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1 ānfrāctus
ānfrāctus ūs, m [am- (for ambi-) + FRAG-], a recurving, turning, bending round: quae (figura) nihil incisum anfractibus habere potest: solis, a circuit.—Esp., a tortuous way, circuitous route: si nullus anfractus intercederet, Cs.: longior, N.: litorum, L.—Fig., of style, circumlocution, prolixity.—Intricacies: iudiciorum.* * *Ianfracta, anfractum ADJcurving, curved, bentIIbend, curvature; circuit, (annual) round, orbit; spiral, coil; circumlocution -
2 ambagiosus
ambagiosa, ambagiosum ADJcircuitous, indirect, roundabout -
3 anfractum
1.anfractus (not amfr-), a, um, P. a. [qs. from anfringo], winding, bending, cooked:2.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.).I.Lit.:II.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. -
4 anfractus
1.anfractus (not amfr-), a, um, P. a. [qs. from anfringo], winding, bending, cooked:2.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.).I.Lit.:II.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. -
5 circuitio
circŭĭtĭo ( circŭmĭtĭo, Cic. Div. 2, 17, 40; 2, 61, 127; Liv. 3, 6, 9; Front. de Or. 3; Amm. 24, 2, 2), ōnis, f. [circumeo].I.A going round; in milit. lang., the rounds: circuitio ac cura (vigiliarum) aedilium plebei erat. Liv. 3, 6, 9.—2.A circuit: muni mentum fluminis circumitione vallatum, Amm 24, 2, 2.—B.Trop., a circuitous mode, a circumlocution. ita aperte ipsam rem modo locutus, nil circuitione usus es, [p. 335] Ter. And. 1, 2, 31:II.quid opus est circumitione et anfractu?
Cic. Div. 2, 61, 127, cf. Auct. Her. 4, 32, 43: Epicurus circuitione quādam ( in an indirect manner) deos tollens, Cic. Div. 2, 17, 40.—Meton. (abstr. pro concr.), a place for going round something, a way, passage, corridor, Vitr. 4, 4; 6, 3; 10, 19.—B.A circumference, compass, Vitr. 1, 5; 2, 10.
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