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|lshtext=<b>flexūra</b>: ae, f. [[flexus]], from [[flecto]],<br /><b>I</b> a bending, [[winding]], [[turning]] ([[rare]]; not in Cic.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: lateris, Lucr. 4, 336: [[angustiae]] flexuraeque vicorum, Suet. Ner. 38.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.: [[virtus]] [[recta]] est: flexuram non recipit, Sen. Ep. 71, 19.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., in gram., [[inflection]], declension of a [[word]], Varr. L. L. 10, § 28 Müll.
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