adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
flexuōsus
flexuōsus (feminine flexuōsa, neuter flexuōsum, superlative flexuōsissimus, adverb flexuōsē)
Classical[fɫɛk.suˈoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[fleɡ.zuˈɔː.s̬us]
Meaning
- adjectivetortuous, flexuous, crooked
- adjectivesinuous, winding, circuitous
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
multīs flexibus curvusflexuōsus -a -um — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 20
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | flexuōsus | flexuōsa | flexuōsum |
| genitive | flexuōsī | flexuōsae | flexuōsī |
| dative | flexuōsō | flexuōsae | flexuōsō |
| accusative | flexuōsum | flexuōsam | flexuōsum |
| ablative | flexuōsō | flexuōsā | flexuōsō |
| vocative | flexuōse | flexuōsa | flexuōsum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | flexuōsī | flexuōsae | flexuōsa |
| genitive | flexuōsōrum | flexuōsārum | flexuōsōrum |
| dative | flexuōsīs | flexuōsīs | flexuōsīs |
| accusative | flexuōsōs | flexuōsās | flexuōsa |
| ablative | flexuōsīs | flexuōsīs | flexuōsīs |
| vocative | flexuōsī | flexuōsae | flexuōsa |
flexŭōsus, a, um, adj. 2. flexus,
I. full of turns or windings, tortuous, flexuous, crooked, winding.
I. Lit.:
flexuosum iter habet auditus, ne quid intrare possit, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144: Taurus mons, Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 98: volatus hirundini, id. 10, 24, 35, § 73.—Sup.: intestina flexuosissimis orbibus, Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 200.—* II. Trop.:
fraudes, Prud. Cath. 6, 143.—* Adv.: flexu-ōse, tortuously: si flexuose volitet flamma, Plin. 18, 35, 84, § 357.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
flexuōsus adj.
2 flexus, full of turns, winding, tortuous, crooked : iter habere.
Origins
From flexus (“a bending”) + -ōsus.