tortuosus

tortŭōsus, a, um, adj. [tortus].

• Full of crooks or turns, winding, tortuous (class.).
• • 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 (Luc.), 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.

tortuōsus, a, um (tortus, ūs), I) voll Windungen, voll Krümmungen, gewunden, A) eig.: alvus, Cic.: amnis, Liv.: loci, Cic.: serrula, Cic.: lapis t. et inflexus, Solin.: iter (bildl.), Augustin.: coluber, Hieron.: serpens, Vulg. – B) bildl., verworren, verwickelt, winkelzügig, genus disputandi, Cic.: visa, Cic.: oratio, Gell.: res anxiae et tortuosae, interrogatiunculae tort., Hieron.: tortuosissimae concertationes, Augustin.: tortuosissima ista et implicatissima nodositas, Augustin. – II) marternd, schmerzend, urina tortuosior, Harnzwang, Strangurie, Plin. 21, 173.

tortuosus [CL] 1 that twists or turns (in motion or shape), coiled, winding, crooked, or bent. b slanting, oblique. c ? (of lightning) forked (in quot. transf., of thunderstorm). d (her., ~us acutus) indented, dancetté. sequi ‥ Leviathan ~um serpentem [Is. xxvii 1] Byrht. V. Ecgwini 352; penetratio per rectum ‥ facilior est quam per nodosum et ~um Ps.-Ric. Anat. 35; radix ‥ ~a est propter fortiorem adherentiam et in terra fixionem Bart. Angl. XVII 137; vulpes ‥ nunquam rectis itineribus sed ~is anfractibus incedit Ib. XVIII 112; s1267 viam ‥ quam ‥ promunitoria [Trevet Ann. 269: promuntoria] ‥ reddebant ~am Rish. 48; [si] rectum lignum sub aqua miseris, statim oculis ~um videbitur Tunst. 204.  b clivosa, ~a, oheal GlP 281; signorum ‥ malorum ‥ quedam ‥ sunt ista, viz. ‥ quod oculi appareant †tornosi [l. ~i] J. Mirfield Brev. 56.  c s1238 tonitruum ~um [sic MS] apud Carmel Ann. Exon. f. 12v.  d qui habent arma barrata ~a acuta, et Gallice sic describuntur: il port d'argent et sable dansete Bad. Aur. 140; vocantur ‘arma palata ~a acuta’ quia in illis duo colores palatim invehuntur, unus scilicet in alium tortuose acute Upton 230. 2 lacking (moral) rectitude, crooked. regem repperisse tergiversatorem, versipellem, ~um, et ejus quod agebatur dissimulatorem H. Bos. Thom. IV 28 p. 444; pravus judex et iniquus / tortuosus et obliquus / nummo solet instrui Walt. Wimb. Van. 76.

tortŭōsus, (15) a, um (tortus), ¶ 1 tortueux, sinueux, qui forme des replis : Cic. Nat. 2, 136 ; 2, 144 ; Clu. 180 ; Liv. 27, 47, 10 ; tortuosior Plin. 11, 255 || [fig.] entortillé, embarrassé, compliqué : Cic. Ac. 2, 98 ; Div. 2, 129 ; tortuosum ingenium Cic. Læl. 65, esprit plein de détours ; tortuosissimus Aug. Conf. 2, 10 ¶ 2 tortuosior urina Plin. 21, 173, écoulement difficile de lʼurine.

tortuosus , a, um. adj.
多彎者。Tortuosum ingenium 掩飾之人。多詭。

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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.