dē-flectō flēxī, flexus, ere.—
Trans, to bend aside, turn away, divert:
tela, V.: amnīs in alium
cursum: ad Romanos cursum, L.: novam viam, to
build the road in another direction, L.—Fig., to turn away, lead astray:
lumina, O.: principes de
viā: ad verba rem, i. e. interpret literally: te de curriculo petitionis, to withdraw.—Intrans., to turn
aside, deviate, digress: de spatio: de rectā regione: a
veritate.