LAT
inflecto
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Lewis Short
(verb) : in-flecto, exi, exum, 3
* To bend, bow, curve.
* Lit.: cum ferrum se inflexisset,Caes. B. G. 1, 25: bacillum,Cic. Div. 1, 17: capillum leniter,Suet. Aug. 79. —Mid.: sinus ad urbem inflectitur,bends itself, curves round,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30: montes inflexi theatrali modo,Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 30: nullum cursus sui vestigium,to turn aside,Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49.
* In partic.
* Trop., to change, affect, aller, pervert: solus hic inflexit sensus,Verg. A. 4, 22: jus civile gratiā, Cic. Caecin. 26, 73: orationem, manner or style of speaking, id. Brut. 9, 38: magnitudinem animi,to lessen,id. Fam. 1, 7.
* In gram., to mark or pronounce with a circumflex accent, Arn. 1, p. 44; cf.: agite, equi, facitote sonitus ungularum appareat: Cursu celeri facite inflexa sit pedum pernicitas,i.e. beat quick time with your feet,Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 113.
* To bend, bow, curve.
* Lit.: cum ferrum se inflexisset,Caes. B. G. 1, 25: bacillum,Cic. Div. 1, 17: capillum leniter,Suet. Aug. 79. —Mid.: sinus ad urbem inflectitur,bends itself, curves round,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30: montes inflexi theatrali modo,Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 30: nullum cursus sui vestigium,to turn aside,Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49.
* In partic.
* Trop., to change, affect, aller, pervert: solus hic inflexit sensus,Verg. A. 4, 22: jus civile gratiā, Cic. Caecin. 26, 73: orationem, manner or style of speaking, id. Brut. 9, 38: magnitudinem animi,to lessen,id. Fam. 1, 7.
* In gram., to mark or pronounce with a circumflex accent, Arn. 1, p. 44; cf.: agite, equi, facitote sonitus ungularum appareat: Cursu celeri facite inflexa sit pedum pernicitas,i.e. beat quick time with your feet,Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 113.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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