sinuositas

sinuositas [CL sinuosus+-tas] 1 condition of being folded, curved or having a curved recess, (also transf.) curved recess or cavity (in quot. w. ref. to eye or eye socket). lux ‥ transiens per medium clause †situositatis [l. ~atis] oculorum ejus exivit per aliud tempus capitis ejus Chr. Melrose 188. 2 condition of being expanded or spread out. sinuosus, -a, -um, i. amplius et dilatatus unde ‥ hec ~as, -atis ‥ i. amplitudo Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 532; ad Septoniam, id est Schaftesbiry, deducitur que temporibus Britonum Paladur vocabatur, et a Cassibelliano rege edificata, magne ~atis erat civitas Brompton 875.

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