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  • 1 mōbilis

        mōbilis e, adj. with comp. and sup.    [1 MV-], easy to move, movable, loose, not firm: turres, Cu.: pinna, O.: mobilissimus ardor.—Fig., pliable, pliant, flexible, susceptible, nimble, quick, fleet: aetas, V.: populus mobilior ad cupiditatem agri, L.: agmen, Cu.: venti, O.: hora, H.— Changeable, inconstant, fickle: in te animus: in consiliis capiendis, Cs.: gens ad omnem auram spei, L.: res humanae, S.: Quirites, H.: caeli umor, V.: natura malorum, Iu.
    * * *
    mobile, mobilior -or -us, mobilissimus -a -um ADJ
    movable; mobile; quick, active; changeable, shifting; fickle, easily swayed

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  • 2 multiplex

        multiplex icis, adj.    [multus+PARC-], with many folds, much-winding: alvus.— With many windings, full of concealed places: vitis serpens multiplici lapsu: domus, the labyrinth, O.— Manifold, many times as great, far more: multiplex caedes utrimque facta, is exaggerated, L.: multiplici captā praediā, L.: multiplex quam pro numero damnum est, L.—As subst n.: multiplex accipere, many times as much, L.— Of many parts, manifold, many: lorica, V.: fetūs: multiplici constructae dape mensae, Ct.—Fig., varied, complicated: res: sermones.— Changeable, versatile, inexplicable: ingenium: natura.
    * * *
    (gen.), multiplicis ADJ
    having many twists/turns; having many layers/thicknesses, many deep; complex; multitudinous, many at once/together; numerous; changeable/shifting; versatile

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  • 3 trānslātiō (trāl-)

        trānslātiō (trāl-) ōnis, f    [trans+TAL-], a carrying across, removal, transporting, transferring: pecuniarum a iustis dominis ad alienos.— Fig., a transferring, shifting, diversion: criminis: actio translationis indigere videtur.—In rhet., a transfer of meaning, metaphor: translationes audaciores.

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  • 4 rutabulum

    rod with flat end; (for shifting coal in oven); (stirring thick liquid); penis

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  • 5 flexus

    1.
    flexus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from flecto.
    2.
    flexus, ūs, m. [flecto], a bending, turning, winding (class.; in sing. and plur.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    aures duros et quasi corneolos habent introitus, multisque cum flexibus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; cf. Quint. 6, 13, 9:

    ut qui cursu parum valent, flexu eludunt,

    id. 9, 2, 78:

    cum venissem ad pontem, in quo flexus est ad iter Arpinas,

    Cic. Att. 16, 13, a, 1; cf.:

    in aliquo flexu viae,

    Liv. 22, 12, 7:

    implicatae flexibus vallium viae,

    id. 32, 4, 4:

    Rhenus modico flexu in occidentem versus,

    Tac. G. 1:

    flexu Armeniam petivit,

    id. A. 12, 12:

    alio flexu reduci ad viam,

    Quint. 2, 17, 29:

    (quo pacto sol) Brumales adeat flexus,

    Lucr. 5, 616:

    brumales,

    id. 5, 640:

    metae,

    the turn round the goal, Pers. 3, 63:

    labyrinthei,

    the mazes, Cat. 64, 114:

    capilli dociles et centum flexibus apti,

    Ov. Am. 1, 14, 13: in litore flexus Mecybernaeus, the bay or gulf, Mela, 2, 3 init.; cf. id. 3, 1.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., a turning, transition into another state, political change:

    id enim est caput civilis prudentiae, videre itinera flexusque rerum publicarum,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46:

    in hoc flexu quasi aetatis fama adolescentis paululum haesit ad metas (the figure taken from the turning of the racers on reaching the goal),

    id. Cael. 31, 75; cf.:

    si infinitus forensium rerum labor decursu honorum et jam aetatis flexu constitisset, i. e. senectus,

    id. de Or. 1, 1, 1:

    flexu auctumni (= post medium tempus auctumni, trop. from turning the meta in the Circus),

    Tac. H. 5, 23; v. Orell. ad h. 1.—
    B.
    In partic. (post-Aug.).
    1.
    An artful turning, winding, shifting:

    inde recta fere est actio, hinc mille flexus et artes desiderantur,

    Quint. 5, 13, 2:

    qui haec recta tantum, et in nullos flexus recedentia tractaverit,

    id. 10, 5, 12. —
    2.
    Of the voice, inflection, modulation, variation:

    citharoedi simul et sono vocis et plurimis flexibus serviunt,

    Quint. 1, 12, 3:

    quid quoque flexu dicendum,

    id. 1, 8, 1:

    qui flexus deceat miserationem,

    id. 1, 11, 12; 1, 8, 3.—
    3.
    In gram., inflection, variation, derivation (in Varro flexura, v. h. v.): quid vero? quae tota positionis ejusdem in diversos flexus eunt? cum Alba faciat Albanos et Albenses;

    volo, volui et volavi,

    Quint. 1, 6, 15.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > flexus

  • 6 rejectio

    rējectĭo, ōnis, f. [reicio], a throwing back, throwing away. *
    I.
    Lit.:

    sanguinis,

    i. e. throwing up, Plin. 23, 8, 76, § 146; Pall. 3, 31, 2.—
    II.
    Trop., a rejecting, re jection (so in good prose, esp. freq. in Cic.).
    A.
    In gen.:

    selectio et item rejectio,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 6, 20:

    quod si civi Romano licet esse Gaditanum, sive exilio, sive postliminio, sive rejectione hujus civitatis,

    id. Balb. 12, 29.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In jurid. lang., a challenging, rejection of a judge:

    judicum,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 16; so id. Planc. 15, 36. — Absol.:

    rejectione interpositā,

    Cic. Sull. 33, 92; id. Att. 1, 16, 3.—
    b.
    Transf., in gen.:

    excutere, quicquid dici potest, et velut rejectione factā ad optimum pervenire,

    Quint. 7, 1, 34: eruditorum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 7.—
    2.
    Rhet. t. t.
    a.
    In alium, a shifting off from one ' s self to another, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 204 (al. trajectio; v. Orell. N. cr.); cited also in Quint. 9, 1, 30.—
    b.
    = Gr. apodiôxis, the setting aside of considerations which are not pertinent, Jul. Rufin. Schem. Lex. § 12.

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  • 7 transmutatio

    transmūtātĭo, ōnis, f. [transmuto].
    I.
    In gen., a changing, Vulg. Jacob. 1, 17. —
    II.
    In partic., a shifting, transposition of letters (post-Aug.; cf.:

    transpositio, commutatio),

    Quint. 1, 5, 39; 9, 4, 89.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > transmutatio

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