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|gf=<b>flexĭbĭlis</b>,¹³ e ([[flecto]]), flexible, souple : Cic. Nat. 3, 92 || [fig.] : [[vox]] [[flexibilis]] Cic. Nat. 2, 146, voix souple, cf. Br. 274 ; Or. 52 ; Att. 10, 11, 1 ; Læl. 93. | |gf=<b>flexĭbĭlis</b>,¹³ e ([[flecto]]), flexible, souple : Cic. Nat. 3, 92 || [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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Revision as of 07:38, 14 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
flexĭbĭlis: e, adj. flexus, from flecto,
I that may be bent, pliant, flexible (class.; cf.: lentus, flexilis).
I 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.—
II Trop.
A 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.—*
B In a bad sense, fickle, wavering, inconstant: quid potest esse tam flexibile, tam devium, quam animus ejus, qui, etc., Cic. Lael. 25, 92.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
flexĭbĭlis,¹³ e (flecto), flexible, souple : Cic. Nat. 3, 92 || [fig.] : vox flexibilis Cic. Nat. 2, 146, voix souple, cf. Br. 274 ; Or. 52 ; Att. 10, 11, 1 ; Læl. 93.
