tortuous
From LSJ
τὰ μέλλοντα τοῖς γεγενημένοις τεκμαίρεσθαι → determine the future on the basis of the past
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adj.
Crooked: P. σκολιός (Plat.), P. and V. καμπύλος (Plat.).
Distorted: V. διάστροφος.
Deceitful: P. and V. ποικίλος, διπλοῦς, P. σκολιός (Plat.), V. ἑλικτός, πλάγιος.
Hard to understand: P. and V. ἀσαφής; see obscure.
Having crooked thoughts never sound, but tortuous every way: V. ἑλικτὰ κουδὲν ὑγιὲς ἀλλὰ πᾶν πέριξ φρονοῦντες (Eur., And. 448).
I have said these things, mother, taking each by itself devising as tortuous mode of speech: V. ταῦτʼ αὔθʼ ἕκαστα, μῆτερ, οὐχὶ περιπλοκὰς λόγων ἀθροίσας εἶπον (Eur., Phoen. 494).
