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01 / Meaning & origin
Torquato is a masculine given name documented in Italian. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin Torquātus.
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From Latin Torquātus.
Da torque (collare), monile di origine celtica.
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Torquato— “wearing a neck chain”
Torques (a neck-chain) gave the cognomen Torquatus to the fierce Lucius Manlius, who, having slain a gigantic Gaul in single combat, took the gold chain from about his neck, and hung it on his own; and who afterwards put his son, Titus Manlius Torquatus, to death for the breach of discipline in accepting a like challenge from a Tusculan noble. Torquato Tasso is the sole modern instance of the recurrence of the surname of this “Roman Father,” the northern Torquil being from an…
Torques (a neck-chain) gave the cognomen Torquatus to the fierce Lucius Manlius, who, having slain a gigantic Gaul in single combat, took the gold chain from about his neck, and hung it on his own; and who afterwards put his son, Titus Manlius Torquatus, to death for the breach of discipline in accepting a like challenge from a Tusculan noble. Torquato Tasso is the sole modern instance of the recurrence of the surname of this “Roman Father,” the northern Torquil being from an entirely different source, _i.e._ Thorgils (Thor’s pledge).[66]
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter IV (Cognomina), Section VII (Galerius, &c) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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Italian poet (1544–1595)
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