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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>flexĭbĭlis</b>: e, adj. [[flexus]], from [[flecto]],<br /><b>I</b> [[that]] [[may]] be [[bent]], [[pliant]], [[flexible]] ([[class]].; cf.: [[lentus]], [[flexilis]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: materiam rerum totam esse flexibilem et commutabilem, Cic. N. D. 3, 39, 92: [[arcus]], Ov. Am. 3, 3, 29: ([[ulmus]]) ad [[currus]] flexibili vite, Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 228.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Pliant, [[flexible]], [[tractable]]: genera vocis permulta: [[grave]], [[acutum]]; flexibile, durum, [[flexible]], Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146; cf. [[oratio]], id. Or. 16, 52: [[nihil]] tam flexibile, id. Brut. 79, 274: vox, Quint. 11, 3, 15; 40: [[nihil]] non flexibile ad bonitatem, Cic. Att. 10, 11, 1.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In a [[bad]] [[sense]], [[fickle]], [[wavering]], [[inconstant]]: [[quid]] potest esse tam flexibile, tam devium, [[quam]] [[animus]] ejus, qui, etc., Cic. Lael. 25, 92.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>flexĭbĭlis</b>,¹³ e ([[flecto]]), flexible, souple : Cic. Nat. 3, 92 &#124;&#124; [fig.] : [[vox]] [[flexibilis]] Cic. Nat. 2, 146, voix souple, cf. Br. 274 ; Or. 52 ; Att. 10, 11, 1 ; Læl. 93.||[fig.] : [[vox]] [[flexibilis]] Cic. Nat. 2, 146, voix souple, cf. Br. 274 ; Or. 52 ; Att. 10, 11, 1 ; Læl. 93.
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{{Georges
|georg=flexibilis, e ([[flecto]]), biegsam, schmiegsam, [[geschmeidig]], [[elastisch]], I) eig.: [[materia]] rerum, Cic.: [[arcus]], Ov.: [[vitis]], Plin.: libri ([[Bast]]), Solin. – II) übtr.: a) v. Tone der [[Stimme]] (Ggstz. [[durus]]), [[vocis]] [[genus]], Cic.: [[vox]], Quint. – b) v. der [[Rede]], [[oratio]], Cic.: [[nihil]] est [[tam]] flexibile... [[quam]] [[oratio]], Cic. – c) v. Pers.u. ihrem [[Charakter]] (im guten u. üblen Sinne), flexibiles in quamcumque partem ducimur a principe, Plin. pan.: [[aetas]], Cic.: [[ingenium]], Plin. ep.: [[avaritia]] durissimum (störrigste) [[malum]] minimumque flexibile, Sen.: [[nihil]] [[non]] flexibile ad bonitatem, [[nichts]] Unversöhnliches, Cic.: [[quid]] potest [[esse]] [[tam]] flexibile, Cic.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=flexibilis flexibilis, flexibile ADJ :: flexible, pliant
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