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contortio

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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.

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