contortio
From LSJ
Γνώμης γὰρ ἐσθλῆς ἔργα χρηστὰ γίγνεται → Proba sunt illius facta, cui mens est proba → Aus edler Einstellung erwächst die edle Tat
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
contortĭo: ōnis, f. contorqueo. *
I A whirling round: dexterae, Auct. Her. 4, 19, 26 fin.—
II An intertwining, involving; intricacy, complication; of discourse, in the plur.: contortiones orationis, * Cic. Fat. 9, 17; Aug. Retract. 1, 50.
