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noun

tortus

gen. tortūs · gender masculine · decl. 4th
a twisting; winding; a wreath poetic •
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 •
A whirling, hurling: flexae habenae, Stat. Achill. 2, 421.
Perseus ID: n48613 Key: tortus2