sinuosus

sĭnŭōsus, a, um, adj. [1. sinus], full of bendings, windings, or curves; full of folds, bent, winding, sinuous (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn. tortuosus).

• I Lit.: flexus anguis, Verg. G. 1, 244: volumina (serpentis), id. A. 11, 753: Maeander flexibus, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 113: arcus, Ov. Am. 1, 1, 23: vela, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 15; Ov. H. 8, 23: vestis, id. M. 5, 68: folia lateribus, Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 19 et saep.—
• II Trop.
• • A Of style, full of digressions, diffuse: ratio narrandi, * Quint. 2, 4, 3: quaestio, Gell. 14, 2, 13.—
  • B Sinuoso in pectore, in the recesses of my heart, Pers. 5, 27.—* Adv.: sĭnŭōsē, intricately, in a roundabout manner: dicere sinuosius atque sollertius, Gell. 12, 5, 6.

sinuōsus, a, um (sinus), voll Krümmungen, -Vertiefungen, -Falten, bauschig, faltenreich, I) eig.: vestis, Ov.: folia sinuosa lateribus, Plin.: flexus (anguis), Verg. – II) übtr.: narratio, voll Abschweifungen, Quint.: quaestio, weitläufige, Gell.: in sinuoso pectore, im Innersten meiner Brust, Pers. – ➳ Im cod. Palat. Verg. georg. 1, 244 sinuossus geschrieben.

sinuosus [CL] 1 that embraces, envelops, contains. ~a, fæðmendi GlC S 340. 2 characterized by bending, curving, twisting, winding, or sim.. saevos ‥ harpagones accipitris ~is flexibus vitantem Gildas EB 34; ~is [gl.: i. curvis] laterum flexibus desudans Aldh. VirgP 2; serpentes ‥ ~is motibus ac squamis terram reddiderunt adtritam Lib. Monstr. III 7; ex ipsis mausolei ~is anfractibus erupit unda W. Malm. GP IV 181. 3 curved, bent (in quot. of mus. notation). ~a dicta quia recurvatur ad similitudinem baculi pastoralis Will. 22; pes quassus, pes ~us Odington 94. 4 undulating, wavy (in quot. her.). ~a, flexuosa Spelman Asp. 105 (v. filicatus b). 5 full of folds. c875 ut ‥ laicalem et ~um set et curtum habitum deponentes, talares tunicas induerent (Lit. Papae) Conc. Syn. 3. 6 swelling, expanded, characterized by broad curves. capax, ~us, latus Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 150; ~us, amplus, dilatus, expansus Ib. 559; ~o quodam in angulo mare Sabrinum ‥ subintrat Gir. IK I 12.

sĭnŭōsus, (13) a, um (sinus), courbé, recourbé, sinueux : Virg. G. 1, 244 ; En. 11, 753 ; Plin. 5, 113 || [fig.] avec des digressions, contourné, compliqué : Quint. 2, 4, 3 ; Gell. 14, 2, 13 || [poét.] sinuoso in pectore Pers. 5, 27, dans les replis (au fond) du cœur.

sinuosus , a, um. adj. (sinus.)
繞彎。纒繞。蟠者。Sinuoso in pectore 于心底。Sinuosa narratio 多繞之講論。Sinuosa vela 滿風之諸帆。

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sinuōsus adj.

• sinus, full of curves, full of folds, bent, winding, curved, sinuous, serpentine: flexu sinuoso, V.: volumina (serpentis), V.: arcus, O.: vestis, O.