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 ( Luc. ), 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.