winding (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. flexuōsus2. sĭnuōsus3. tortuōsus • winding (adj.): 1. flexuōsus: a w. way, flexuosum iter, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144. 2. sĭnuōsus: Maeander w. in curves, Maeander flexibus sinuosus, Plin. 5, 29, 31. 3. tortuōsus: from w. and closed passages fuller sounds come, ex tortuosis locis et inclusis soni referuntur ampliores, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144. Phr.: the waters of Adria washing Calabria's w.ing bays, freta Adriae curvantis Calabros sinus, Hor. Od. 1, 33, 16.