(verb) : curvo, āvi, ātum, 1, id.
* To crook, bend, bow, curve (not ante-Aug.; v. Orell. ad Cic. N. D. 1, 24, 66).
* Lit.: curvari manus et aduncos crescere in ungues,Ov. M. 2, 479: bimā cornua fronte (vitulus),Verg. G. 4, 299: trabes,Ov. M. 7, 441; Prop. 3 (4), 22, 38. flexile cornu,Ov. M. 5, 383; 11, 324; cf.: ingentem arcum manu,Stat. Achill. 1, 487: rotundas Curvat aper lances,i. e. by its weight,Hor. S. 2, 4, 41: Calabros sinus (Hadria),id. C. 1, 33, 16: portus curvatus in arcum,Verg. A. 3, 533; cf. Plin. 6, 6, 6, § 18: luna curvata in cornua,id. 37, 10, 68, § 184; cf. poet.: fronte curvatos imitatus ignes,Hor. C. 4, 2, 57: imi (rami) in terram adeo curvantur, ut, etc.,Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 22: in diversum curvatur (arbor),id. 16, 42, 81, § 223: insectorum pedes ... foris curvantur,id. 11, 29, 35, § 101: curvata in montis faciem unda,Verg. G. 4, 361; cf. Ov. M. 15, 509; and: tollimur in caelum curvato gurgite,Verg. A. 3, 564.—Of persons: nec nostrum seri curvarent Aeacon anni,Ov. M. 9, 435; so, curvata senio membra,Tac. A. 1, 34: pondera vix toto curvatus corpore juxta Deicit,Stat. Th. 6, 649.—*
* Trop., to make to yield, to move: neque te munera nec ... vir curvat ( = movet, ad misericordiam flectit),Hor. C. 3, 10, 16.

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