adjective

sĭnŭōsus

fem. sĭnŭōsa · neut. sĭnŭōsum

full of bendings; windings; curves; full of folds poetic

full of bendings, windings, or curves; full of folds, bent, winding, sinuous (poet. and in postAug. prose; syn. tortuosus).

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Lit.: flexus anguis, Verg. G. 1, 244: volumina (serpentis), id. A. 11, 753: Maeander flexibus, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 113: arcus, Ov. Am. 1, 1, 23: vela, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 15. Ov. H. 8, 23: vestis, id. M. 5, 68: folia lateribus, Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 19 et saep.—

figuratively

full of digressions; diffuse •

Of style, full of digressions, diffuse: ratio narrandi, * Quint. 2, 4, 3: quaestio, Gell. 14, 2, 13.—

in the recesses of my heart; intricately; in a roundabout manner •

Sinuoso in pectore, in the recesses of my heart, Pers. 5, 27.—* Adv.: sĭnŭōsē, intricately, in a roundabout manner: dicere sinuosius atque sollertius, Gell. 12, 5, 6.

Perseus ID: n44417 Key: sinuosus