I.a bending.
I. Prop.: “quasi helicis inflexio,” Cic. Univ. 9, 27: “dextra inflexio Bospori,” Amm. 22, 8, 14: “laterum inflexione forti ac virili,” a vigorous and manly attitude, Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 229.—
II. Transf., an inflection, modification: in adverbio temporum significationes non de ejusdem soni inflexione nascuntur, Macr. de Diff. c. 19, § 4.