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  • 1 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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  • 2 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.

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  • 3 circum-flectō

        circum-flectō flexī, flexus, ere,    to bend, turn about (of a charioteer): longos cursūs, V.

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  • 4 dē-flectō

        dē-flectō flēxī, flexus, ere.—     Trans, to bend aside, turn away, divert: tela, V.: amnīs in alium cursum: ad Romanos cursum, L.: novam viam, to build the road in another direction, L.—Fig., to turn away, lead astray: lumina, O.: principes de viā: ad verba rem, i. e. interpret literally: te de curriculo petitionis, to withdraw.—Intrans., to turn aside, deviate, digress: de spatio: de rectā regione: a veritate.

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  • 5 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.

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  • 6 re-flectō

        re-flectō flēxī, flexus, ere,    to bend back, turn backwards, turn about, turn away: colla, V.: oculos, O.: illam tereti cervice reflexam, bent backwards, V.: longos reflectitur unguīs, i. e. grows into long curved claws, O.—Fig., to turn back, bring back, bend, change, check: Quem neque fides, neque ius iurandum reflexit, T.: quibus (causis) mentes reflectuntur: in melius tua, qui potes, orsa reflectas! change, V.: animum reflexi, i. e. brought my thoughts back (to her), V.

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  • 7 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.

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  • 8 flexus

        flexus adj.    [P. of flecto], bent, winding: lacerti, O.: error, O.
    * * *
    turning, winding; swerve; bend; turning point

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  • 9 adflecto

    af-flecto (better adf-), exi, 3, v. a., to turn, incline, or direct to or toward:

    huic si sol adflexerit axes,

    Avien. Arat. 734.

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  • 10 afflecto

    af-flecto (better adf-), exi, 3, v. a., to turn, incline, or direct to or toward:

    huic si sol adflexerit axes,

    Avien. Arat. 734.

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  • 11 campso

    campso, āre, v. a. [kamptô, to bend, to turn], to turn around a place, to sail by, to double: Leucatam, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 906 P. (Ann. v. 334 Vahl.; cf. campter and flecto).

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  • 12 circumflecto

    circum-flecto, xi, xum, 3, v. a., to bend or turn about (Verg. and post-class. writers); prop. of the charioteer in the circus;

    hence, transf.' longos cursus,

    Verg. A. 5, 131; 3, 430.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    circumflexa saecula,

    returning upon themselves, Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 391:

    anceps labyrinthus et error circumflexus,

    full of windings and turnings, Prud. Apoth. 71.—
    B.
    In later gram. t. t., to mark with a circumflex, to pronounce as long (in Quint., instead of it, circumducere, q. v.):

    penultimam,

    Gell. 4, 7, 2:

    syllaba circumflexa,

    id. 4, 7, 2, § 4; Diom. p. 425 P.; Prisc. p. 1287 ib. et saep.— Adv.: circum-flexē, with a circumflex:

    promere ( = pronuntiare) syllabam,

    Gell. 4, 7, 4: enuntiare syllabam, Porphyr. ad Hor. C. 4, 9, 1; id. ad Hor. S. 1, 1, 1.

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  • 13 conflexus

    con-flexus, a, um, Part. [flecto], bowed, bent, Plin. 2, 44, 44, § 115.

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  • 14 deflecto

    dē-flecto, xi, xum, 3, v. a. and n.
    I.
    Act., to bend downwards or aside, to turn aside or in another direction.
    A.
    Lit.:

    ramum olivae,

    Col. 5, 11, 14; cf.:

    palmitem,

    id. 4, 26, 3; Catull. 62, 51; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 204:

    tela (Venus),

    Verg. A. 10, 331:

    amnis in alium cursum,

    Cic. Div. 1, 19 fin.: cursum ad Romanos. Liv. 10, 27:

    vultum ab aliqua re ad aliquid,

    Val. Max. 5, 10, 1:

    carinam quolibet,

    Luc. 5, 789; cf.:

    rapidum iter,

    id. 3, 337;

    novam viam,

    to turn off, construct in another direction, Liv. 39, 27 fin. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen.:

    lumina,

    Ov. M. 7, 789; cf.:

    oculos a cura,

    Val. Fl. 8, 76:

    cum ipsos principes aliqua pravitas de via deflexit,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 44:

    aliquem ab institutis studiis,

    Quint. 10, 1, 91:

    ut declinet a proposito deflectatque sententiam,

    Cic. Or. 40:

    si ad verba rem deflectere velimus,

    id. Caecin. 18, 51:

    quaedam in senectute deflexit (for which, shortly before, mutavit), Cels. praef.: in ipsos factum deflectitur,

    Quint. 7, 2, 23:

    adversarios in suam utilitatem deflectere,

    id. 4, 1, 71; cf.:

    dotes puellae in pejus,

    Ov. R. Am. 325:

    tragoediam in obscenos risus,

    id. Tr. 2, 409:

    perniciosa consilia fortuna deflexit in melius,

    Sen. Ben. 6, 8, 1:

    virtutes in vitia,

    Suet. Dom. 3:

    se de curriculo petitionis,

    to withdraw, id. Mur. 22 fin. —
    2.
    Esp. (late Lat.), gramm. t. t., to inflect, to vary the form of a word:

    non solet sic deflecti,

    August. in Psa. 140, 25.—
    II.
    Neutr., to turn off, turn aside.
    A.
    Lit.:

    vulgus militum deflectere viā,

    Tac. H. 2, 70; cf.

    without via,

    Suet. Aug. 93 fin.:

    in Tuscos,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 3.—
    B.
    Trop. (freq., but almost exclusively in Cicero):

    deflexit jam aliquantulum de spatio curriculoque consuetudo majorum,

    Cic. Lael. 12; so,

    de via (consuetudo),

    id. Off. 2, 3, 9:

    de recta regione,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 68:

    a veritate,

    id. Rosc. Com. 16:

    oratio redeat illuc unde deflexit,

    id. Tusc. 5, 28, 80:

    a Domino,

    Vulg. Sirach 36, 28; 2, 7.

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  • 15 falco

    falco, ōnis, m. [v. flecto], = phalkôn, a falcon.
    I.
    Lit., Serv. Verg. A. 10, 146; Isid. Orig. 12, 7, 57 al.—
    II.
    Transf.: falcones dicuntur, quorum digiti pollices in pedibus intro sunt curvati, Paul. ex Fest. p. 88, 8 Müll.; cf. falcula, II. A.

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  • 16 falx

    falx, falcis, f. [perh. akin to flecto], a sickle, reaping-hook, a pruning-hook, scythe.
    I.
    Prop., Cato, R. R. 10, 3; 11, 4; Varr. R. R. 1, 22, 5; Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 65; id. Mil. 33, 91; Verg. G. 1, 348: Ov. F. 4, 914; Hor. C. 1, 31, 9 et saep.—
    II.
    Transf., a military implement shaped like a sickle, used in sieges to pull down walls or the enemies stationed on the walls; a hook:

    falces praeacutae insertae affixaeque longuriis: non absimili formā muralium falcium,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 5; 5, 42 fin.; 7, 22; Sisenn. ap. Non. 556, 22; Curt. 4, 3, 8; Tac. H. 3, 27; Stat. Ach. 2, 419.—Of the scythes with which chariots were armed, Curt. 4, 15, 2.

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  • 17 flexanimus

    flexănĭmus, a, um, adj. [flecto + animus] ( poet.).
    I.
    Act., that bends or sways the heart, moving, affecting: o flexanima atque omnium regina rerum oratio, Pac. ap. Non. 113, 32 (Trag. Rel. v. 177 Rib.); cf.:

    tantam vim habet illa, quae recte a bono poëta dicta est flexanima atque omnium regina rerum oratio,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 187:

    amor,

    Cat. 64, 331:

    concentus,

    Mart. Cap. 9, § 906.—
    * II.
    Pass., touched, moved, affected: flexanima, tamquam lymphata aut Bacchi sacris commota, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 36, 80 (Trag. Rel. v. 422 Rib.).

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  • 18 flexibilis

    flexĭbĭlis, e, adj. [flexus, from flecto], that may be bent, pliant, flexible (class.; cf.: lentus, flexilis).
    I.
    Lit.:

    materiam rerum totam esse flexibilem et commutabilem,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 39, 92:

    arcus,

    Ov. Am. 3, 3, 29:

    (ulmus) ad currus flexibili vite,

    Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 228.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Pliant, flexible, tractable: genera vocis permulta: grave, acutum;

    flexibile, durum,

    flexible, Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146; cf.

    oratio,

    id. Or. 16, 52:

    nihil tam flexibile,

    id. Brut. 79, 274:

    vox,

    Quint. 11, 3, 15; 40:

    nihil non flexibile ad bonitatem,

    Cic. Att. 10, 11, 1.—
    * B.
    In a bad sense, fickle, wavering, inconstant:

    quid potest esse tam flexibile, tam devium, quam animus ejus, qui, etc.,

    Cic. Lael. 25, 92.

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  • 19 flexilis

    flexĭlis, e, adj. [flexus, from flecto].
    I.
    Pliant, pliable, flexile ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

    cornu,

    Ov. M. 5, 383:

    ulmus et fraxinus,

    Plin. 16, 40, 79, § 219:

    betulla,

    id. 16, 18, 30, § 75:

    cervix ad circumspectum,

    id. 11, 37, 67, § 177:

    vitrum,

    id. 36, 26, 66, § 195:

    lectuli,

    Amm. 22, 4.—
    II.
    Bent, curved:

    spicae,

    App. M. 6 init. (Ov. Am. 1, 14, 26, read nexilis, Merk.).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > flexilis

  • 20 flexio

    flexĭo, ōnis, f. [flecto], a bending, swaying, turning; a bend, turn, curve (rare but class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    trunco toto se ipse moderans et virili laterum flexione,

    Cic. Or. 18, 59; id. de Or. 3, 59, 220.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    quae deverticula flexionesque quaesisti!

    i. e. turnings, windings, Cic. Pis. 22, 53.—
    B.
    In partic., of the voice, a modulation, inflection, change:

    est in dicendo etiam quidam cantus obscurior... quem significat Demosthenes et Aeschines, cum alter alteri obicit vocis flexiones,

    Cic. Or. 18, 57:

    delicatiores in cantu,

    id. de Or. 3, 25, 98:

    ut cervices oculosque pariter cum modorum flexionibus torquent,

    id. Leg. 2, 15, 39.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > flexio

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