flexus

auctumnus (correctly aut-), i, m. ( autumnum, i, n., Varr.ap.Non.p.71, 20). [This word was anciently referred to augeo, as the season of increase, as by Paul. ex Fest. p. 23, 11 Müll.; so Curtius. But Corssen and others, in view of its correct form, autumnus, refer it to the Sanscr. av, to do good to, to satisfy one's self; cf. the Gr. enênês (i.e. enêWês), good, kindly, and 2.aveo, to be well.] The season of abundance, the autumn.

Lit. (from the 22d of September to the 22d of December;

acc. to the designation of the ancients, from the entering of the sun into Libra until the setting of the Pleiades, comprising 91 days,

Varr. R. R. 1, 28):

quae temporis quasi naturam notant, hiems, ver, aestas, autumnus,

Cic. Part. Or. 11:

Vites autumno fundi suadente videmus,

Lucr. 1, 175:

Inde autumnus adit,

id. 5, 743:

pomifer,

Hor. C. 4, 7, 11:

varius purpureo colore,

id. ib. 2, 5, 11:

sordidus calcatis uvis,

Ov. M. 2, 29: letifer, sickly (on account of the diseases that prevail in autumn), Juv. 4, 56:

sub autumno,

Ov. A. A. 2, 315:

autumno adulto,

about the middle of autumn, Tac. A. 11, 31:

vergente,

drawing to a close, id. ib. 11, 4:

flexus autumni,

id. H. 5, 23 al. —In plur.:

Frustra per autumnos nocentem Corporibus metuemus Austrum,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 15; Ov. M. 1, 117; 3, 327.—

Meton., the produce of the autumn, the harvest:

et multa fragrat testa senibus autumnis, i. e. vino vetere,

Mart. 3, 58, 7.

auctumnus (correctly aut-), a, um, adj. [1. auctumnus], autumnal ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

imber,

Cato, R. R. 58:

autumno frigore,

Ov. M. 3, 729 (Merk., autumni frigore):

sidera,

Manil. 2, 269:

tempus,

id. 2, 425:

pruinae,

Aus. Idyll. 8, 10;

Cod. Th. 2, 8, 2: aequinoctium,

Plin. 19, 6, 33, § 108:

tempestas,

Gell. 19, 7, 2.

auctumnus (correctly aut-), i, m. ( autumnum, i, n., Varr.ap.Non.p.71, 20). [This word was anciently referred to augeo, as the season of increase, as by Paul. ex Fest. p. 23, 11 Müll.; so Curtius. But Corssen and others, in view of its correct form, autumnus, refer it to the Sanscr. av, to do good to, to satisfy one's self; cf. the Gr. enênês (i.e. enêWês), good, kindly, and 2.aveo, to be well.] The season of abundance, the autumn.

Lit. (from the 22d of September to the 22d of December;

acc. to the designation of the ancients, from the entering of the sun into Libra until the setting of the Pleiades, comprising 91 days,

Varr. R. R. 1, 28):

quae temporis quasi naturam notant, hiems, ver, aestas, autumnus,

Cic. Part. Or. 11:

Vites autumno fundi suadente videmus,

Lucr. 1, 175:

Inde autumnus adit,

id. 5, 743:

pomifer,

Hor. C. 4, 7, 11:

varius purpureo colore,

id. ib. 2, 5, 11:

sordidus calcatis uvis,

Ov. M. 2, 29: letifer, sickly (on account of the diseases that prevail in autumn), Juv. 4, 56:

sub autumno,

Ov. A. A. 2, 315:

autumno adulto,

about the middle of autumn, Tac. A. 11, 31:

vergente,

drawing to a close, id. ib. 11, 4:

flexus autumni,

id. H. 5, 23 al. —In plur.:

Frustra per autumnos nocentem Corporibus metuemus Austrum,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 15; Ov. M. 1, 117; 3, 327.—

Meton., the produce of the autumn, the harvest:

et multa fragrat testa senibus autumnis, i. e. vino vetere,

Mart. 3, 58, 7.

auctumnus (correctly aut-), a, um, adj. [1. auctumnus], autumnal ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

imber,

Cato, R. R. 58:

autumno frigore,

Ov. M. 3, 729 (Merk., autumni frigore):

sidera,

Manil. 2, 269:

tempus,

id. 2, 425:

pruinae,

Aus. Idyll. 8, 10;

Cod. Th. 2, 8, 2: aequinoctium,

Plin. 19, 6, 33, § 108:

tempestas,

Gell. 19, 7, 2.

auctumnus (correctly aut-), i, m. ( autumnum, i, n., Varr.ap.Non.p.71, 20). [This word was anciently referred to augeo, as the season of increase, as by Paul. ex Fest. p. 23, 11 Müll.; so Curtius. But Corssen and others, in view of its correct form, autumnus, refer it to the Sanscr. av, to do good to, to satisfy one's self; cf. the Gr. enênês (i.e. enêWês), good, kindly, and 2.aveo, to be well.] The season of abundance, the autumn.

Lit. (from the 22d of September to the 22d of December;

acc. to the designation of the ancients, from the entering of the sun into Libra until the setting of the Pleiades, comprising 91 days,

Varr. R. R. 1, 28):

quae temporis quasi naturam notant, hiems, ver, aestas, autumnus,

Cic. Part. Or. 11:

Vites autumno fundi suadente videmus,

Lucr. 1, 175:

Inde autumnus adit,

id. 5, 743:

pomifer,

Hor. C. 4, 7, 11:

varius purpureo colore,

id. ib. 2, 5, 11:

sordidus calcatis uvis,

Ov. M. 2, 29: letifer, sickly (on account of the diseases that prevail in autumn), Juv. 4, 56:

sub autumno,

Ov. A. A. 2, 315:

autumno adulto,

about the middle of autumn, Tac. A. 11, 31:

vergente,

drawing to a close, id. ib. 11, 4:

flexus autumni,

id. H. 5, 23 al. —In plur.:

Frustra per autumnos nocentem Corporibus metuemus Austrum,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 15; Ov. M. 1, 117; 3, 327.—

Meton., the produce of the autumn, the harvest:

et multa fragrat testa senibus autumnis, i. e. vino vetere,

Mart. 3, 58, 7.

auctumnus (correctly aut-), a, um, adj. [1. auctumnus], autumnal ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

imber,

Cato, R. R. 58:

autumno frigore,

Ov. M. 3, 729 (Merk., autumni frigore):

sidera,

Manil. 2, 269:

tempus,

id. 2, 425:

pruinae,

Aus. Idyll. 8, 10;

Cod. Th. 2, 8, 2: aequinoctium,

Plin. 19, 6, 33, § 108:

tempestas,

Gell. 19, 7, 2.

brūmālis, e, adj. [bruma].

Of or pertaining to the winter solstice, or shortest day:

dies,

Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33; id. Fat. 3:

polus,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 24 Müll.:

signum,

Capricorn, Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 178:

flexus,

the tropic of Capricorn, Lucr. 5, 615; 5, 639:

orbis,

Cic. N. D. 3, 14, 37:

tempus,

id. ib. 2, 44, 112:

circulus,

Plin. 2, 70, 70, § 177:

oriens,

Col. 1, 6, 1; Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119:

occasus, id. l. l.: meridies,

Col. 9, 5, 1:

revocatio,

Cic. Univ. 9: hora, the shortest (since it was the twelfth part of the shortest day), Censor. 16:

solstitium,

Col. 11, 2, 94.—

(Acc. to bruma, II.) Wintry, of winter:

tempus,

Cic. Arat. 61; Ov. Am. 3, 6, 95: brumales hiemis menses (hiemis, perh. gloss; cf.

shortly after: etiam brumali mense),

Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 146:

horae,

the short winter hours, Ov. M. 4, 199:

frigus,

Verg. A. 6, 205; Mart. 13, 16, 1:

nix,

Ov. P. 4, 5, 4:

grando,

id. ib. 4, 7, 34:

venti,

Luc. 5, 407.

cor-rĭgo ( conr-), rexi, rectum, 3, v. a. [rego], to make straight, set right, bring into order.

Lit. (rare):

catenas,

Cato, R. R. 18 fin.:

alicui digitum,

Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83:

verbaque correctis incidere talia ceris,

smoothed out, erased, Ov. M. 9, 529: corpus informe gibbo, Aug. ap. Macr. S. 2, 4:

vulvas conversas,

Plin. 24, 5, 13, § 22; cf.:

malas labentes,

Suet. Aug. 99:

cursum (navis),

Liv. 29, 27, 14; cf.:

se flexus (fluminum),

Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 16.—

Prov.:

curva,

to attempt to make crooked straight, Plin. Ep. 5, 21, 6; Sen. Lud. Mort. Claud. 8, 3.—Far more freq. and class.,

Trop., to improve, amend, correct, make better, reform, restore, make good, compensate for, etc.

In gen.

With acc.:

aliquem corruptum ad frugem corrigere,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 81:

gnatum mi,

Ter. And. 3, 4, 17:

ita mutat, ut ea, quae corrigere volt, mihi quidem depravare videatur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 17:

praeterita magis reprehendi possunt quam corrigi,

Liv. 30, 30, 7:

tarditatem cursu,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15 a), 2: errorem paenitendo, id. Fragm. ap. Lact. 6, 24; Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 12; cf.

mendum,

Cic. Att. 2, 7, 5:

delicta,

Sall. J. 3, 2:

mores (opp. corrumpere),

Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32;

and, mores (with vitia emendare),

Quint. 12, 7, 2:

acceptam in Illyrico ignominiam,

Liv. 43, 21, 4:

quicquid corrigere est nefas,

Hor. C. 1, 24, 20:

dum resque sinit, tua corrigo vota,

Ov. M. 2, 89:

moram celeri cessataque tempora cursu,

id. ib. 10, 670:

ancipitis fortuna temporis maturā virtute correcta,

Vell. 2, 79, 5:

ut tibi sit qui te conrigere possis,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 27:

paterer vos ipsā re conrigi, quoniam verba contemnitis,

Sall. C. 52, 35:

tu ut umquam te corrigas?

Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 22:

tota civitas corrigi solet continentiā,

id. Leg. 3, 13, 30:

aliā ratione malevolus, aliā amator corrigendus,

id. Tusc. 4, 31, 65; id. Mur. 29, 60:

conscius mihi sum... corrigi me posse,

Liv. 42, 42, 8.—Esp. freq. of improving, correcting an (oral or written) discourse, Varr. L. L. 9, § 9 Müll.; Cic. Att. 15, 1, B, 2; Quint. 1, 5, 34; Hor. A. P. 438 al.; and of the orator who employs the figure correctio (v. s. v. II.):

cum corrigimus nosmet ipsos quasi reprehendentes,

Cic. Or. 39, 135. —

Absol.:

se fateri admissum flagitium: sed eosdem correcturos esse,

Liv. 5, 28, 8; cf. Suet. Caes. 56.—

In medic. lang., to heal, cure:

lentigines,

Plin. 22, 25, 74, § 156:

maciem corporis,

id. 31, 6, 33, § 66:

cutem in facie,

id. 23, 8, 75, § 144.—Hence, cor-rectus ( conr-), a, um, P. a., improved, amended, correct (very rare):

ut is qui fortuito deliquit, attentior fiat correctiorque,

Gell. 6, 14, 2.—Hence, subst.: correctus, i, m., one who is reformed:

nihil officiunt peccata vetera correcti,

Lact. 6, 24, 5.

cor-rĭgo ( conr-), rexi, rectum, 3, v. a. [rego], to make straight, set right, bring into order.

Lit. (rare):

catenas,

Cato, R. R. 18 fin.:

alicui digitum,

Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83:

verbaque correctis incidere talia ceris,

smoothed out, erased, Ov. M. 9, 529: corpus informe gibbo, Aug. ap. Macr. S. 2, 4:

vulvas conversas,

Plin. 24, 5, 13, § 22; cf.:

malas labentes,

Suet. Aug. 99:

cursum (navis),

Liv. 29, 27, 14; cf.:

se flexus (fluminum),

Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 16.—

Prov.:

curva,

to attempt to make crooked straight, Plin. Ep. 5, 21, 6; Sen. Lud. Mort. Claud. 8, 3.—Far more freq. and class.,

Trop., to improve, amend, correct, make better, reform, restore, make good, compensate for, etc.

In gen.

With acc.:

aliquem corruptum ad frugem corrigere,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 81:

gnatum mi,

Ter. And. 3, 4, 17:

ita mutat, ut ea, quae corrigere volt, mihi quidem depravare videatur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 17:

praeterita magis reprehendi possunt quam corrigi,

Liv. 30, 30, 7:

tarditatem cursu,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15 a), 2: errorem paenitendo, id. Fragm. ap. Lact. 6, 24; Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 12; cf.

mendum,

Cic. Att. 2, 7, 5:

delicta,

Sall. J. 3, 2:

mores (opp. corrumpere),

Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32;

and, mores (with vitia emendare),

Quint. 12, 7, 2:

acceptam in Illyrico ignominiam,

Liv. 43, 21, 4:

quicquid corrigere est nefas,

Hor. C. 1, 24, 20:

dum resque sinit, tua corrigo vota,

Ov. M. 2, 89:

moram celeri cessataque tempora cursu,

id. ib. 10, 670:

ancipitis fortuna temporis maturā virtute correcta,

Vell. 2, 79, 5:

ut tibi sit qui te conrigere possis,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 27:

paterer vos ipsā re conrigi, quoniam verba contemnitis,

Sall. C. 52, 35:

tu ut umquam te corrigas?

Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 22:

tota civitas corrigi solet continentiā,

id. Leg. 3, 13, 30:

aliā ratione malevolus, aliā amator corrigendus,

id. Tusc. 4, 31, 65; id. Mur. 29, 60:

conscius mihi sum... corrigi me posse,

Liv. 42, 42, 8.—Esp. freq. of improving, correcting an (oral or written) discourse, Varr. L. L. 9, § 9 Müll.; Cic. Att. 15, 1, B, 2; Quint. 1, 5, 34; Hor. A. P. 438 al.; and of the orator who employs the figure correctio (v. s. v. II.):

cum corrigimus nosmet ipsos quasi reprehendentes,

Cic. Or. 39, 135. —

Absol.:

se fateri admissum flagitium: sed eosdem correcturos esse,

Liv. 5, 28, 8; cf. Suet. Caes. 56.—

In medic. lang., to heal, cure:

lentigines,

Plin. 22, 25, 74, § 156:

maciem corporis,

id. 31, 6, 33, § 66:

cutem in facie,

id. 23, 8, 75, § 144.—Hence, cor-rectus ( conr-), a, um, P. a., improved, amended, correct (very rare):

ut is qui fortuito deliquit, attentior fiat correctiorque,

Gell. 6, 14, 2.—Hence, subst.: correctus, i, m., one who is reformed:

nihil officiunt peccata vetera correcti,

Lact. 6, 24, 5.

dĕcet, cuit, 2, v. impers. [Sanscr. dacas, fame; Gr. dokeô, to seem, think; Lat. decus, dignus]. It is seemly, comely, becoming,; it beseems, behooves, is fitting, suitable, proper (for syn. v. debeo init.):

decere quasi aptum esse consentaneumque tempori et personae,

Cic. Or. 22, 74; cf. also nunc quid aptum sit, hoc est, quid maxime deceat in oratione videamus, id. de Or. 3, 55, 210 (very freq. and class.; not in Caes.).—Constr., with nom. or inf. of the thing, and with acc.; less freq. with dat. of the pers.; sometimes absol.

With nom. rei

and acc. pers.: Ph. Quin me aspice et contempla, ut haec (sc. vestis) me decet. Sc. Virtute formae id evenit, te ut deceat, quicquid habeas, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 16 sq.; cf.:

quem decet muliebris ornatus, quem incessus psaltriae, Cic. Clod. fragm. 5, p. 105 ed. Beier: te toga picta decet,

Prop. 4, 4, 53 al.; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 30; Quint. 8, 5, 28;

and nec habitus triumphalis feminas deceat,

id. 11, 1, 3; cf.:

omnis Aristippum color decuit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 23:

intonsus crinis deum,

Tib. 1, 4, 38; cf.:

neglecta decet multas coma,

Ov. A. A. 3, 153; id. F. 2, 106 et saep.:

id maxime quemque decet, quod est cujusque maxime suum,

Cic. Off. 1, 31, 113:

quod omnes et semper et ubique decet,

Quint. 11, 1, 14:

non si quid Pholoen satis, Et te, Chlori, decet,

Hor. Od. 3, 15, 8 et saep.:

qui flexus deceat miserationem,

Quint. 1, 11, 12:

civitatem quis deceat status,

Hor. Od. 3, 29, 25 et saep.—In plur.:

quem tenues decuere togae nitidique capilli,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 32:

te non citharae decent,

id. Od. 3, 15, 14:

alba decent Cererem: vestes Cerealibus albas Sumite,

Ov. F. 4, 619; id. M. 1, 457 et saep.:

nec velle experiri, quam se aliena deceant,

Cic. Off. 1, 31, 113; Quint. 6, 1, 25:

illa quoque diversa bonum virum decent,

id. 11, 1, 42 et saep.:

duo verba uni apposita ne versum quidem decuerint,

id. 8, 6, 43.—

Without acc. pers.:

nihil est difficilius quam quid deceat videre,

Cic. Or. 21, 70; cf.:

quid deceat et quid aptum sit personis,

id. Off. 1, 34 fin.:

casus singularis magis decuit,

Quint. 8, 3, 20; id. 11, 3, 161 et saep.:

idem fere in omni genere causarum et proderit et decebit,

id. 11, 1, 14; cf. id. 9, 4, 21.—In plur.:

ubi lepos, joci, risus, vinum, ebrietas decent,

Plaut. Ps. prol. 20:

cum magna pars est exhausta orationis, pene omnia decent,

Quint. 11, 3, 147; 150; id. 11, 1, 48 et saep. —

With dat.:

istuc facinus nostro generi non decet,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 188: certa est ratio quae deceat philosopho, Apul. Flor. 3, p. 355, 13; Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 34; cf. infra. —

With inf.

and acc. pers.:

non te mihi irasci decet,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 24:

hanc maculam nos decet effugere,

Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 31:

oratorem irasci minime decet,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 25; Quint. 12, 6, 3; Ov. M. 3, 265; so freq. with inf. pass.:

specimen naturae capi debet ex optima quaque natura,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32:

mortalin' decuit violari vulnere divum?

Verg. A. 12, 797; Ter. And. prol. 16. —

Without acc.:

injusta ab justis impetrare non decet,

Plaut. Am. prol. 35:

exemplis grandioribus decuit uti,

Cic. Div. 1, 20; Ov. M. 8, 27:

nunc decet caput impedire myrto: nunc et in umbrosis Fauno decet immolare lucis,

Hor. Od. 1, 4, 9 sq.; id. Ep. 1, 17, 2; Pers. 3, 27.—

With dat.:

decet tantae majestati eas servare leges, quibus, etc.,

Dig. 32, 1, 23:

ita uti liberali esse ingenio decet,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 89:

prima certe pensari decet populo utrum, etc.,

Liv. 34, 58, 8.

with acc. pers.:

ita ut vos decet,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 40; cf.:

facis, ut te decet,

Ter. Andr. 2, 5, 10; id. Heaut. 5, 5, 10:

ita uti fortes decet milites,

id. Eun. 4, 7, 44; cf.: id. Andr. 2, 6, 14:

illum decet,

Quint. 9, 4, 15 et saep.—

Without case:

eia haud sic decet,

Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 35; cf. id. Hec. 2, 2, 10:

fecisti ut decuerat,

id. ib. 4, 4, 66:

minus severe quam decuit,

Cic. Phil. 6, 1:

velata parte oris, quia sic decebat,

it was becoming, Tac. A. 13, 45:

nihil aliter ac deceat,

id. Att. 6, 3, 8: perge;

decet,

Verg. A. 12, 153 et saep.—

With dat.:

ita nobis decet,

Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 5; id. Heaut. 5, 2, 12:

locum editiorem quam victoribus decebat,

Sall. H. 1, 98 (Serv. Verg. A. 8, 127.)— Hence, dĕcens, entis, P. a. (freq. in Hor., Ov., and post-Aug. prose, esp. Quint.; not in Verg.; in Cic. once adverbially, and cf. decentia), seemly, becoming, decent, proper, fit:

amictus,

Ov. Pont. 2, 5, 52; cf.:

decentior amictus,

Quint. 11, 3, 156;

and sinus (togae) decentissimus,

id. 11, 3, 140:

ornatus,

id. 2, 15, 21:

motus,

Hor. Od. 4, 13, 17; Quint. 1, 10, 26; cf.:

corporis decens et accommodatus orationi motus,

id. 11, 3, 29;

and allevatio atque contractio humerorum,

id. 11, 3, 83:

decentissimum sponsalium genus,

Sen. Ben. 1, 9 et saep.:

quid verum atque decens,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 11:

decentius erit servare pudorem,

Quint. 11, 1, 78; cf. 8, 6, 6.—

Esp. of corporeal fitness and symmetry, regularly, symmetrically, handsomely shaped; well-formed; noble:

forma,

Ov. Am. 3, 1, 9; cf.:

habitus decentior quam sublimior,

Tac. Agr. 44:

facies,

Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 33:

malae,

Hor. Od. 3, 27, 53:

Venus,

id. ib. 1, 18, 6; cf.:

Cynthia,

Prop. 4, 8, 52 (5, 8, 52 M.):

Gratiae,

Hor. Od. 1, 4, 6:

(Paullus) et nobilis et decens,

id. ib. 4, 1, 13: pulcher et decens toto corpore, Suct. Dom. 18; cf. Juv. 6, 161:

sumptis decentior armis Minerva,

Ov. H. 5, 35; Quint. 8, 3, 10 et saep.— Adv.: decenter (acc. to no. 1), becomingly, decently, properly, fitly:

fictis nominibus decenter uti,

Plin. Ep. 6, 21, 5; cf.:

fieri,

Quint. 11, 1, 79:

singula quaeque locum teneant sortita decenter,

Hor. A. P. 92; cf.:

maesta,

Ov. Am. 2, 5, 44.— Comp.: Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 216; Quint. 9, 1, 21 al.— Sup., a false reading for diligentissime, Cic. Caes. 26, 74.

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].

Act., to bend, bow, curve, turn, turn round (freq. and class.; syn.: plecto, plico, curvo).

Lit.

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.—

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.—

Trop.

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.—

In partic.

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.—

(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.—

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.—

In grammar.

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. —

To decline, conjugate, inflect, Varr. L. L. 10, 2, 29 al.—

Flectere syllabam, to mark with the circumflex accent, and hence, to lengthen, Quint. 1, 5, 23 Spald. and Zumpt.

Neutr., to turn, go, or march in any direction (post-Aug.).

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.—

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.

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.—

Trop., of tones, lengthened:

infinito magis illa flexa et circumducta sunt,

Quint. 11, 3, 172.

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

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.—

Trop.

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.—

In a bad sense, fickle, wavering, inconstant:

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

Cic. Lael. 25, 92.

flexĭlis, e, adj. [flexus, from flecto].

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.—

Bent, curved:

spicae,

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

flexŭōsus, a, um, adj. [2. flexus], full of turns or windings, tortuous, flexuous, crooked, winding.

Lit.:

flexuosum iter habet auditus, ne quid intrare possit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144:

Taurus mons,

Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 98:

volatus hirundini,

id. 10, 24, 35, § 73.— Sup.:

intestina flexuosissimis orbibus,

Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 200.—

Trop.:

fraudes,

Prud. Cath. 6, 143.—

* Adv.: flexu-ōse, tortuously:

si flexuose volitet flamma,

Plin. 18, 35, 84, § 357.

flexūra, ae, f. [flexus, from flecto], a bending, winding, turning (rare; not in Cic.).

Lit.:

lateris,

Lucr. 4, 336:

angustiae flexuraeque vicorum,

Suet. Ner. 38.—

Trop.:

virtus recta est: flexuram non recipit,

Sen. Ep. 71, 19.—

Transf., in gram., inflection, declension of a word, Varr. L. L. 10, § 28 Müll.

fluxus, a, um, v. fluo, P. a., B.

fluxus, ūs, m. [id.], a flowing, flow, a flux (post-Aug.):

sanguinis, Justin. 12, 9, 12: (echenēis piscis) fluxus gravidarum utero sistens,

Plin. 9, 25, 41, § 79:

ventus non aliud intelligitur quam fluxus aëris,

a current of air, id. 2, 43, 44, § 114:

resinae,

id. 23, 1, 24, § 46:

Maeandrico fluxu delicatam vestem humi protrahere,

i. e. folds, drapery, Tert. Pall. 4 med. (but in Tac. H. 5, 23 the correct read. is flexu, v. 2. flexus, II. A. fin.).

inflexus, a, um, Part., from inflecto.

in-flexus, a, um, adj.;

gram. t. t.,

not declined, not inflected, Mart. Cap. 3, § 305.

inflexus, ūs, m. [inflecto], a bending, curving, inflecting (post-Aug.).

Lit.:

vicorum,

Juv. 3, 237:

adire inflexibus flexuosis,

Arn. 2, 57.—

Trop.:

vocem inflexu modulationis torquere,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 3.