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anfractus (not amfr-), a, um, P. a. [qs. from anfringo], winding, bending, cooked:

spatia,

Amm. 29, 5.—Hence, subst.: anfractum, i, n., a winding, a crook, curve (ante-class. for the class. anfractus, us): terrarum anfracta, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 15 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 151 Rib.): in anfracto, Varr. ib.: cavata aurium anfracta, Varr. ap. Non. p. 193, 5.

anfractus (not amfr-), ūs, m. [id.], pr. a breaking round; hence, a bending, recurving, turning (in the ante-class. per. rare; v. the preced. art.).

Lit.:

quid pulchrius eā figurā (sc. sphaericā) quae nihil incisum anfractibus, nihil eminens, habere potest?

Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 47.—Hence, of the circular motion of the sun (acc. to the ancient belief):

solis anfractus,

a circuit, revolution, Cic. Rep. 6, 12; cf. id. Leg. 2, 8.—Of the crookedness of horns:

cornua convoluta in anfractum,

Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 124.—Of the coils of a serpent, Val. Fl. 7, 523; Stat. Th. 5, 520.—Also freq., particularly in the histt., of the turning or winding of a road, etc., a tortuous, circuitous route:

si nullus anfractus intercederet,

Caes. B. G. 7, 46:

illa (via) altero tanto longiorem habebat anfractum,

Nep. Eum. 8, 5:

per anfractus jugi procurrere,

Liv. 44, 4:

anfractus viarum,

id. 33, 1:

litorum anfractus,

the windings, id. 38, 7 al.; Luc. 1, 605. —

Trop., of discourse, = ambages, circumlocution, digression:

quid opus est circuitione et anfractu?

Cic. Div. 2, 61, 127:

oratio circumscripta non longo anfractu, sed ad spiritum vocis apto,

id. Part. Or. 6, 21:

quae omnia infinitus anfractus habent,

ramifications, Quint. 6, 1, 15, where Bonn. and Halm read tractatus. —Of legal matters, intricacies, prolixity:

judiciorum,

Cic. Clu. 56, 159:

juris,

Quint. 12, 9, 3.

anfractus (not amfr-), a, um, P. a. [qs. from anfringo], winding, bending, cooked:

spatia,

Amm. 29, 5.—Hence, subst.: anfractum, i, n., a winding, a crook, curve (ante-class. for the class. anfractus, us): terrarum anfracta, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 15 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 151 Rib.): in anfracto, Varr. ib.: cavata aurium anfracta, Varr. ap. Non. p. 193, 5.

anfractus (not amfr-), ūs, m. [id.], pr. a breaking round; hence, a bending, recurving, turning (in the ante-class. per. rare; v. the preced. art.).

Lit.:

quid pulchrius eā figurā (sc. sphaericā) quae nihil incisum anfractibus, nihil eminens, habere potest?

Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 47.—Hence, of the circular motion of the sun (acc. to the ancient belief):

solis anfractus,

a circuit, revolution, Cic. Rep. 6, 12; cf. id. Leg. 2, 8.—Of the crookedness of horns:

cornua convoluta in anfractum,

Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 124.—Of the coils of a serpent, Val. Fl. 7, 523; Stat. Th. 5, 520.—Also freq., particularly in the histt., of the turning or winding of a road, etc., a tortuous, circuitous route:

si nullus anfractus intercederet,

Caes. B. G. 7, 46:

illa (via) altero tanto longiorem habebat anfractum,

Nep. Eum. 8, 5:

per anfractus jugi procurrere,

Liv. 44, 4:

anfractus viarum,

id. 33, 1:

litorum anfractus,

the windings, id. 38, 7 al.; Luc. 1, 605. —

Trop., of discourse, = ambages, circumlocution, digression:

quid opus est circuitione et anfractu?

Cic. Div. 2, 61, 127:

oratio circumscripta non longo anfractu, sed ad spiritum vocis apto,

id. Part. Or. 6, 21:

quae omnia infinitus anfractus habent,

ramifications, Quint. 6, 1, 15, where Bonn. and Halm read tractatus. —Of legal matters, intricacies, prolixity:

judiciorum,

Cic. Clu. 56, 159:

juris,

Quint. 12, 9, 3.

curvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to crook, bend, bow, curve (not ante-Aug.; v. Orell. ad Cic. N. D. 1, 24, 66).

Lit.:

curvari manus et aduncos crescere in ungues,

Ov. M. 2, 479:

bimā cornua fronte (vitulus),

Verg. G. 4, 299:

trabes,

Ov. M. 7, 441; Prop. 3 (4), 22, 38:

flexile cornu,

Ov. M. 5, 383; 11, 324; cf.:

ingentem arcum manu,

Stat. Achill. 1, 487:

rotundas Curvat aper lances,

i. e. by its weight, Hor. S. 2, 4, 41:

Calabros sinus (Hadria),

id. C. 1, 33, 16:

portus curvatus in arcum,

Verg. A. 3, 533; cf. Plin. 6, 6, 6, § 18:

luna curvata in cornua,

id. 37, 10, 68, § 184; cf. poet.:

fronte curvatos imitatus ignes,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 57:

imi (rami) in terram adeo curvantur, ut, etc.,

Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 22:

in diversum curvatur (arbor),

id. 16, 42, 81, § 223:

insectorum pedes... foris curvantur,

id. 11, 29, 35, § 101:

curvata in montis faciem unda,

Verg. G. 4, 361; cf. Ov. M. 15, 509; and:

tollimur in caelum curvato gurgite,

Verg. A. 3, 564.—Of persons:

nec nostrum seri curvarent Aeacon anni,

Ov. M. 9, 435; so,

curvata senio membra,

Tac. A. 1, 34:

pondera vix toto curvatus corpore juxta Deicit,

Stat. Th. 6, 649.—

Trop., to make to yield, to move:

neque te munera nec... vir curvat ( = movet, ad misericordiam flectit),

Hor. C. 3, 10, 16.

gibber, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [like gibbus; kindr. to Sanscr. kubya, hunch-backed; Gr. kuphos, kuptô], crook-backed, hunch-backed, hump-backed.

Lit.:

(boves) ne gibberi, sed spina leviter remissa,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 7:

gallinae,

id. ib. 3, 9, 18; cf.:

genus gallinarum,

Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74:

Clesippus fullo, gibber praeterea et alio foedus aspectu,

id. 34, 3, 6; cf. Suet. Galb. 3: tuber, Maecen. poët. ap. Sen. Ep. 101, 11.—

Transf., protuberant: gibberum pro exstanti et eminenti, Varr. ap. Non. 452, 5:

cum capite gibbero,

id. ib. 6, 24.

gibber, ĕris, m. [1. gibber], a hunch or hump on the back (post-Aug.), Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 179:

quod erat aucto gibbere,

App. Flor. p. 350; cf. also 1. gibbus, II.

in-curvo, āvi, ātum, āre, v. a., to bend, bow, crook, curve (in Cic. only once in part. pass.; elsewhere poet. and post-Aug.).

Lit.:

flexos arcus,

Verg. A. 5, 500.— Pass.:

robur et olea incurvantur,

Plin. 16, 42, 81, § 222:

lentos remos,

Cat. 64, 183.—Of persons:

incurvari,

to be bowed down, bent, Sen. ad Polyb. 7, 2; Capitol. Ant. Pii, 13, 1. —In part. pass.:

bacillum inflexum et incurvatum,

crooked, Cic. Fin. 2, 11, 33.—

Pregn., in mal. part., = paedicare, Mart. 11, 43, 5.—

Trop., to bend, cast down, disturb: non est magnus animus, quem incurvat injuria, Sen. de Ira, 3, 5 fin.:

aliquem querelā,

to move to commiseration, Pers. 1, 91.

lĭtŭus, i ( gen. plur. lituum, Luc. 1, 237; Val. Fl. 6, 166; Sil. 13, 146), m. [prob. Etruscan; prim. signif. crooked].

Lit.

The crooked staff borne by the augurs, an augur's crook or crosier, augural wand:

dextra manu baculum sine nodo aduncum tenens, quem lituum appellaverunt,

Liv. 1, 18, 7; cf.:

lituus iste vester, quod clarissimum est insigne auguratus,

Cic. Div. 1, 17. [p. 1073] 30;

Geh. 5, 7, 8: Quirinalis,

Verg. A. 7, 187:

lituo pulcher trabeaque Quirinus,

Ov. F. 6, 375.—

A crooked wind-instrument (used to give signals in war), a curved trumpet, cornet, clarion: lituus sonitus effudit acutos, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll. (Ann. v. 522 Vahl.); Verg. A. 6, 167:

jam lituus pugnae signa daturus erat,

Ov. F. 3, 216:

lituo tubae Permixtus sonitus,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 23:

stridor lituum clangorque tubarum,

Luc. 1, 237:

cornua cum lituis audita,

Juv. 14, 200.—

Transf., a signal: de lituis, boôpidos, Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2.—

Trop., an instigator, author:

lituus meae profectionis,

Cic. Att. 11, 12, 1.

pandus, a, um, adj. [2. pando], bent, crooked, curved (mostly poet.; syn.: curvus, uncus): carina, Enn. ap. Vet. Schol. in Stat. Achill. 1, 558 (Ann. v. 560 Vahl.); Verg. G 2, 445:

rami, Ov M. 14, 660: juga,

id. Am 1, 13, 16:

juvencae pandis cornibus,

id. M. 10, 271:

delphines,

id. Tr. 3, 10, 43: rostrum, id. M. 10, 713:

asellus,

crook-backed, id. A. A. 1, 543:

pandā urceus ansā,

Mart. 14, 106, 1; Sil. 3, 277.—In prose:

hominem nigrum et macrum et pandum,

Quint. 6, 3, 58:

cupressus et pinus habentes umoris abundantiam in operibus solent esse pandae,

to warp, Vitr. 2, 9.—

Pandus, i, m., a Roman surname:

Latinius Pandus,

Tac. A. 2, 66.