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(P. a.) : tortus, a, um, Part. and of torqueo.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

Lewis Short

tortus (noun M) : torqueo.
* A twisting, winding; a wreath (poet.): tortu multiplicabili Draco, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: draco tortu terribilis, id. poët. Div. 2, 30, 63.—In plur.: serpens Nequicquam longos fugiens dat corpore tortus,Verg. A. 5, 276: bucinarum,Arn. 6, 196. — *
* A whirling, hurling: flexae habenae,Stat. Achill. 2, 421.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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