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1 contortiplicatus
contortŭplĭcātus ( - tortĭp-), a, um, adj. [contortus-plico], entangled, complicated:longa nomina,
compounded in a complicated manner, Plaut. Pers. 4, 6, 26. -
2 contortuplicatus
contortŭplĭcātus ( - tortĭp-), a, um, adj. [contortus-plico], entangled, complicated:longa nomina,
compounded in a complicated manner, Plaut. Pers. 4, 6, 26. -
3 contortulus
contortulus adj. dim. [contortus], somewhat perverse: conclusiunculae.* * *contortula, contortulum ADJsomewhat complicated/intricate -
4 contortus
contortus adj. [P. of contorqueo], vehement, energetic: oratio.—Involved, intricate: res.* * *contorta, contortum ADJinvolved, intricate, obscure (discourse); tangled/complicated; brandished/hurled; vehement, energetic, strong, full of motion -
5 cūriōsus
cūriōsus adj. with comp. and sup. [cura], bestowing care, painstaking, careful, diligent, thoughtful, devoted, attentive: in omni historiā: ad investigandum curiosior.—Inquiring eagerly, curious, inquisitive: nemo, T.: in re p.: curiosissimi homines: oculi.—Meddlesome, officious, curious, prying, inquisitive: patere me esse curiosum: homo.* * *Icuriosa -um, curiosior -or -us, curiosissimus -a -um ADJcareful, diligent, painstaking; attentive; fussy; meddlesome, interfering; labored/elaborate/complicated; eager to know, curious, inquisitive; carewornIIspy, one who is prying; scout; informer; class of secret spys; secret police -
6 multiplex
multiplex icis, adj. [multus+PARC-], with many folds, much-winding: alvus.— With many windings, full of concealed places: vitis serpens multiplici lapsu: domus, the labyrinth, O.— Manifold, many times as great, far more: multiplex caedes utrimque facta, is exaggerated, L.: multiplici captā praediā, L.: multiplex quam pro numero damnum est, L.—As subst n.: multiplex accipere, many times as much, L.— Of many parts, manifold, many: lorica, V.: fetūs: multiplici constructae dape mensae, Ct.—Fig., varied, complicated: res: sermones.— Changeable, versatile, inexplicable: ingenium: natura.* * *(gen.), multiplicis ADJhaving many twists/turns; having many layers/thicknesses, many deep; complex; multitudinous, many at once/together; numerous; changeable/shifting; versatile -
7 tortuōsus
tortuōsus adj. [2 tortus], full of crooks, coiled, winding, tortuous: alvus: amnis, L.—Fig., entangled, involved, complicated, confused: genus disputandi: visa quaedam tortuosa et obscura.* * *tortuosa, tortuosum ADJtwisting, tortuous -
8 contortiplicatus
contortiplicata, contortiplicatum ADJcompounded in an involved fashion; entangled, complicated (L+S) -
9 contorqueo
con-torquĕo, torsi, tortum (also -torsum, acc. to Prisc. 9, p. 871 P.), 2, v. a., to turn, twist, twirl, swing, whirl or brandish, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).I.Lit.A.Of weapons, arms, etc. (mostly poet.):B.telum contortum validis viribus,
Lucr. 1, 971; cf.:hastam viribus,
Ov. M. 5, 32:lenta spicula lacertis,
Verg. A. 7, 165:hastile adducto lacerto,
id. ib. 11, 561:cuspidem lacerto,
Ov. M. 8, 345:valido sceptrum lacerto,
id. ib. 5, 422:(hastile) certo contorquens dirigit ictu,
Verg. A. 12, 490:sed magnum stridens contorta phalarica venit,
id. ib. 9, 705:hastam In latus, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 52; Quint. 9, 4, 8:telum in eum,
Curt. 8, 14, 36.—Of other objects:* Cat.gubernaclum quolibet,
Lucr. 4, 904; cf.:membra quocumque volt,
Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:tantum corpus,
Lucr. 4, 900:globum eā celeritate, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 1, 10, 24; id. Arat. 61: equum magnā vi, Poët. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 9:amnis in alium cursum contortos et deflexos videmus,
Cic. Div. 1, 19, 38:proram ad laevas undas,
Verg. A. 3, 562:silvas insano vortice,
whirling them round in its raging whirlpool, id. G. 1, 481; cf.64, 107:II.frementes aquas subitis verticibus,
Luc. 4, 102 Weber; cf. id. 3, 631; Sil. 3, 50:an omnis tempestas aeque mare illud contorqueat,
Sen. Ep. 79, 1 al.:vertex est contorta in se aqua,
Quint. 8, 2, 7:nubila fumo,
Sil. 4, 309.—Trop. (mostly in Cic. and of rhet. matters;A.the metaphor taken from missiles which are brandished, that they may be discharged with greater force): (auditor) tamquam machinatione aliquā tum ad severitatem, tum ad remissionem animi est contorquendus,
Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72.—So of discourse that is thrown out violently or forcibly, hurled:Demosthenis non tam vibrarent fulmina illa, nisi numeris contorta ferrentur,
Cic. Or. 70, 234; cf. Quint. 10, 7, 14:quam rhetorice! quam copiose! quas sententias colligit! quae verba contorquet! ( = summā vi et impetu profert),
hurls forth, Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63; cf.:longas periodos uno spiritu,
Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 4:deinde contorquent et ita concludunt, etc.,
twist the argument, Cic. Div. 2, 51, 106.— Hence, contortus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II.), of discourse.Brandished, hurled, full of motion, powerful, vehement, energetic, strong (rare;B.mostly in Cic.): contorta et acris oratio,
Cic. Or. 20, 66:vis (orationis),
Quint. 10, 7, 14:levibus mulcentur et contortis excitantur,
id. 9, 4, 116.—Involved, intricate, obscure, perplexed, complicated:contortae et difficiles res,
Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 250: contorta et aculeata quaedam sophismata, id. Ac. 2, 24, 75.— Adv.: con-tortē (acc. to II.), intricately, perplexedly:dicere,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 29; Auct. Her. 1, 9, 15. —* Comp.:concluduntur a Stoicis,
Cic. Tusc. 3, 10, 22.— Sup. not in use. -
10 contortulus
contortŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [contortus], somewhat complicated or intricate:contortulis quibusdam ac minutis conclusiunculis,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 18, 42. -
11 explico
ex-plĭco, āvi and ŭi (the latter first in Verg. G. 2, 280; afterwards freq.; Hor. C. 3, 29, 16; 4, 9, 44; id. S. 2, 2, 125; Liv. 7, 23, 6 et saep.; cf. Gell. 1, 7, 20), ātum or ĭtum (Cic. uses mostly atum, Caes. atum and itum; cf.I.explicaturos,
Caes. B. C. 1, 78, 4;with explicitis,
id. ib. 3, 75, 2;and, explicitius,
id. ib. 1, 78, 2; upon these forms v. Neue, Formenl. 2, pp. 479 sq., 550 sq.), 1, v. a., to unfold, uncoil, unroll, unfurl, spread out, loosen, undo (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense; syn.: expedio, extrico, enodo, enucleo; explano, expono, interpretor).Lit.:B.velum,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 7:non explicata veste neque proposito argento, etc.,
spread out, Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 161:volumen,
to open, id. Rosc. Am. 35, 101:suas pennas (ales),
Ov. Am. 2, 6, 55:plenas plagas,
Mart. 1, 56, 8:perturbatum et confusum agmen,
to put in order, Hirt. B. G. 8, 14, 2:capillum pectine,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 129 Müll.:fusos,
to unwind, Mart. 4, 54, 10:frontem sollicitam,
to free from wrinkles, to smooth, Hor. C. 3, 29, 16;for which: explicare seria contractae frontis,
id. S. 2, 2, 125; cf.mare,
i. e. to calm, Sen. Herc. Oet. 455:si ex his te laqueis exueris ac te aliqua via ac ratione explicaris,
hast extricated, freed thyself, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 58, § 151:se (ex funibus ancorarum),
Dig. 9, 2, 29:inimicae et oves, difficile se (apibus) e lanis earum explicantibus,
Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 62:se explicat angustum,
Juv. 12, 55.—Transf., to spread out, stretch out, extend, deploy, display:II.aciem,
Liv. 7, 23, 6; 40, 4, 4; 40, 5, 26 al.; cf.ordinem,
id. 2, 46, 3:agmen,
id. 10, 20, 3:cohortes (longa legio),
Verg. G. 2, 280:se turmatim (equites),
Caes. B. C. 3, 93, 3; cf.mid.: priusquam plane legiones explicari et consistere possent,
id. ib. 2, 26, 4; and:ut ordo omnium navium explicari posset,
Liv. 37, 23, 10:per obstantis catervas Explicuit sua victor arma,
Hor. C. 4, 9, 44:atria, congestos satis explicatura clientes,
Stat. Th. 1, 146:ut forum laxaremus et usque ad atrium Libertatis explicaremus,
extend, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 14; cf.:unde pons in oppidum pertinens explicatur,
Sall. H. 3, 20:orbes (serpens),
Ov. M. 15, 720:frondes omnes (pampinus),
Verg. G. 2, 335:se (montes),
Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118:arida ligna in flammas (ignis),
Lucr. 2, 882:convivium,
i. e. to set out richly, to furnish, Mart. 1, 100, 13:explicavi meam rem post illa lucro,
i. e. amplified, enlarged, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 5.Trop.A.In gen. (very seldom):B.explica atque excute intelligentiam tuam, ut videas quae sit, etc.,
display, Cic. Off. 3, 20, 81: Siciliam multis undique cinctam periculis explicavit, has set at large, set free (qs. released from toils, snares), id. de Imp. Pomp. 11, 30; cf.:quemadmodum se explicent dicendo,
id. Fl. 4, 10: da operam, ut te explices, huc quam primum venias, Pompei. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, D. 2.—In partic.1.To disentangle, set in order, arrange, regulate, settle, adjust any thing complicated or difficult:► ):pulcre ego hanc explicatam tibi rem dabo,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 20:peto a te, ut ejus negotia explices et expedias,
Cic. Fam. 13, 26, 2:negotia,
id. Att. 5, 12, 3; cf. id. ib. 16, 3, 5:belli rationem,
id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35; cf.:rationem salutis,
id. Fam. 6, 1, 2:rem frumentariam,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 4 fin.: si Faberius nobis nomen illud explicat, noli quaerere, quanti, settles, i. e. pays that item, Cic. Att. 13, 29, 2:Faberianum,
id. ib. § 3; cf.:si qui debitores, quia non possint explicare pecuniam, differant solutionem,
Dig. 42, 1, 31:consilium,
Caes. B. C. 1, 78, 4; cf.:his explicitis rebus,
id. ib. 3, 75, 2: subvenire tempestati quavis ratione sapientis est;eoque magis, si plus adipiscare re explicatā boni, quam addubitatā mali,
Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83:ea, quae per defunctum inchoata sunt, per heredem explicari debent,
Dig. 27, 7, 1:transii ad elegos: hos quoque feliciter explicui,
Plin. Ep. 7, 4, 7 (cf. underiter commode explicui, excepto quod, etc.
, Plin. Ep. 8, 1, 1:2.fugam,
Phaedr. 4, 7, 15:nihilo plus explicet ac si Insanire paret, etc.,
will make no more out of it, Hor. S. 2, 3, 270.—Of speech, to develop, unfold, set forth, exhibit, treat, state: vitam alterius totam explicare, Civ. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27:1.perfice, ut Crassus haec, quae coartavit et peranguste refersit in oratione sua, dilatet nobis atque explicet,
id. de Or. 1, 35, 163:explicando excutiendoque verbo,
id. Part. Or. 36, 124:aliquid expedite,
id. Brut. 67, 237:aliquid apertissime planissimeque,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 156:aliquid definitione,
id. Fin. 3, 10, 33:funera fando,
Verg. A. 2, 362:philosophiam,
Cic. Div. 2, 2, 6; cf.:philosophiam diligentissime Graecis litteris,
id. Ac. 1, 2, 4:summorum oratorum Graecas orationes,
id. de Or. 1, 34, 155:geometricum quiddam aut physicum aut dialecticum (corresp. to expedire),
id. Div. 2, 59, 122:non de aegritudine solum, sed de omni animi perturbatione explicabo,
id. Tusc. 3, 6, 13:de scorpionibus et catapultis,
Vitr. 10, 22:ut explicemus, quae sint materiae, etc.,
Quint. 10, 5, 1.— Pass. impers.:quae vero auxilia sunt capitis, eo loco explicitum est,
Cels. 4, 2.—Hence,explĭcātus, a, um, P. a.A.Lit., spread out:B.Capua planissimo in loco explicata,
Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96:vallis,
Pall. Aug. 11, 2.—Trop.1. 2.Plain, clear:3.nisi explicata solutione non sum discessurus,
Cic. Att. 15, 20, 4.— Comp.:litterae tuae, quibus nihil potest esse explicatius, nihil perfectius,
Cic. Att. 9, 7, 2.— Sup.:explicatissima responsa,
Aug. Ep. 34 fin. —* Adv.: explĭ-cāte, plainly, clearly:2.qui distincte, qui explicate, qui abundanter et rebus et verbis dicunt,
Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 53.— Comp.:explicatius,
August. Civ. D. 19, 4.—explĭ-cĭtus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II. B. 1.), lit., disentangled, i. e. free from obstacles, easy:in his erat angustiis res: sed ex propositis consiliis duobus explicitius videbatur, Ilerdam reverti,
Caes. B. C. 1, 78, 2.► explĭcit, in late Lat., at the end of a book, is prob. an abbreviation of explicitus (est liber), the book is ended (acc. to signif. II. B. 1.); cf.:explicitum nobis usque ad sua cornua librum refers,
Mart. 11, 107, 1: solemus completis opusculis ad distinctionem rei alterius sequentis medium interponere Explicit aut Feliciter aut aliquid istius modi, Hier. Ep. 28, 4. -
12 nexuosus
nexuōsus, a, um [nexus], full of windings, much interlaced, Cassiod. Var. 11, 40 Fig.— Sup.: nexuosissimae quaestionem minutiae, excessively involved or complicated, Claud. Mam. Stat. Anim. 2, 6. -
13 organum
orgănum, i, n., = organon, an implement, instrument, engine of any kind (mostly post-Aug.), Col. 3, 13, 12.—Of military or architectonic engines (whereas machina denotes one of a larger size and more complicated construction), Vitr. 10, 1.—Of musical instruments, a pipe, Quint. 11, 3, 20; 9, 4, 10; Juv. 6, 3, 80; Vulg. Gen. 4, 21; id. 2 Par. 34, 12 et saep.—Of hydraulic engines, an organ, water-organ:B.organa hydraulica,
Suet. Ner. 41: aquatica, Mythogr. Lat. 3, 12.—Of a church-organ, Cass. Expos. in Psa. 150; Aug. Enarr. in Psa. 150, n. 7.—Transf.: organum oris, the tongue of a man, Prud. steph. 10, 2.—II.Trop., an implement, instrument, Quint. 1, 2, 30. -
14 plectilis
plectĭlis, e, adj. [1. plecto], plaited.I.Lit. (ante-class.):II.corona plectilis,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 37.— -
15 torqueo
torquĕo, torsi, tortum, 2 (archaic inf. torquerier, Hor. S. 2, 8, 67), v. a. [Gr. trepô, to turn; cf. atrekês; also Sanscr. tarkus; Gr. atraktos, a spindle; and strephô, to twist], to turn, turn about or away; to twist, bend, wind (class.; syn. converto).I.Lit.A.In gen.:B.cervices oculosque,
Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 39:oculum,
to roll, distort, id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:ora,
to twist awry, id. Off. 1, 36, 131:ab obscenis sermonibus aurem,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 127:oculos ad moenia,
Verg. A. 4, 220:ad sonitum vocis vestigia,
id. ib. 3, 669:serpens squamosos orbes Torquet,
Ov. M. 3, 42; cf.anguis,
Verg. G. 3, 38:capillos ferro,
i. e. to curl, frizzle, Ov. A. A. 1, 505:stamina pollice,
id. M. 12, 475:remis aquas,
id. F. 5, 644:spumas,
Verg. A. 3, 208:taxos in arcus,
to bend, id. G. 2, 448:tegumen torquens immane leonis,
winding about him, id. A. 7, 666:cum terra circum axem se convertat et torqueat,
Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123:torta circum bracchia vestis,
Tac. H. 5, 22.—In partic.1.To whirl around, to whirl in the act of throwing, to wield, brandish, to fling with force, to hurl (mostly poet.):2.torquet nunc lapidem, nunc ingens machina tignum,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 73:amnis torquet sonantia saxa,
Verg. A. 6, 551:stuppea torquentem Balearis verbera fundae,
id. G. 1, 309:jaculum in hostem,
id. A. 10, 585; Ov. M. 12, 323: hastam in hunc, id. ib 5, 137;for which: hastam alicui,
Val. Fl. 3, 193:telum aurata ad tempora,
Verg. A. 12, 536:tela manu,
Ov. M. 12, 99:valido pila lacerto,
id. F. 2, 11:glebas, ramos,
id. M. 11, 30:cum fulmina torquet (Juppiter),
Verg. A. 4, 208;and trop.: cum Juppiter horridus austris Torquet aquosam hiemem,
id. ib. 9, 671; cf.:Eurus nubes in occiduum orbem,
Luc. 4, 63.—In prose:torquere amentatas hastas lacertis,
Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 242.—To twist awry, misplace, turn aside, distort:3.negat sibi umquam, cum oculum torsisset, duas ex lucernā flammulas esse visas,
Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 80:ora Tristia temptantum sensu (sapor) torquebit amaro,
Verg. G. 2, 247.—To wrench the limbs upon the rack, to put to the rack or to the torture, to rack, torture (class.):II.ita te nervo torquebo, itidem uti catapultae solent,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 12:eculeo torqueri,
Cic. Fin. 3, 13, 42:aliquem servilem in modum,
Suet. Aug. 27; cf.:ira torquentium,
Tac. A. 15, 57:servum in caput domini,
against his master, Dig. 48, 18, 1: vinctus tortusve, [p. 1880] Suet. Aug. 40 fin. —Trop.A.In gen., to twist, wrest, distort, turn, bend, direct (a favorite expression of Cicero):B.versare suam naturam et regere ad tempus atque huc et illuc torquere ac flectere,
Cic. Cael. 6, 13:torquere et flectere imbecillitatem animorum,
id. Leg. 1, 10, 29:oratio ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas,
id. Or. 16, 52:omnia ad suae causae commodum,
id. Inv. 2, 14, 46:verbo ac litterā jus omne torqueri,
wrested, perverted, id. Caecin. 27, 77:sonum,
to inflect, Auct. Her. 3, 14, 25:cuncta tuo qui bella, pater, sub numine torques,
Verg. A. 12, 180:versare sententias, et huc atque illuc torquere,
Tac. H. 1, 85.—In partic. (acc. to A. 2.), to rack, torment, torture (syn.:C.ango, crucio): tuae libidines te torquent,
Cic. Par. 2, 18:mitto aurum coronarium, quod te diutissime torsit,
id. Pis. 37, 90: acriter nos tuae supplicationes torserunt, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 1:equidem dies noctesque torqueor,
Cic. Att. 7, 9, 4:verbi controversia jam diu torquet Graeculos homines,
id. de Or. 1, 11, 47; 3, 9, 33:stulti malorum memoriā torquentur,
id. Fin. 1, 17, 57:sollicitudine, poenitentia, etc., torquetur mens,
Quint. 12, 1, 7:invidiā vel amore vigil torquebere,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 37; Ov. H. 20, 123:torqueor, infesto ne vir ab hoste cadat,
id. ib. 9, 36; cf. Hor. S. 2, 8, 67:Aeacus torquet umbras,
holds inquisition over, Juv. 1, 9.— Transf.: (reges) dicuntur torquere mero, quem perspexisse laborant, qs. to rack with wine, i. e. to try or test with wine, Hor. A. P. 435; so,vino tortus et irā,
id. Ep. 1, 18, 38.—To hurl, fling (of language):A.curvum sermone rotato enthymema,
Juv. 6, 449.—Hence, tortus, a, um, P. a., twisted, crooked, contorted, distorted.Lit.:2. * B.via (labyrinthi),
Prop. 4 (5), 4, 42:quercus,
i. e. a twisted oakgarland, Verg. G. 1, 349.—Hence,Trop.:condiciones,
confused, complicated, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 25. — Adv.: tortē, awry, crookedly:torte penitusque remota,
Lucr. 4, 305 (329). -
16 tortuosus
tortŭōsus, a, um, adj. [tortus].I. A.Lit.:B.est autem (alvus) multiplex et tortuosa,
Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136:loca,
id. ib. 2, 57, 144:serrula,
id. Clu. 64, 180:per tortuosi amnis sinus flexusque,
Liv. 27, 47, 10:serpens,
Vulg. Isa. 27, 1: coluber, id. Job, 26, 13.— Comp.:quiddam tortuosius,
Plin. 11, 46, 106, § 255.—Trop., entangled, involved, complicated, confused:* II.tortuosum genus disputandi,
Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 98:visa quaedam tortuosa et obscura,
id. Div. 2, 63, 129:ingenium,
id. Lael. 18, 65:res anxiae et tortuosae,
Gell. 13, 11, 4.— Sup.:quis aperit tortuosissimam istam et implicatissimam nodositatem?
Aug. Conf. 2, 10. —Painful, torturing:rusci radix bibitur in tortuosiore urinā,
i. e. in strangury, Plin. 21, 27, 100, § 173.—
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