sinuosus
To χάρις ὑμῖν οὕτω τίθησιν κτλ. → Thus he writes joy to you all, etc. (Cramer's Catena on 1 Thessalonians 1.1)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sĭnŭōsus: a, um, adj. 1. sinus,
I full of bendings, windings, or curves; full of folds, bent, winding, sinuous (poet. and in postAug. prose; syn. tortuosus).
I Lit.: flexus anguis, Verg. G. 1, 244: volumina (serpentis), id. A. 11, 753: Maeander flexibus, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 113: arcus, Ov. Am. 1, 1, 23: vela, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 15; Ov. H. 8, 23: vestis, id. M. 5, 68: folia lateribus, Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 19 et saep.—
II Trop.
A Of style, full of digressions, diffuse: ratio narrandi, * Quint. 2, 4, 3: quaestio, Gell. 14, 2, 13.—
B Sinuoso in pectore, in the recesses of my heart, Pers. 5, 27.—* Adv.: sĭnŭōsē, intricately, in a roundabout manner: dicere sinuosius atque sollertius, Gell. 12, 5, 6.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
sĭnŭōsus,¹³ a, um (sinus), courbé, recourbé, sinueux : Virg. G. 1, 244 ; En. 11, 753 ; Plin. 5, 113 || [fig.] avec des digressions, contourné, compliqué : Quint. 2, 4, 3 ; Gell. 14, 2, 13 || [poét.] sinuoso in pectore Pers. 5, 27, dans les replis (au fond) du cœur.
Latin > German (Georges)
sinuōsus, a, um (sinus), voll Krümmungen, -Vertiefungen, -Falten, bauschig, faltenreich, I) eig.: vestis, Ov.: folia sinuosa lateribus, Plin.: flexus (anguis), Verg. – II) übtr.: narratio, voll Abschweifungen, Quint.: quaestio, weitläufige, Gell.: in sinuoso pectore, im Innersten meiner Brust, Pers. – / Im cod. Palat. Verg. georg. 1, 244 sinuossus geschrieben.
