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tortus

tortus, twisted, twined

tortus2, a twisting, winding coil

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

tortus , ūs, m.: a twisting, coil, 5.276. (torqueō)
tortus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of torqueo.
tortus, ūs, 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. — *
  • II A whirling, hurling: flexae habenae, Stat. Ach. 2, 421.

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