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  • 1 flexuosus

    flexŭōsus, a, um, adj. [2. flexus], full of turns or windings, tortuous, flexuous, crooked, winding.
    I.
    Lit.:

    flexuosum iter habet auditus, ne quid intrare possit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144:

    Taurus mons,

    Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 98:

    volatus hirundini,

    id. 10, 24, 35, § 73.— Sup.:

    intestina flexuosissimis orbibus,

    Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 200.—
    * II.
    Trop.:

    fraudes,

    Prud. Cath. 6, 143.—
    * Adv.: flexu-ōse, tortuously:

    si flexuose volitet flamma,

    Plin. 18, 35, 84, § 357.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > flexuosus

  • 2 tortuosus

    tortŭōsus, a, um, adj. [tortus].
    I. A.
    Lit.:

    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.—
    B.
    Trop., entangled, involved, complicated, confused:

    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. —
    * II.
    Painful, torturing:

    rusci radix bibitur in tortuosiore urinā,

    i. e. in strangury, Plin. 21, 27, 100, § 173.—
    * Adv.: tortŭōsē, crookedly, tortuously:

    procedat serpens,

    Tert. adv. Valent. 4, 43 fin.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > tortuosus

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  • tortuously — adverb 1. with twists and turns 2. in a tortuous manner tortuously haggling over the price …   Useful english dictionary

  • Tortuously — Tortuous Tor tu*ous, a. [OE. tortuos, L. tortuosus, fr. tortus a twisting, winding, fr. torquere, tortum, to twist: cf. F. tortueux. See {Torture}.] 1. Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tortuously — adverb see tortuous …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • tortuously — See tortuous. * * * …   Universalium

  • tortuously — adverb In a tortuous manner …   Wiktionary

  • tortuously — adv. crookedly, windingly, twistingly …   English contemporary dictionary

  • tortuously — tor·tu·ous·ly …   English syllables

  • tortuously — See: tortuous …   English dictionary

  • tortuous — tortuously, adv. tortuousness, n. /tawr chooh euhs/, adj. 1. full of twists, turns, or bends; twisting, winding, or crooked: a tortuous path. 2. not direct or straightforward, as in procedure or speech; intricate; circuitous: tortuous… …   Universalium

  • tortuous — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French tortueux, from Latin tortuosus, from tortus twist, from torquēre to twist Date: 15th century 1. marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns ; winding < a tortuous path > 2. a. marked by… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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