tortilis
From LSJ
ἐν οἰκίᾳ τυφλῶν καὶ ὁ νυκτάλωψ ὀξυδερκής → even the day-blind is sharp-eyed in a blind house | among the blind, the one-eyed man is king
Latin > English
tortilis tortilis, tortile ADJ :: twisted, coiled
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
tortĭlis: e, adj. torqueo,
I twisted, twined, winding (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn. sinuosus): aurum, i. e. a golden chain, Verg. A. 7, 351: bucina, Ov. M. 1, 336: ansa, id. H. 16, 252: piscis, crooked, id. M. 13, 915: nervi, Luc. 6, 198: pampinus, Plin. 9, 51, 74, § 163.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
tortĭlis,¹⁵ e (torqueo), tortillé, qui s’enroule : Ov. M. 1, 336 ; Luc. 6, 198 || tortile aurum Virg. En. 7, 351, collier d’or.
Latin > German (Georges)
tortilis, e (torqueo), gedreht, gewunden, pampinus, Plin.: bucina, Ov.: aurum, goldene Kette, Verg.
