(adjective) : tortŭōsus, a, um, tortus.
* Full of crooks or turns, winding, tortuous (class.).
* 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.
* 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.