anfractus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

anfractus (not amfr-), a, um, P. a. [qs. from anfringo],

winding , bending , cooked : spatia, Amm. 29, 5.—Hence, subst.: anfractum , i, n., a winding , a crook , curve (ante-class. for the class. anfractus, us): terrarum anfracta, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 15 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 151 Rib.): in anfracto, Varr. ib.: cavata aurium anfracta, Varr. ap. Non. p. 193, 5.

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