contorte

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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)