Tórtilis, & hoc tórtile, pe. co. Plin. That is bente, bowed, wrested, or writhed.Ansa tortilis.Ouid. Buccina tortilis in latum. Ouid.Nerui tortiles. Lucan. Strings writhed togither.Piscis tortilis.Ouid.A fish that writheth & wrinckleth.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
tortĭlis, e, adj. [torqueo], twisted, twined, winding (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn. sinuosus): aurum, i. e.
a golden chain
, Verg. A. 7, 351: bucina, Ov. M. 1, 336: ansa, id. H. 16, 252: piscis,