tortuosus
Ζῆν οὐκ ἄξιος, ὅτῳ μηδὲ εἷς ἐστι χρηστὸς φίλος → Life is not worth living if you do not have at least one friend.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
tortŭōsus: a, um, adj. tortus.
I Full of crooks or turns, winding, tortuous (class.).
A Lit.: est autem (alvus) multiplex et tortuosa, Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136: loca, id. ib. 2, 57, 144: serrula, id. Clu. 64, 180: per tortuosi amnis sinus flexusque, Liv. 27, 47, 10: serpens, Vulg. Isa. 27, 1: coluber, id. Job, 26, 13.—Comp.: quiddam tortuosius, Plin. 11, 46, 106, § 255.—
B Trop., entangled, involved, complicated, confused: tortuosum genus disputandi, Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 98: visa quaedam tortuosa et obscura, id. Div. 2, 63, 129: ingenium, id. Lael. 18, 65: res anxiae et tortuosae, Gell. 13, 11, 4.—Sup.: quis aperit tortuosissimam istam et implicatissimam nodositatem? Aug. Conf. 2, 10. —*
II Painful, torturing: rusci radix bibitur in tortuosiore urinā, i. e. in strangury, Plin. 21, 27, 100, § 173.—* Adv.: tortŭōsē, crookedly, tortuously: procedat serpens, Tert. adv. Valent. 4, 43 fin.>
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
tortŭōsus,¹⁵ a, um (tortus),
1 tortueux, sinueux, qui forme des replis : Cic. Nat. 2, 136 ; 2, 144 ; Clu. 180 ; Liv. 27, 47, 10 ; tortuosior Plin. 11, 255 || [fig.] entortillé, embarrassé, compliqué : Cic. Ac. 2, 98 ; Div. 2, 129 ; tortuosum ingenium Cic. Læl. 65, esprit plein de détours ; tortuosissimus Aug. Conf. 2, 10
2 tortuosior urina Plin. 21, 173, écoulement difficile de l’urine.
