contortio
ἢ τοὺς πότους ἐρεῖς δῆλον ὅτι καὶ τὰ δεῖπνα καὶ ἐσθῆτα καὶ ἀφροδίσια, καὶ δέδιας μὴ τούτων ἐνδεὴς γενόμενος ἀπόλωμαι. οὐκ ἐννοεῖς δὲ ὅτι τὸ μὴ διψῆν τοῦ πιεῖν πολὺ κάλλιον καὶ τὸ μὴ πεινῆν τοῦ φαγεῖν καὶ τὸ μὴ ῥιγοῦν τοῦ ἀμπεχόνης εὐπορεῖν; → There you'll go, talking of drinking and dining and dressing up and screwing, worrying I'll be lost without all that. Don't you realize how much better it is to have no thirst, than to drink? to have no hunger, than to eat? to not be cold, than to possess a wardrobe of finery? (Lucian, On Mourning 16)
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
contortĭō, ōnis, f. (contorqueo),
1 action de tourner : C. Aur. Chron. 1, 464
2 entortillement : contortiones orationis Cic. Fato 17, expressions obscures.
Latin > German (Georges)
contortio, ōnis, f. (contorqueo), I) das Schwingen, dexterae, Cornif. rhet. 4, 26. – II) die Verschrobenheit, Geschraubtheit, contortiones orationis, verschrobene Ausdrücke, Cic. de fat. 17: c. ratiocinationum, Augustin. retr. 1, 5. § 1.
Latin > English
contortio contortionis N F :: action of twisting/whirling/flinging around, twirling/swinging; intertwining
contortio contortio contortionis N F :: involving; intricacy/complication; (w/orationis) involved expression
