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.—
flexĭlis , e, adj. flexus, from flecto.