), Ancient Greek τάρβος (tárbos, “terror; awe”) and Welsh tarfu (“to scare away”).
From Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to turn”). Cognates include Latin torqueō (“I wind, twist”).

torvus (feminine torva, neuter torvum); first/second declension

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
nominative	torvus	torva	torvum	torvī	torvae	torva
genitive	torvī	torvae	torvī	torvōrum	torvārum	torvōrum
dative	torvō	torvae	torvō	torvīs
accusative	torvum	torvam	torvum	torvōs	torvās	torva
ablative	torvō	torvā	torvō	torvīs
vocative	torve	torva	torvum	torvī	torvae	torva

torvus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
torvus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
torvus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

↑ Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “torvus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 695

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