Latin

Verb

extorqueō ‎(present infinitive extorquēre, perfect active extorsī, supine extortum); second conjugation

1. I extort.
2. I tear away, twist away, wrench out.

Inflection

Derived terms

• extorsiō
• extortor
• extortus

Related terms

Descendants

References

• extorqueo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• extorqueo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “extorqueo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to wrest from a person's hand: ex or de manibus alicui or alicuius extorquere aliquid
    
  • to undeceive a person: alicui errorem demere, eripere, extorquere
    
  • to wrest weapons from some one's hands: extorquere arma e manibus