tortuosus

== Latin == === Etymology === From tortus (“a twisting”) +‎ -ōsus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɔr.tuˈoː.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [tor.tuˈɔː.s̬us] === Adjective === tortuōsus (feminine tortuōsa, neuter tortuōsum); first/second-declension adjective twisting, tortuous ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: tortuós → English: tortuous French: tortueux → Romanian: tortuos Italian: tortuoso Portuguese: tortuoso Spanish: tortuoso === References === “tortuosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “tortuosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "tortuosus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “tortuosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.