Tortuôsus, pen. pro. Adiect. That windeth or turneth manye mayes: crooked. vt Tortuosus amnis. Li. Aluus multiplex & tortuosa.Cic.Soni ex tortuosis locis & inclusis referuntur ampliores. Ci. Sownes or noises comming frõ crooked and close places are stricken back by ceflection and made greater.Ingenium multiplex & tortuosum.Cic.An vnconstant and crooked wit.Serrula tortuosa.Cic.Tortuosum visum & obscurum. Ci. An intricate & obscure vision.Tortuosum disputandi genus. Ci. Intricate, confuse & hard.Tortuosa vrina. Plin. Vrine vttered with paine and going from one crookedly.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
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.