flectō flēxī, flexus, ere
FALC-,
to bend, bow, curve, turn, turn round
: equos brevi, Cs.: de foro in Capitolium currūs: habenas, O.: cursūs in orbem, O.: iter ad Privernum, L.: flexa In burim
ulmus, V.: artūs,
L.: ora retro, O.: geminas acies huc,
direct
, V.: lumina,
avert
, V.: salignas cratīs,
weave
, V.: flex<*> fractique
motūs,
contorted
: flexum mare,
a bay
, Ta.: (silva) se sinistrorsus,
Cs.: (milvus) Flectitur in gyrum,
wheels
, O.: flector in anguem,
wind myself into a snake
, O.: Cera multas Flectitur in facies,
is moulded
, O.—
To turn, double, pass around
: in flectendis promunturiis: Leucatam.—
To turn from, avoid, turn out of
: viam, C., L.: iter, V.—
To turn, go, divert one's course, march, pass
: laevo flectentes limine, V.: ex Gabino in Tusculanos flexere colles, L.: ad Oceanum, L.: ad
sapientiam, Ta.—Fig.,
to bend, turn, direct, sway, change
: animum, T.: teneros
et rudīs: suam naturam huc et illuc: vocem,
modulate
: flexus sonus, i. e.
melancholy
: mentīs suas ad nostrum imperium: aliquem a
proposito,
divert
, L.: animos, quin, etc., L.:
animos ad carmina, O.: Quo vobis mentes sese flexere viaï? Enn. ap. C.:
Cereus in vitium flecti, H.: flexo in meridiem die, Ta.: versūs, qui in Tiberium flecterentur, i. e.
might be applied
, Ta.—
To bend, move, persuade, influence, prevail upon, overcome, soften, appease
: quibus rebus ita flectebar animo, ut, etc.:
flectere mollibus Iam durum imperiis, H.: Superos, V.: fata deum precando,
V.: ingenium alicuius avorsum,
S.: si flectitur ira deorum, O.:
ad deditionem animos, L.
