tormentum

Meaning

1. (declension-2, neuter) an engine for hurling missiles; a shot or missile thrown by this, artillery
2. (declension-2, neuter) a (twisted) cord or rope
3. (declension-2, neuter) an instrument of torture
4. (declension-2, neuter) torture, anguish, pain, torment
5. (declension-2, neuter) a clothes press, mangle
6. (New-Latin, declension-2, neuter) gun, cannon

Concepts

newel

torment

torture

Synonyms

cruciamentum

tortura

Translations

tormento

tortura

Kummer

suplici

Kanon

Kanone

turment

Qual

Schmerz

Todesangst

πόνος

affres de la mort

angoisse de la mort

calvaire

كرب

Pronounced as (IPA)

[tɔrˈmɛn.tũː]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *torkmentom. Related to torqueō (“twist, bend, wind”).