contorte
ἡγούμενος τῶν ἡδονῶν ἀλλ' οὐκ ἀγόμενος ὑπ' αὐτῶν → of his pleasures he was the master and not their servant
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
contortē: adv., v. contorqueo,
I P. a. fin.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
contortē (contortus), d’une manière contournée : Cic. Inv. 1, 29 || d’une manière serrée : hæc concluduntur contortius Cic. Tusc. 3, 22, ces raisonnements-là sont trop ramassés.
Latin > German (Georges)
contortē, Adv. m. Compar. (contortus), gezwungen, geschraubt, verschroben, griech. ὑπερβατῶς, ne quid contorte dicatur, Cic. de inv. 1, 29 (Cornif. rhet. 1, 15 unecht): contortius eloqui, Auson. grat. act. (VIII) IV, 18. p. 22, 10 Schenkl. – contortius concludi, in allzu geschraubter Schlußfolge ausgedrückt werden, Cic. Tusc. 3, 22.
Latin > English
contorte contortius, contortissime ADV :: in an involved/contorted fashion; intricately; perplexedly (L+S)
