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  • 1 sinus

    curve, fold, bend / pocket, lap / bay, gulf / inner feeling, secret heart.

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  • 2 sinuō

        sinuō āvī, ātus, āre    [sinus], to bend, wind, curve, bow, swell out in curves: (anguis) sinuat inmensa volumine terga, V.: flexos sinuavi corpus in orbīs (anguis), O.: arcūs, i. e. bend, O.: sinuantur cornua Lunae, O.: (Chaucorum gens) donec in Chattos usque sinuetur, extends in a curve, Ta.
    * * *
    sinuare, sinuavi, sinuatus V
    bend into a curve; bend; billow out

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  • 3 sinus

    1.
    sĭnus, ūs, m.
    I.
    In gen., a bent surface (raised or depressed), a curve, fold, a hollow, etc. (so mostly poet. and in postAug. prose): draco... conficiens sinus e corpore flexos, folds, coils, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 106; so Ov. M. 15, 689; 15, 721:

    sinu ex togā facto,

    Liv. 21, 18 fin. —Of the bag of a fishing-net:

    quando abiit rete pessum, tum adducit sinum (piscator),

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 15; so Juv. 4, 41;

    and of a hunter's net,

    Mart. 13, 100; Grat. Cyn. 29;

    also of a spider's web,

    Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 82.—Of the bend or belly of a sail swollen by the wind:

    velorum plenos subtrahis ipse sinus,

    Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 30;

    and so with or without velum,

    Tib. 1, 3, 38; Verg. A. 3, 455; 5, 831; Ov. A. A. 3, 500; Luc. 6, 472; Sil. 7, 242; Quint. 10, 7, 23; 12, 10, 37 al.—Of hair, a curl, ringlet:

    ut fieret torto flexilis orbe sinus,

    Ov. Am. 1, 14, 26; id. A. A. 3, 148.— Of the curve of a reaping-hook:

    falcis ea pars, quae flectitur, sinus nominatur,

    Col. 4, 25, 1 sq. —Of bones, a sinus:

    umeri,

    Cels. 8, 1 med.; cf.

    ulceris,

    id. 7, 2 med.:

    suppurationis ferro recisae,

    Col. 6, 11, 1; Veg. 4, 9, 3.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    The hanging fold of the upper part of the toga, about the breast, the bosom of a garment; also the bosom of a person; sometimes also the lap (= gremium, the predom. class. signif.; esp. freq. in a trop. sense).
    1.
    Lit.:

    est aliquid in amictu: quod ipsum aliquatenus temporum condicione mutatum est. Nam veteribus nulli sinus, perquam breves post illos fuerunt,

    Quint. 11, 3, 137; cf.

    decentissimus,

    id. 11, 3, 140 sq.:

    (Caesar moriens) sinistrā manu sinum ad ima crura deduxit, quo honestius caderet,

    Suet. Caes. 82 (for which, of the same:

    togam manu demisit,

    Val. Max. 4, 5, 6); Tib. 1, 6, 18:

    praetextae sinus,

    Suet. Vesp. 5:

    ne admissum quidem quemquam senatorum nisi solum et praetentato sinu,

    id. Aug. 35:

    ut conchas legerent galeasque et sinus replerent,

    id. Calig. 46:

    cedo mihi ex ipsius sinu litteras Syracusanorum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 57, § 147:

    aurum in sinu ejus invenerunt,

    Quint. 7, 1, 30:

    paternos In sinu ferens deos,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 27:

    nuda genu, nodoque sinus collecta fluentis,

    Verg. A. 1, 320:

    et fluit effuso cui toga laxa sinu,

    Tib. 1, 6, 14; cf.:

    micat igneus ostro, Undantemque sinum nodis irrugat Iberis,

    Stat. Th. 4, 265:

    ad haec, quae a fortunā sparguntur, sinum expandit,

    eagerly embraces, grasps, Sen. Ep. 74, 6:

    aliquid velut magnum bonum intra sinum continere,

    id. Vit. Beat. 23, 3; cf.:

    sinum subducere alicui rei,

    to reject, id. Thyest. 430.—Prov.:

    sinu laxo (i. e. soluto) ferre aliquid,

    i. e. to be careless about a thing, Hor. S. 2, 3, 172. —
    b.
    Transf.
    (α).
    The purse, money, which was carried in the bosom of the toga (cf. supra, the passage, Quint. 7, 1, 30, and v. crumena; poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    semper amatorum ponderat illa sinus,

    Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 12:

    quo pretium condat, non habet ille sinum,

    Ov. Am. 1, 10, 18:

    aere sinus plenos urbe reportare, Col. poët. 10, 310: plurium sinum ac domum inplere,

    Sen. Ben. 6, 43, 1:

    qui etiam condemnationes in sinum vertisse dicuntur... praedam omnem in sinum contulit,

    into his purse, Lampr. Commod. 14 fin.:

    avaritiae,

    Juv. 1, 88.—Hence, M. Scaurus Marianis sodaliciis rapinarum provincialium sinus, the pocketer, i. e. the receiver, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 116; cf. Tac. H. 2, 92 fin.; 4, 14.—
    (β).
    Poet., a garment, in gen.:

    Tyrio prodeat apta sinu,

    Tib. 1, 9, 72; 1, 6, 18:

    auratus,

    Ov. F. 2, 310:

    purpureus,

    id. ib. 5, 28:

    regalis,

    id. H. 13, 36; 5, 71; Stat. S. 2, 1, 133.—
    (γ).
    The bosom of a person:

    manum in sinum alicui Inserere,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 2:

    gelu rigentem colubram sinu fovit,

    Phaedr. 4, 17, 3:

    opposuit sinum Antonius stricto ferro,

    Tac. H. 3, 10:

    scortum in sinu consulis recubans,

    Liv. 39, 43:

    tangitur, et tacto concipit illa sinu, i. e. utero,

    Ov. F. 5, 256:

    usque metu micuere sinus, dum, etc.,

    id. H. 1, 45:

    horum in sinum omnia congerebant,

    Plin. Pan. 45.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    The bosom, as in most other languages, for love, protection, asylum, etc. (usu. in the phrases in sinu esse, habere, etc.;

    syn. gremium): hic non amandus? hiccine non gestandus in sinu est?

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 75:

    iste vero sit in sinu semper et complexu meo,

    Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 3; cf.:

    postremum genus proprium est Catilinae, de ejus delectu, immo vero de complexu ejus ac sinu,

    id. Cat. 2, 10, 22:

    suo sinu complexuque aliquem recipere,

    id. Phil. 13, 4, 9; so (with complexus) id. ib. 2, 25, 61:

    (Pompeius), mihi crede, in sinu est,

    is very dear to me, id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 1:

    Bibulum noli dimittere e sinu tuo,

    from your intimacy, id. ad Brut. 1, 7, 2:

    praesertim si in amici sinu defieas,

    on the bosom, Plin. Ep. 8, 16, 5:

    in hujus sinu indulgentiāque educatus,

    Tac. Agr. 4; so id. Or. 28; cf.: etsi commotus ingenio, simulationum tamen falsa in sinu avi perdidicerat, i. e. under the care or tuition, id. A. 6, 45 fin.:

    confugit in sinum tuum concussa respublica,

    i. e. into your arms, Plin. Pan. 6, 3; id. Ep. 8, 12, 1:

    optatum negotium sibi in sinum delatum esse dicebat,

    committed to his guardianship, care, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 50, § 131; cf. Plin. Pan. 45, 2:

    respublica in Vespasiani sinum cessisset,

    Tac. H. 3, 69; 3, 19; Dig. 22, 3, 27:

    sinum praebere tam alte cadenti,

    protection, Sen. Ira, 3, 23, 6.—
    b.
    The interior, the inmost part of a thing:

    alii intra moenia atque in sinu urbis sunt hostes,

    in the midst, in the heart of the city, Sall. C. 52, 35:

    in urbe ac sinu cavendum hostem,

    Tac. H. 3, 38; Sil. 4, 34; 6, 652; Claud. Eutr. 2, 575:

    ut (hostis) fronte simul et sinu exciperetur,

    in the centre, Tac. A. 13, 40:

    in intimo sinu pacis,

    i. e. in the midst of a profound peace, Plin. Pan. 56, 4.—
    c.
    In sinu alicujus, in the power or possession of (postAug. and rare):

    opes Cremonensium in sinu praefectorum fore,

    Tac. H. 3, 19:

    omnem fortunam in sinu meo habui,

    Dig. 22, 3, 27.—
    d.
    A hiding-place, place of concealment: ut in sinu gaudeant, gloriose loqui desinunt, qs. in their bosoms (or, as we say, in their sleeve), i. e. in secret, Cic. Tusc. 3, 21, 51;

    so of secret joy,

    Tib. 4, 13, 8:

    in tacito cohibe gaudia clausa sinu,

    Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 30; Sen. Ep. 105, 3; cf.

    also: plaudere in sinum,

    Tert. Pudic. 6: suum potius cubiculum ac sinum offerre contegendis quae, etc., the secrecy or concealment of her bed-chamber, Tac. A. 13, 13:

    abditis pecuniis per occultos aut ambitiosos sinus,

    i. e. in hidingplaces offered by obscurity or by high rank, id. H. 2, 92.—
    e.
    Sinus Abrahae, the place of the spirits of the just (eccl. Lat.):

    sinum Abrahae, regionem non caelestem, sublimiorem tamen Inferis,

    Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 34. —
    B.
    A bay, bight, gulf:

    ut primum ex alto sinus ab litore ad urbem inflectitur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30; cf.:

    portus infusi in sinus oppidi,

    id. Rep. 3, 31, 43; 1, 3, 5; id. Imp. Pomp. 11, 31; id. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 145; id. Att. 16, 6, 1; * Caes. B. C. 2, 32; Sall. J. 78, 2; Liv. 8, 24; Plin. 2, 43, 44, § 114 (Jahn, nivibus); Suet. Aug. 98; id. Tib. 16; Verg. A. 1, 243; 6, 132; Hor. C. 1, 33, 16; id. Epod. 10, 19.—
    2.
    Transf.
    (α).
    The land lying on a gulf, a point of land that helps to form it (perh. not ante-Aug.):

    segetibus in sinu Aenianum vastatis,

    Liv. 28, 5 Drak.:

    jam in sinum Maliacum venerat (with an army),

    id. 37, 6; Tac. A. 14, 9; id. H. 3, 66; id. Agr. 23; Plin. 6, 8, 8, § 23; Just. [p. 1710] 2, 4, 26; 24, 4, 3.—
    (β).
    A curve or fold in land, a basin, hollow, valley:

    Arpini terra campestri agro in ingentem sinum consedit,

    Liv. 30, 2, 12:

    subito dehiscit terra, et immenso sinu laxata patuit,

    Sen. Oedip. 582; id. Herc. Fur. 679; Plin. 2, 44, 44, § 115:

    jugum montis velut sinu quodam flexuque curvatum,

    Curt. 3, 4, 6:

    montium,

    id. 3, 9, 12.
    2.
    sīnus, i, m., v. sinum.

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  • 4 concavō

        concavō —, ātus, āre,    to make hollow, round, curve: bracchia in arcūs, O.
    * * *
    concavare, concavavi, concavatus V TRANS
    hollow out; round, curve; give hollow/curved form; hollows (pl.), a glen (Ecc)

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  • 5 curvō

        curvō āvī, ātus, āre    [curvus], to crook, bend, bow, curve, round: Curvari manūs et crescere in unguīs, O.: flexile cornu, O.: lances, i. e. by its weight, H.: Fronte curvatos imitatus ignīs lunae, the flaming sickle, H.: curvata in montis faciem unda, rolling, V.: curvato gurgite, arched, V.: Nec curvarent Aeacon anni, cause to stoop, O.: curvata senis membra, Ta.—Fig., to make to yield, bend, move: te, H.
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    curvare, curvavi, curvatus V TRANS
    bend/arch, make curved/bent; form a curve; make stoop/bow/yield; influence

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  • 6 flectō

        flectō flēxī, flexus, ere    [FALC-], to bend, bow, curve, turn, turn round: equos brevi, Cs.: de foro in Capitolium currūs: habenas, O.: cursūs in orbem, O.: iter ad Privernum, L.: flexa In burim ulmus, V.: artūs, L.: ora retro, O.: geminas acies huc, direct, V.: lumina, avert, V.: salignas cratīs, weave, V.: flex<*> fractique motūs, contorted: flexum mare, a bay, Ta.: (silva) se sinistrorsus, Cs.: (milvus) Flectitur in gyrum, wheels, O.: flector in anguem, wind myself into a snake, O.: Cera multas Flectitur in facies, is moulded, O.— To turn, double, pass around: in flectendis promunturiis: Leucatam.— To turn from, avoid, turn out of: viam, C., L.: iter, V.— To turn, go, divert one's course, march, pass: laevo flectentes limine, V.: ex Gabino in Tusculanos flexere colles, L.: ad Oceanum, L.: ad sapientiam, Ta.—Fig., to bend, turn, direct, sway, change: animum, T.: teneros et rudīs: suam naturam huc et illuc: vocem, modulate: flexus sonus, i. e. melancholy: mentīs suas ad nostrum imperium: aliquem a proposito, divert, L.: animos, quin, etc., L.: animos ad carmina, O.: Quo vobis mentes sese flexere viaï? Enn. ap. C.: Cereus in vitium flecti, H.: flexo in meridiem die, Ta.: versūs, qui in Tiberium flecterentur, i. e. might be applied, Ta.— To bend, move, persuade, influence, prevail upon, overcome, soften, appease: quibus rebus ita flectebar animo, ut, etc.: flectere mollibus Iam durum imperiis, H.: Superos, V.: fata deum precando, V.: ingenium alicuius avorsum, S.: si flectitur ira deorum, O.: ad deditionem animos, L.
    * * *
    flectere, flexi, flexus V
    bend, curve, bow; turn, curl; persuade, prevail on, soften

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  • 7 sinus

        sinus ūs, m    a bent surface, curve, fold, hollow, coil: draco... conficiens sinūs e corpore flexos, C. poët.: (serpens) flectit sinūs, O.: spatium rhombi Implevit sinūs, i. e. stretched the folds (of the net), Iu.: sinūs inplere secundos, i. e. the swelling sails, V.: Ut fieret torto nexilis orbe sinus, i. e. a ringlet, O.—The fold of the toga about the breast, bosom, lap: cedo mihi ex ipsius sinu litteras: In sinu ferens deos, H.: sinūs conlecta fluentīs, V. —Prov.: talos Ferre sinu laxo, i. e. to be careless about, H.—A purse, money: non habet ille sinum, O.: avaritiae, Iu.—A garment: auratus, O.: regalis, O.—Of a person, the bosom: colubram Sinu fovit, Ph.: in sinu consulis recubans, L.: Usque metu micuere sinūs, dum, etc., O.—A bay, bight, gulf: ex alto sinus ab litore ad urbem inflectitur: sinūs maritimi: Illyricos penetrare sinūs, V.— The land around a gulf, shore of a bay: in Maliaco sinu is locus erat, L.: omnis propior sinus tenebatur, Ta.—A fold in land, basin, hollow, valley: terra in ingentem sinum consedit, L.: montium, Cu.—Fig., the bosom, love, affection, intimacy, protection: hicine non gestandus in sinu est? T.: iste vero sit in sinu semper meo: (Pompeius) in sinu est, i. e. dear to me: Bibulum noli dimittere e sinu tuo, from your intimacy: negotium sibi in sinum delatum esse, committed to his care. —The interior, inmost part, heart: in sinu urbis sunt hostes, S.—A hiding-place, place of concealment: in sinu gaudere, i. e. in their sleeves.
    * * *
    I
    bowl for serving wine, etc
    II
    curved or bent surface; bending, curve, fold; bosom, lap; bay

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  • 8 flecto

    flecto, xi, xum, 3, v. a. and n. [root in Gr. pholkos, bandy-legged; phalkês, the bent rib of a ship; L. falx; falco, so called from the curve of its claws or beak; cf. Germ. Falke; Engl. falcon].
    I.
    Act., to bend, bow, curve, turn, turn round (freq. and class.; syn.: plecto, plico, curvo).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.:

    animal omne membra quocumque vult, flectit, contorquet, porrigit, contrahit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

    ora retro,

    Ov. M. 3, 188:

    vultus ad illum,

    id. ib. 4, 265;

    10, 236: lumina a gurgite in nullam partem,

    id. ib. 8, 367:

    geminas acies huc,

    to turn, direct, Verg. A. 6, 789; cf.

    oculos,

    id. ib. 8, 698:

    equos brevi moderari ac flectere,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin.:

    equum,

    Hor. C. 3, 7, 25:

    currum de foro in Capitolium,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 30, § 77:

    plaustrum,

    Ov. M. 10, 447: navem, Auct. B. Alex. 64 fin.:

    habenas,

    Ov. M. 2, 169:

    cursus in orbem,

    id. ib. 6, 225; cf.:

    cursus in laevum,

    id. Tr. 1, 10, 17:

    iter ad Privernum,

    Liv. 8, 19, 13 Drak. N. cr.:

    iter Demetriadem,

    id. 35, 31, 3:

    tu (Bacche) flectis amnes, tu mare barbarum,

    Hor. C. 2, 19, 17:

    arcus,

    to bend, Ov. M. 4, 303; cf.:

    flexos incurvant viribus arcus,

    Verg. A. 5, 500:

    flexum genu,

    Ov. M. 4, 340:

    artus,

    Liv. 21, 58, 9:

    flexi crines,

    curled, Mart. 3, 63, 3; 10, 65, 6; Juv. 6, 493:

    flexum mare,

    i.e. a bay, Tac. A. 14, 4:

    flexi fractique motus,

    contorted, Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35:

    hinc (silva) se flectit sinistrorsus,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 25, 3.—Mid.: quasi amnis celeris rapit, sed tamen inflexu flectitur, Naev. ap. Non. 191, 34 (Trag. Rel. v. 42 Rib.):

    (milvus) flectitur in gyrum,

    wheels, Ov. M. 2, 718:

    modo flector in anguem,

    I bend, wind myself into a snake, id. ib. 8, 883:

    sol ab ea (Cancri) meta incipit flecti,

    Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 264: Euphrates ad meridiem flectitur, id. 6, 26, 30, § 125.—
    2.
    In partic., naut. t. t., to go round or double a promontory:

    cum in flectendis promontoriis ventorum mutationes maximas saepe sentiant,

    Cic. Div. 2, 45, 94:

    Leucaten flectere molestum videbatur,

    id. Att. 5, 9, 1.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to bend, turn, direct:

    ducere multimodis voces et flectere cantus,

    Lucr. 5, 1406:

    vocem,

    Ov. Am. 2, 4, 25:

    qui teneros et rudes cum acceperunt, inficiunt et flectunt, ut volunt,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47; cf.:

    imbecillitatem animorum torquere et flectere,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 29:

    suam naturam huc et illuc torquere ac flectere,

    id. Cael. 6, 13:

    vitam flectere fingereque,

    id. Sull. 28, 79:

    mentes suas ad nostrum imperium nomenque,

    id. Balb. 17, 39:

    aliquem a proposito,

    Liv. 28, 22, 11:

    scribentis animum a vero,

    id. 1 praef. 5:

    animus ab aliqua opinione flectendus,

    Quint. 4, 2, 80:

    animos ad publica carmina,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 23: quo vobis mentes... dementes sese flexere viaï? Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 6, 16 (Ann. v. 209 ed. Vahl.):

    est viri et ducis oblata casu flectere ad consilium,

    Liv. 28, 44, 8:

    juvenis cereus in vitium flecti,

    Hor. A. P. 163:

    quod procul a nobis flectat Fortuna gubernans,

    turn aside, avert, Lucr. 5, 108.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To bend (in opinion or in will), to move, persuade, prevail upon, overcome, soften, appease (cf.:

    moveo, afficio): quibus rebus ita flectebar animo atque frangebar, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Sull. 6, 18:

    sed quid te oratione flectam?... qua re flecte te, quaeso,

    id. Phil. 1, 14, 35: facile Achivos flexeris, Enn. ap. Gell. 11, 4, 3 (Trag. v. 229 ed. Vahl.):

    judices,

    Quint. 6, 1, 9:

    flectere mollibus jam durum imperiis,

    Hor. C. 4, 1, 6:

    precibus si flecteris ullis,

    Verg. A. 2, 689:

    flectere si nequeo Superos, Acheronta movebo,

    id. ib. 7, 312; cf.:

    nisi dii immortales suo numine prope fata ipsa flexissent,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19:

    desine fata deum flecti sperare precando,

    Verg. A. 6, 376:

    animos commutare atque omni ratione flectere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 52 fin.:

    ingenium alicujus aversum,

    Sall. J. 102, 3:

    si quem a proposito spes mollitiave animi flexisset,

    divert, dissuade, Liv. 28, 22, 11: dictis nostris sententia flexa est, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 257 Müll. (Ann. v. 264 ed. Vahl.):

    si flectitur ira deorum,

    Ov. M. 1, 378: cf. id. Tr. 3, 5, 41:

    hortaturque simul flectitque labores,

    soothes, Stat. S. 5, 1, 119:

    ad deditionem primos,

    Liv. 5, 43, 1.—Mid.:

    plurimum valet miseratio, quae judicem flecti non tantum cogit, sed, etc.,

    to let himself be moved, Quint. 6, 1, 23:

    flexi in misericordiam,

    Amm. 12, 27.—
    b.
    (Acc. to I. A. 2.) To turn aside from, to avoid a thing:

    ut eam (viam) flectas, te rogo,

    Cic. Att. 11, 18, 2 (but B. and K. ex conj. C. F. Hermann read ira, v. a. sup.); cf.:

    flexit viam,

    Liv. 1, 60, 1:

    dolo a se flexos imputavit civilis,

    Tac. H. 5, 24.—
    c.
    To refer to or apply to any one:

    versus qui in Tiberium flecterentur,

    Tac. A. 6, 29:

    Augustus quaedam ex horrida illa antiquitate ad praesentem usum flexisset,

    id. ib. 4, 16.—
    d.
    In grammar.
    (α).
    To form a word from another language:

    verba derivare, flectere, conjungere,

    Quint. 8, 3, 36:

    hoc vocabulum (pollex) de Graeco flexum est,

    Gell. 4, 3 fin. —
    (β).
    To decline, conjugate, inflect, Varr. L. L. 10, 2, 29 al.—
    (γ).
    Flectere syllabam, to mark with the circumflex accent, and hence, to lengthen, Quint. 1, 5, 23 Spald. and Zumpt.
    II.
    Neutr., to turn, go, or march in any direction (post-Aug.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    cum procul hos laevo flectentes limite cernunt,

    Verg. A. 9, 372:

    ex Gabino in Tusculanos flexere colles,

    Liv. 3, 8, 6;

    Hasdrubal ad Oceanum flectit,

    id. 28, 16, 3:

    inde Vitellius Cremonam flexit,

    Tac. H. 2, 70:

    in Capitolium,

    Suet. Tib. 20.—
    B.
    Trop., of thought or speech, to turn in any direction:

    ad providentiam sapientiamque,

    Tac. A. 13, 3:

    in ambitionem,

    id. ib. 4, 37:

    a veneratione Augusti orsus flexit ad victorias Tiberii,

    id. ib. 1, 34.—Hence, flexus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Lit., bent, winding:

    error,

    Ov. M. 8, 160:

    zodiacus circa Cancrum Capricornumque flexior,

    Mart. Cap. 8, § 878.—In neutr. plur. subst.: collium flexa, Minuc. Fel. Octav. 17.—
    B.
    Trop., of tones, lengthened:

    infinito magis illa flexa et circumducta sunt,

    Quint. 11, 3, 172.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > flecto

  • 9 sinuo

    sĭnŭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.].
    I.
    Lit., to bend, wind, curve; to bow, to swell out in curves (perh. not ante-Aug.; most freq. in the poets;

    syn.: curvo, flecto): (anguis) sinuat immensa volumine terga,

    Verg. A. 2, 208; cf.:

    flexos corpus in orbes (anguis),

    Ov. M. 9, 64:

    (equus) sinuet alterna volumina crurum,

    Verg. G. 3, 192:

    imposito patulos calamo sinuaverat arcus,

    i. e. had bent, stretched, Ov. M. 8, 30; so,

    arcum,

    id. ib. 8, 381: nervum, Sen. Herc. Fur. 1198:

    Euphraten immensum attolli et in modum diadematis sinuare orbes,

    Tac. A. 6, 37:

    (anguis) immensos saltu sinuatur in arcus,

    Ov. M. 3, 42; cf.:

    gurges curvos sinuatus in arcus,

    id. ib. 14, 51:

    cornua Lunae sinuantur,

    id. ib. 3, 682; 14, 501; Cels. 8, 1 med.: muri per artem obliqui aut introrsus sinuati, bent inwards, i. e. with retreating angles, Tac. H. 5, 11; cf.:

    exercitus in cornua, sinuatā mediā parte, curvatur,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 4:

    (Chaucorum gens) donec in Chattos usque sinuetur,

    extends in a curve, Tac. G. 35:

    Ionia se ambagibus sinuat,

    Mel. 1, 17:

    oceanum,

    Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 271.—
    * II.
    Transf., to hollow out, excavate:

    adhuc sana rodendo,

    Cels. 7, 2, § 21.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sinuo

  • 10 convexus

        convexus adj.    [conveho], vaulted, arched, rounded, convex, concave: caelum, O.: trames silvae, V.: foramina terrae, O.—As subst n., a vault, arch, hollow: in convexo nemorum, V.: caeli convexa, the vaulted arch, V.: ut convexa revisant, return to the air, V.—Inclined, sloping, steep: vertex ad aequora, O.: iter, O.
    * * *
    convexa, convexum ADJ
    arching/arched, vaulted, convex; well-rounded; inclined, sloping downwards; concave

    Latin-English dictionary > convexus

  • 11 curvātūra

        curvātūra ae, f    [curvo], a bend: rotae, i. e. the rim, O.
    * * *
    curve/bend, curved shape/outline/part; rounding (L+S); vault/arched ceiling

    Latin-English dictionary > curvātūra

  • 12 dēlumbō

        dēlumbō —, —, āre    [de + lumbus], to enervate, weaken: sententias.
    * * *
    delumbare, delumbavi, delumbatus V TRANS
    injure (by dislocating hip); bring down on haunches; lame, weaken; bend/curve

    Latin-English dictionary > dēlumbō

  • 13 flexiō

        flexiō ōnis, f    [FALC-], a bending, swaying, bend, turn, curve: virilis laterum.—Fig., a turning, indirection: quae deverticula flexionesque quaesisti!— A modulation, inflection, change: vocis: in cantu: modorum.

    Latin-English dictionary > flexiō

  • 14 flexus

        flexus ūs, m    [FALC-], a bending, turn, winding, curve: aures habent introitūs multis cum flexibus: cervicis, O.: inplicatae flexibus viae, L.: tardis flexibus errare, V.: pati flexūs (i. e. flecti), O.: uno flexu dextros (equos) agunt, Ta.—Fig., a transition, change, crisis: rerum p.: aetatis.
    * * *
    turning, winding; swerve; bend; turning point

    Latin-English dictionary > flexus

  • 15 incurvō

        incurvō āvī, ātus, āre    [incurvus], to bend, bow, curve: flexos arcūs, V.: remos, Ct.
    * * *
    incurvare, incurvavi, incurvatus V
    make crooked or bent; cause to bend down

    Latin-English dictionary > incurvō

  • 16 īn-flectō

        īn-flectō ēxī, exus, ere,    to bend, bow, curve, turn aside: cum ferrum se inflexisset, Cs.: inflexum aratrum, V.: sinus ad urbem inflectitur, curves: suo squalore vestros oculos, turn aside.—Fig., to change, alter, inflect: dicere inflexā (voce), modulated.—To change, influence, affect, alter, pervert: corrigendus potius quam leviter inflectendus: hic sensūs, V.: orationem, style: magnitudinem animi, lessen: precibus inflectere, be moved, V.

    Latin-English dictionary > īn-flectō

  • 17 lūnō

        lūnō āvī, ātus, āre    [luna], to bend like a halfmoon, crook: arcum, O.: acies geminos in arcūs, Pr.
    * * *
    lunare, lunavi, lunatus V
    make crescent-shaped, curve

    Latin-English dictionary > lūnō

  • 18 medicor

        medicor ātus, ārī, dep.    [1 medicus], to heal, cure: senibus anhelis, V.: cuspidis ictum, V.— Fig., to curve, relieve: mihi, T.
    * * *
    medicari, medicatus sum V DEP
    heal, cure

    Latin-English dictionary > medicor

  • 19 pandus

        pandus adj.    [PAND-], bent, crooked, curved: carina, V.: rami, O.: cornua, O.: delphines, O.: asellus, crook-backed, O.
    * * *
    panda, pandum ADJ

    Latin-English dictionary > pandus

  • 20 re-mulceō

        re-mulceō —, —, ēre,    to stroke back, fold back, curve: caudam, V.

    Latin-English dictionary > re-mulceō

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