I.twisted, twined, winding (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; “syn. sinuosus): aurum,” i. e. a golden chain, Verg. A. 7, 351: “bucina,” Ov. M. 1, 336: “ansa,” id. H. 16, 252: “piscis,” crooked, id. M. 13, 915: “nervi,” Luc. 6, 198: “pampinus,” Plin. 9, 51, 74, § 163.
tortĭlis , e, adj. torqueo,