Latin

Alternative forms

• torquēs (masculine)

Noun

torquis f ‎(genitive torquis); third declension

1. chaplet
2. collar/necklace of twisted metal (often military)
3. ring
4. wreath

Inflection

Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.

References

• torquis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• torquis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• TORQUIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “torquis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.