adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
tortuōsus
tortuōsus (feminine tortuōsa, neuter tortuōsum)
Classical[tɔr.tuˈoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[tor.tuˈɔː.s̬us]
Meaning
- adjectivetwisting, tortuous
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tortuōsus | tortuōsa | tortuōsum |
| genitive | tortuōsī | tortuōsae | tortuōsī |
| dative | tortuōsō | tortuōsae | tortuōsō |
| accusative | tortuōsum | tortuōsam | tortuōsum |
| ablative | tortuōsō | tortuōsā | tortuōsō |
| vocative | tortuōse | tortuōsa | tortuōsum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tortuōsī | tortuōsae | tortuōsa |
| genitive | tortuōsōrum | tortuōsārum | tortuōsōrum |
| dative | tortuōsīs | tortuōsīs | tortuōsīs |
| accusative | tortuōsōs | tortuōsās | tortuōsa |
| ablative | tortuōsīs | tortuōsīs | tortuōsīs |
| vocative | tortuōsī | tortuōsae | tortuōsa |
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.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
tortuōsus adj.
2 tortus, full of crooks, coiled, winding, tortuous : alvus: amnis, L.—Fig., entangled, involved, complicated, confused : genus disputandi: visa quaedam tortuosa et obscura.
Origins
From tortus (“a twisting”) + -ōsus.
Descendants
- Catalantortuós
- Englishtortuous
- Frenchtortueux
- Romaniantortuosfrom French tortueux
- Italiantortuoso
- Portuguesetortuoso
- Spanishtortuoso
In English words that came into English from tortuōsus
- tortuoustortuōsus