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rĕ-curvo , no
I.perf., ātum, 1, v. a., to bend or curve backwards, to turn back (not ante-Aug.): “equi colla,” Ov. H. 4, 79: “radicem,” Col. 5, 10, 13: “palmam,” Gell. 3, 6, 2: “in caput aquas,” Ov. Am. 1, 8, 6: “gladios in vulnera,” Stat. Th. 3, 583. — In part. perf.: “mucrone intus recurvato,” Cels. 7, 7, 4: “os magis in exteriora,” id. 8, 1 fin.: “undae (Maeandri),” winding, serpentine, Ov. M. 2, 246.
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 (6):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 2.246
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 7.7
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 8.1
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 3.6.2
    • Statius, Thebias, 3
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 5.10.13
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