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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 ADJmovable; mobile; quick, active; changeable, shifting; fickle, easily swayed -
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 ADJhaving many twists/turns; having many layers/thicknesses, many deep; complex; multitudinous, many at once/together; numerous; changeable/shifting; versatile -
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. -
4 rutabulum
rod with flat end; (for shifting coal in oven); (stirring thick liquid); penis -
5 flexus
1.flexus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from flecto.2. I.Lit.:II.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.—Trop.A.In gen., a turning, transition into another state, political change:B.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.—In partic. (post-Aug.).1.An artful turning, winding, shifting:2.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. —Of the voice, inflection, modulation, variation:3.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.—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. -
6 rejectio
I.Lit.:II.sanguinis,
i. e. throwing up, Plin. 23, 8, 76, § 146; Pall. 3, 31, 2.—Trop., a rejecting, re jection (so in good prose, esp. freq. in Cic.).A.In gen.:B.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.—In partic.1.In jurid. lang., a challenging, rejection of a judge:b.judicum,
Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 16; so id. Planc. 15, 36. — Absol.:rejectione interpositā,
Cic. Sull. 33, 92; id. Att. 1, 16, 3.—Transf., in gen.:2.excutere, quicquid dici potest, et velut rejectione factā ad optimum pervenire,
Quint. 7, 1, 34: eruditorum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 7.—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. -
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.
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