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flexĭbĭlis , e, adj. flexus, from flecto,
I.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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 10.11.1
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.58
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 3.39
    • Cicero, De Amicitia, 25
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 3.15
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 3.40
    • Cicero, Brutus, 79.274
    • Cicero, Orator, 16.52
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