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flexănĭmus , a, um, adj. flecto + animus (poet.).
I. Act., that bends or sways the heart, moving, affecting: o flexanima atque omnium regina rerum oratio, Pac. ap. Non. 113, 32 (Trag. Rel. v. 177 Rib.); cf.: “tantam vim habet illa, quae recte a bono poëta dicta est flexanima atque omnium regina rerum oratio,Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 187: “amor,Cat. 64, 331: “concentus,Mart. Cap. 9, § 906.—*
II. Pass., touched, moved, affected: flexanima, tamquam lymphata aut Bacchi sacris commota, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 36, 80 (Trag. Rel. v. 422 Rib.).
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    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.44
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.36
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