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flexŭōsē, adv., v. flexuosus fin.

flexŭōsus, a, um, adj. [2. flexus], full of turns or windings, tortuous, flexuous, crooked, winding.

  1. I. Lit.: flexuosum iter habet auditus, ne quid intrare possit, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144: Taurus mons, Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 98: volatus hirundini, id. 10, 24, 35, § 73.
    Sup.: intestina flexuosissimis orbibus, Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 200.
  2. * II. Trop.: fraudes, Prud. Cath. 6, 143.
    * Adv.: flexu-ōse, tortuously: si flexuose volitet flamma, Plin. 18, 35, 84, § 357.