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|lshtext=<b>flecto</b>: xi, xum, 3, v. a. and n. [[root]] in Gr. [[φολκός]], [[bandy]]-legged; [[φάλκης]], the [[bent]] [[rib]] of a [[ship]]; L. [[falx]]; [[falco]], so called from the [[curve]] of its claws or [[beak]]; cf. Germ. Falke; Engl. [[falcon]].<br /><b>I</b> Act., to [[bend]], [[bow]], [[curve]], [[turn]], [[turn]] [[round]] (freq. and [[class]].; syn.: [[plecto]], [[plico]], [[curvo]]).<br /> <b>A</b> Lit.<br /> <b>1</b> In gen.: [[animal]] omne membra [[quocumque]] vult, flectit, contorquet, porrigit, contrahit, Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120: ora [[retro]], Ov. M. 3, 188: [[vultus]] ad illum, id. ib. 4, 265; 10, 236: lumina a gurgite in nullam partem, id. ib. 8, 367: geminas [[acies]] huc, to [[turn]], [[direct]], Verg. A. 6, 789; cf. oculos, id. ib. 8, 698: equos brevi moderari ac flectere, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin.: equum, Hor. C. 3, 7, 25: currum de [[foro]] in [[Capitolium]], Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 30, § 77: [[plaustrum]], Ov. M. 10, 447: navem, Auct. B. Alex. 64 fin.: habenas, Ov. M. 2, 169: [[cursus]] in orbem, id. ib. 6, 225; cf.: [[cursus]] in laevum, id. Tr. 1, 10, 17: [[iter]] ad [[Privernum]], Liv. 8, 19, 13 Drak. N. cr.: [[iter]] Demetriadem, id. 35, 31, 3: tu (Bacche) flectis amnes, tu [[mare]] [[barbarum]], Hor. C. 2, 19, 17: [[arcus]], to [[bend]], Ov. M. 4, 303; cf.: flexos incurvant viribus [[arcus]], Verg. A. 5, 500: flexum [[genu]], Ov. M. 4, 340: [[artus]], Liv. 21, 58, 9: flexi crines, curled, Mart. 3, 63, 3; 10, 65, 6; Juv. 6, 493: flexum [[mare]], i.e. a [[bay]], Tac. A. 14, 4: flexi fractique [[motus]], [[contorted]], Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35: [[hinc]] ([[silva]]) se flectit [[sinistrorsus]], Caes. B. G. 6, 25, 3.—Mid.: [[quasi]] [[amnis]] celeris rapit, sed [[tamen]] inflexu flectitur, Naev. ap. Non. 191, 34 (Trag. Rel. v. 42 Rib.): (milvus) flectitur in gyrum, wheels, Ov. M. 2, 718: [[modo]] flector in anguem, I [[bend]], [[wind]] [[myself]] [[into]] a [[snake]], id. ib. 8, 883: sol ab ea (Cancri) [[meta]] incipit flecti, Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 264: [[Euphrates]] ad meridiem flectitur, id. 6, 26, 30, § 125.—<br /> <b>2</b> In partic., naut. t. t., to go [[round]] or [[double]] a [[promontory]]: cum in flectendis promontoriis ventorum mutationes maximas [[saepe]] sentiant, Cic. Div. 2, 45, 94: Leucaten flectere molestum videbatur, id. Att. 5, 9, 1.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop.<br /> <b>1</b> In gen., to [[bend]], [[turn]], [[direct]]: ducere [[multimodis]] voces et flectere [[cantus]], Lucr. 5, 1406: vocem, Ov. Am. 2, 4, 25: qui teneros et rudes cum acceperunt, inficiunt et flectunt, ut volunt, Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47; cf.: imbecillitatem animorum torquere et flectere, id. ib. 1, 10, 29: suam naturam huc et [[illuc]] torquere ac flectere, id. Cael. 6, 13: vitam flectere fingereque, id. Sull. 28, 79: mentes suas ad [[nostrum]] [[imperium]] nomenque, id. Balb. 17, 39: aliquem a proposito, Liv. 28, 22, 11: scribentis animum a [[vero]], id. 1 praef. 5: [[animus]] ab [[aliqua]] opinione flectendus, Quint. 4, 2, 80: animos ad publica carmina, Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 23: quo [[vobis]] mentes ... dementes [[sese]] flexere viaï? Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 6, 16 (Ann. v. 209 ed. Vahl.): est viri et ducis oblata casu flectere ad [[consilium]], Liv. 28, 44, 8: juvenis [[cereus]] in [[vitium]] flecti, Hor. A. P. 163: [[quod]] [[procul]] a nobis flectat Fortuna gubernans, [[turn]] [[aside]], [[avert]], Lucr. 5, 108.—<br /> <b>2</b> In partic.<br /> <b>a</b> To [[bend]] (in [[opinion]] or in [[will]]), to [[move]], [[persuade]], [[prevail]] [[upon]], [[overcome]], [[soften]], [[appease]] (cf.: [[moveo]], [[afficio]]): quibus rebus ita flectebar [[animo]] [[atque]] frangebar, ut, etc., Cic. Sull. 6, 18: sed [[quid]] te oratione flectam? ... [[qua]] re flecte te, [[quaeso]], id. Phil. 1, 14, 35: [[facile]] Achivos flexeris, Enn. ap. Gell. 11, 4, 3 (Trag. v. 229 ed. Vahl.): judices, Quint. 6, 1, 9: flectere mollibus jam durum imperiis, Hor. C. 4, 1, 6: precibus si flecteris ullis, Verg. A. 2, 689: flectere si [[nequeo]] Superos, Acheronta movebo, id. ib. 7, 312; cf.: [[nisi]] dii immortales suo numine [[prope]] fata ipsa flexissent, Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19: desine fata deum flecti sperare precando, Verg. A. 6, 376: animos commutare [[atque]] omni ratione flectere, Cic. de Or. 2, 52 fin.: [[ingenium]] alicujus aversum, Sall. J. 102, 3: si quem a proposito [[spes]] mollitiave animi flexisset, [[divert]], [[dissuade]], Liv. 28, 22, 11: dictis nostris [[sententia]] flexa est, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 257 Müll. (Ann. v. 264 ed. Vahl.): si flectitur ira deorum, Ov. M. 1, 378: cf. id. Tr. 3, 5, 41: hortaturque [[simul]] flectitque labores, soothes, Stat. S. 5, 1, 119: ad deditionem primos, Liv. 5, 43, 1.—Mid.: plurimum valet [[miseratio]], quae judicem flecti non [[tantum]] cogit, sed, etc., to [[let]] [[himself]] be moved, Quint. 6, 1, 23: flexi in misericordiam, Amm. 12, 27.—<br /> <b>b</b> (Acc. to I. A. 2.) To [[turn]] [[aside]] from, to [[avoid]] a [[thing]]: ut eam (viam) flectas, te [[rogo]], Cic. Att. 11, 18, 2 ([[but]] B. and K. ex conj. C. F. Hermann [[read]] ira, v. a. [[sup]].); cf.: flexit viam, Liv. 1, 60, 1: [[dolo]] a se flexos imputavit [[civilis]], Tac. H. 5, 24.—<br /> <b>c</b> To [[refer]] to or [[apply]] to [[any]] one: [[versus]] qui in Tiberium flecterentur, Tac. A. 6, 29: [[Augustus]] quaedam ex horrida [[illa]] antiquitate ad praesentem usum flexisset, id. ib. 4, 16.—<br /> <b>d</b> In [[grammar]].<br /> <b>(a)</b> To form a [[word]] from [[another]] [[language]]: verba derivare, flectere, conjungere, Quint. 8, 3, 36: hoc [[vocabulum]] ([[pollex]]) de Graeco flexum est, Gell. 4, 3 fin. —<br /> <b>(b)</b> To [[decline]], conjugate, inflect, Varr. L. L. 10, 2, 29 al.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> Flectere syllabam, to [[mark]] [[with]] the circumflex [[accent]], and [[hence]], to [[lengthen]], Quint. 1, 5, 23 Spald. and Zumpt.<br /><b>II</b> Neutr., to [[turn]], go, or [[march]] in [[any]] [[direction]] ([[post]]-Aug.).<br /> <b>A</b> Lit.: cum [[procul]] hos laevo flectentes limite cernunt, Verg. A. 9, 372: ex Gabino in Tusculanos flexere colles, Liv. 3, 8, 6; [[Hasdrubal]] ad Oceanum flectit, id. 28, 16, 3: [[inde]] [[Vitellius]] Cremonam flexit, Tac. H. 2, 70: in [[Capitolium]], Suet. Tib. 20.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop., of [[thought]] or [[speech]], to [[turn]] in [[any]] [[direction]]: ad providentiam sapientiamque, Tac. A. 13, 3: in ambitionem, id. ib. 4, 37: a veneratione Augusti [[orsus]] flexit ad victorias Tiberii, id. ib. 1, 34.—Hence, [[flexus]], a, um, P. a.<br /> <b>A</b> Lit., [[bent]], [[winding]]: [[error]], Ov. M. 8, 160: [[zodiacus]] [[circa]] Cancrum Capricornumque flexior, Mart. Cap. 8, § 878.—In neutr. plur. subst.: collium flexa, Minuc. Fel. Octav. 17.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop., of tones, lengthened: infinito [[magis]] [[illa]] flexa et circumducta sunt, Quint. 11, 3, 172. | |lshtext=<b>flecto</b>: xi, xum, 3, v. a. and n. [[root]] in Gr. [[φολκός]], [[bandy]]-legged; [[φάλκης]], the [[bent]] [[rib]] of a [[ship]]; L. [[falx]]; [[falco]], so called from the [[curve]] of its claws or [[beak]]; cf. Germ. Falke; Engl. [[falcon]].<br /><b>I</b> Act., to [[bend]], [[bow]], [[curve]], [[turn]], [[turn]] [[round]] (freq. and [[class]].; syn.: [[plecto]], [[plico]], [[curvo]]).<br /> <b>A</b> Lit.<br /> <b>1</b> In gen.: [[animal]] omne membra [[quocumque]] vult, flectit, contorquet, porrigit, contrahit, Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120: ora [[retro]], Ov. M. 3, 188: [[vultus]] ad illum, id. ib. 4, 265; 10, 236: lumina a gurgite in nullam partem, id. ib. 8, 367: geminas [[acies]] huc, to [[turn]], [[direct]], Verg. A. 6, 789; cf. oculos, id. ib. 8, 698: equos brevi moderari ac flectere, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin.: equum, Hor. C. 3, 7, 25: currum de [[foro]] in [[Capitolium]], Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 30, § 77: [[plaustrum]], Ov. M. 10, 447: navem, Auct. B. Alex. 64 fin.: habenas, Ov. M. 2, 169: [[cursus]] in orbem, id. ib. 6, 225; cf.: [[cursus]] in laevum, id. Tr. 1, 10, 17: [[iter]] ad [[Privernum]], Liv. 8, 19, 13 Drak. N. cr.: [[iter]] Demetriadem, id. 35, 31, 3: tu (Bacche) flectis amnes, tu [[mare]] [[barbarum]], Hor. C. 2, 19, 17: [[arcus]], to [[bend]], Ov. M. 4, 303; cf.: flexos incurvant viribus [[arcus]], Verg. A. 5, 500: flexum [[genu]], Ov. M. 4, 340: [[artus]], Liv. 21, 58, 9: flexi crines, curled, Mart. 3, 63, 3; 10, 65, 6; Juv. 6, 493: flexum [[mare]], i.e. a [[bay]], Tac. A. 14, 4: flexi fractique [[motus]], [[contorted]], Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35: [[hinc]] ([[silva]]) se flectit [[sinistrorsus]], Caes. B. G. 6, 25, 3.—Mid.: [[quasi]] [[amnis]] celeris rapit, sed [[tamen]] inflexu flectitur, Naev. ap. Non. 191, 34 (Trag. Rel. v. 42 Rib.): (milvus) flectitur in gyrum, wheels, Ov. M. 2, 718: [[modo]] flector in anguem, I [[bend]], [[wind]] [[myself]] [[into]] a [[snake]], id. ib. 8, 883: sol ab ea (Cancri) [[meta]] incipit flecti, Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 264: [[Euphrates]] ad meridiem flectitur, id. 6, 26, 30, § 125.—<br /> <b>2</b> In partic., naut. t. t., to go [[round]] or [[double]] a [[promontory]]: cum in flectendis promontoriis ventorum mutationes maximas [[saepe]] sentiant, Cic. Div. 2, 45, 94: Leucaten flectere molestum videbatur, id. Att. 5, 9, 1.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop.<br /> <b>1</b> In gen., to [[bend]], [[turn]], [[direct]]: ducere [[multimodis]] voces et flectere [[cantus]], Lucr. 5, 1406: vocem, Ov. Am. 2, 4, 25: qui teneros et rudes cum acceperunt, inficiunt et flectunt, ut volunt, Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47; cf.: imbecillitatem animorum torquere et flectere, id. ib. 1, 10, 29: suam naturam huc et [[illuc]] torquere ac flectere, id. Cael. 6, 13: vitam flectere fingereque, id. Sull. 28, 79: mentes suas ad [[nostrum]] [[imperium]] nomenque, id. Balb. 17, 39: aliquem a proposito, Liv. 28, 22, 11: scribentis animum a [[vero]], id. 1 praef. 5: [[animus]] ab [[aliqua]] opinione flectendus, Quint. 4, 2, 80: animos ad publica carmina, Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 23: quo [[vobis]] mentes ... dementes [[sese]] flexere viaï? Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 6, 16 (Ann. v. 209 ed. Vahl.): est viri et ducis oblata casu flectere ad [[consilium]], Liv. 28, 44, 8: juvenis [[cereus]] in [[vitium]] flecti, Hor. A. P. 163: [[quod]] [[procul]] a nobis flectat Fortuna gubernans, [[turn]] [[aside]], [[avert]], Lucr. 5, 108.—<br /> <b>2</b> In partic.<br /> <b>a</b> To [[bend]] (in [[opinion]] or in [[will]]), to [[move]], [[persuade]], [[prevail]] [[upon]], [[overcome]], [[soften]], [[appease]] (cf.: [[moveo]], [[afficio]]): quibus rebus ita flectebar [[animo]] [[atque]] frangebar, ut, etc., Cic. Sull. 6, 18: sed [[quid]] te oratione flectam? ... [[qua]] re flecte te, [[quaeso]], id. Phil. 1, 14, 35: [[facile]] Achivos flexeris, Enn. ap. Gell. 11, 4, 3 (Trag. v. 229 ed. Vahl.): judices, Quint. 6, 1, 9: flectere mollibus jam durum imperiis, Hor. C. 4, 1, 6: precibus si flecteris ullis, Verg. A. 2, 689: flectere si [[nequeo]] Superos, Acheronta movebo, id. ib. 7, 312; cf.: [[nisi]] dii immortales suo numine [[prope]] fata ipsa flexissent, Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19: desine fata deum flecti sperare precando, Verg. A. 6, 376: animos commutare [[atque]] omni ratione flectere, Cic. de Or. 2, 52 fin.: [[ingenium]] alicujus aversum, Sall. J. 102, 3: si quem a proposito [[spes]] mollitiave animi flexisset, [[divert]], [[dissuade]], Liv. 28, 22, 11: dictis nostris [[sententia]] flexa est, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 257 Müll. (Ann. v. 264 ed. Vahl.): si flectitur ira deorum, Ov. M. 1, 378: cf. id. Tr. 3, 5, 41: hortaturque [[simul]] flectitque labores, soothes, Stat. S. 5, 1, 119: ad deditionem primos, Liv. 5, 43, 1.—Mid.: plurimum valet [[miseratio]], quae judicem flecti non [[tantum]] cogit, sed, etc., to [[let]] [[himself]] be moved, Quint. 6, 1, 23: flexi in misericordiam, Amm. 12, 27.—<br /> <b>b</b> (Acc. to I. A. 2.) To [[turn]] [[aside]] from, to [[avoid]] a [[thing]]: ut eam (viam) flectas, te [[rogo]], Cic. Att. 11, 18, 2 ([[but]] B. and K. ex conj. C. F. Hermann [[read]] ira, v. a. [[sup]].); cf.: flexit viam, Liv. 1, 60, 1: [[dolo]] a se flexos imputavit [[civilis]], Tac. H. 5, 24.—<br /> <b>c</b> To [[refer]] to or [[apply]] to [[any]] one: [[versus]] qui in Tiberium flecterentur, Tac. A. 6, 29: [[Augustus]] quaedam ex horrida [[illa]] antiquitate ad praesentem usum flexisset, id. ib. 4, 16.—<br /> <b>d</b> In [[grammar]].<br /> <b>(a)</b> To form a [[word]] from [[another]] [[language]]: verba derivare, flectere, conjungere, Quint. 8, 3, 36: hoc [[vocabulum]] ([[pollex]]) de Graeco flexum est, Gell. 4, 3 fin. —<br /> <b>(b)</b> To [[decline]], conjugate, inflect, Varr. L. L. 10, 2, 29 al.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> Flectere syllabam, to [[mark]] [[with]] the circumflex [[accent]], and [[hence]], to [[lengthen]], Quint. 1, 5, 23 Spald. and Zumpt.<br /><b>II</b> Neutr., to [[turn]], go, or [[march]] in [[any]] [[direction]] ([[post]]-Aug.).<br /> <b>A</b> Lit.: cum [[procul]] hos laevo flectentes limite cernunt, Verg. A. 9, 372: ex Gabino in Tusculanos flexere colles, Liv. 3, 8, 6; [[Hasdrubal]] ad Oceanum flectit, id. 28, 16, 3: [[inde]] [[Vitellius]] Cremonam flexit, Tac. H. 2, 70: in [[Capitolium]], Suet. Tib. 20.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop., of [[thought]] or [[speech]], to [[turn]] in [[any]] [[direction]]: ad providentiam sapientiamque, Tac. A. 13, 3: in ambitionem, id. ib. 4, 37: a veneratione Augusti [[orsus]] flexit ad victorias Tiberii, id. ib. 1, 34.—Hence, [[flexus]], a, um, P. a.<br /> <b>A</b> Lit., [[bent]], [[winding]]: [[error]], Ov. M. 8, 160: [[zodiacus]] [[circa]] Cancrum Capricornumque flexior, Mart. Cap. 8, § 878.—In neutr. plur. subst.: collium flexa, Minuc. Fel. Octav. 17.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop., of tones, lengthened: infinito [[magis]] [[illa]] flexa et circumducta sunt, Quint. 11, 3, 172. | ||
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|georg=flecto, flexī, flexum, ere, [[beugen]], I) tr. u. [[zwar]]: A) [[beugen]], [[umbeugen]], [[biegen]], [[krümmen]], 1) eig.: membra, Cic.: ramum, Ov.: flexae pectine comae, gekräuselte, Apul. (u. so capilli ingenio [[suo]] [[flexi]], Petron.: fuit [[flexo]] ad pectinem capillo, er trug gekräuseltes [[Haar]], Spart.): [[frons]] minima et [[quae]] radices capilli [[retro]] flexerat, Petron.: [[flexi]] fractique [[motus]], gaukelnde Bewegungen, Cic. – [[iter]] suum od. viam, dem Marsche eine [[andere]] [[Richtung]] [[geben]], [[einen]] andern [[Weg]] [[nehmen]], vom Wege abbiegen, Nep. u. Liv.: [[iter]] Demetriadem, Liv. – 2) übtr.: a) [[beugen]], [[abbeugen]] = modulieren (Töne), vocem, beim [[Singen]], Cic.: [[flexus]] [[sonus]], Mollton, melancholischer [[Ton]], Cic. – b) [[dehnen]] = [[zirkumflektieren]], syllabam, Quint. 1, 5, 23. – c) [[formen]], [[bilden]], verba derivare, flectere, coniungere, Quint. 8, 3, 36: [[hoc]] [[quoque]] [[vocabulum]] de Graeco flexum est, Gell. 4, 3. § 3. – d) flektieren = deklinieren u. konjugieren, [[Varro]] LL. 10, 29 u.a. – e) gleichs. [[umbeugen]], d.h. [[anders]] [[beugen]], d.i. [[ändern]], [[verändern]], [[sed]] ut [[eam]] (istorum viam) flectas, te [[rogo]], Cic.: u. so vitam, Cic.: fata deûm, Verg.: in [[melius]] [[adversa]], in [[deterius]] optata flectuntur, Sen. nat. qu. 3. pr. § 8. – u. [[umstimmen]], [[bes]]. [[erweichen]], animum od. alqm, Cic.: so [[auch]] mentes hominum, Liv.: iudicem flecti cogit, Quint.: flecti misericordiā, Liv.: [[non]] flecti posse precibus [[aut]] donis regiis, Liv. – alcis animum od. alqm [[non]] fl. m. folg. [[quin]] u. Konj., jmd. [[nicht]] [[davon]] [[abbringen]], daß er usw., [[nihil]] flexerunt animos, [[quin]] collem defenderent, Liv. 5, 42, 7: [[neque]] fletu et lacrimis [[auxilium]] [[eius]] orantium [[flexus]] est, [[quin]] daret profectionis [[signum]], Tac. ann. 14, 33. – poet., labores, [[versüßen]], Stat. silv. 5, 1, 120. – B) [[beugen]] = [[lenken]], [[richten]], 1) eig.: equos, Caes.: navem, Auct. b. Alex.: currum de [[foro]] in [[Capitolium]], Cic.: [[carpentum]] dextrā in Urbium [[clivum]], Liv.: [[acies]] (= oculos) [[huc]], Verg.: ab [[Hesperia]] [[non]] flexit lumina [[terra]], wendete (ab), Lucan. – cursum fl. ad puerilem vagitum (v. [[einer]] [[Wölfin]]), Liv.: [[cursus]] in [[laevum]], Ov.: certum in orbem quadrupedis [[cursus]], Ov. – refl., se in Daphnona, Petron. 126, 12. – medial, flecti in gyrum, im Kreise herumfliegen, Ov. [[met]]. 2, 718. – übtr., v. Örtl., refl. flectere se od. medial flecti, [[sich]] [[nach]] [[einer]] [[Gegend]] [[hinwenden]], [[hinrichten]], [[hinc]] ([[silva]]) se flectit [[sinistrorsus]], wendet [[sich]] [[links]], Caes.: [[unde]] in meridiem flecti [[eum]] (Euphratem) diximus, Plin. – medial v. der [[Zeit]], [[flexo]] in vesperam die, Tac. ann. 1, 16. – 2) übtr.: a) [[auf]] jmd. etw. [[deuten]], -[[beziehen]], [[versus]], [[qui]] in Tiberium flecterentur, die [[man]] [[auf]] [[Tiberius]] [[beziehen]] konnte, Tac. ann. 6, 29. – b) [[ablenken]] = [[abwenden]], [[quod]] [[procul]] a [[nobis]] flectat [[fortuna]] gubernans, Lucr. 5, 107. – c) [[abbringen]] [[von]] usw., alqm a proposito, Liv.: a studio ad [[imperium]], Cic.: animum iudicis ab [[aliqua]] [[contra]] [[nos]] insita opinione, Quint. – in [[vitium]] flecti, [[sich]] [[hinwenden]] zu usw., Hor. – C) [[durch]] eine [[Wendung]] um [[etwas]] [[herumkommen]], etw. [[umfahren]], [[umsegeln]], [[promunturium]], Cic.: Leucatam, Cic. ep. – II) intr. = [[sich]] [[wohin]] [[wenden]], 1) eig.: ex Gabino in Tusculanos colles, Liv.: ad Oceanum, Liv. – 2) übtr., [[sich]] zu etw. [[wenden]], ad sapientiam, Tac.: in ambitionem, Tac. – / Pers. flexuī [[bei]] Prob. (IV) 39, 25 u. Plot. Sacerd. (VI) 491, 30. – [[nach]] der 4. Konjug. gebildete [[Form]] flectiretur, Greg. Tur. hist. Franc. 3, 29. | |georg=flecto, flexī, flexum, ere, [[beugen]], I) tr. u. [[zwar]]: A) [[beugen]], [[umbeugen]], [[biegen]], [[krümmen]], 1) eig.: membra, Cic.: ramum, Ov.: flexae pectine comae, gekräuselte, Apul. (u. so capilli ingenio [[suo]] [[flexi]], Petron.: fuit [[flexo]] ad pectinem capillo, er trug gekräuseltes [[Haar]], Spart.): [[frons]] minima et [[quae]] radices capilli [[retro]] flexerat, Petron.: [[flexi]] fractique [[motus]], gaukelnde Bewegungen, Cic. – [[iter]] suum od. viam, dem Marsche eine [[andere]] [[Richtung]] [[geben]], [[einen]] andern [[Weg]] [[nehmen]], vom Wege abbiegen, Nep. u. Liv.: [[iter]] Demetriadem, Liv. – 2) übtr.: a) [[beugen]], [[abbeugen]] = modulieren (Töne), vocem, beim [[Singen]], Cic.: [[flexus]] [[sonus]], Mollton, melancholischer [[Ton]], Cic. – b) [[dehnen]] = [[zirkumflektieren]], syllabam, Quint. 1, 5, 23. – c) [[formen]], [[bilden]], verba derivare, flectere, coniungere, Quint. 8, 3, 36: [[hoc]] [[quoque]] [[vocabulum]] de Graeco flexum est, Gell. 4, 3. § 3. – d) flektieren = deklinieren u. konjugieren, [[Varro]] LL. 10, 29 u.a. – e) gleichs. [[umbeugen]], d.h. [[anders]] [[beugen]], d.i. [[ändern]], [[verändern]], [[sed]] ut [[eam]] (istorum viam) flectas, te [[rogo]], Cic.: u. so vitam, Cic.: fata deûm, Verg.: in [[melius]] [[adversa]], in [[deterius]] optata flectuntur, Sen. nat. qu. 3. pr. § 8. – u. [[umstimmen]], [[bes]]. [[erweichen]], animum od. alqm, Cic.: so [[auch]] mentes hominum, Liv.: iudicem flecti cogit, Quint.: flecti misericordiā, Liv.: [[non]] flecti posse precibus [[aut]] donis regiis, Liv. – alcis animum od. alqm [[non]] fl. m. folg. [[quin]] u. Konj., jmd. [[nicht]] [[davon]] [[abbringen]], daß er usw., [[nihil]] flexerunt animos, [[quin]] collem defenderent, Liv. 5, 42, 7: [[neque]] fletu et lacrimis [[auxilium]] [[eius]] orantium [[flexus]] est, [[quin]] daret profectionis [[signum]], Tac. ann. 14, 33. – poet., labores, [[versüßen]], Stat. silv. 5, 1, 120. – B) [[beugen]] = [[lenken]], [[richten]], 1) eig.: equos, Caes.: navem, Auct. b. Alex.: currum de [[foro]] in [[Capitolium]], Cic.: [[carpentum]] dextrā in Urbium [[clivum]], Liv.: [[acies]] (= oculos) [[huc]], Verg.: ab [[Hesperia]] [[non]] flexit lumina [[terra]], wendete (ab), Lucan. – cursum fl. ad puerilem vagitum (v. [[einer]] [[Wölfin]]), Liv.: [[cursus]] in [[laevum]], Ov.: certum in orbem quadrupedis [[cursus]], Ov. – refl., se in Daphnona, Petron. 126, 12. – medial, flecti in gyrum, im Kreise herumfliegen, Ov. [[met]]. 2, 718. – übtr., v. Örtl., refl. flectere se od. medial flecti, [[sich]] [[nach]] [[einer]] [[Gegend]] [[hinwenden]], [[hinrichten]], [[hinc]] ([[silva]]) se flectit [[sinistrorsus]], wendet [[sich]] [[links]], Caes.: [[unde]] in meridiem flecti [[eum]] (Euphratem) diximus, Plin. – medial v. der [[Zeit]], [[flexo]] in vesperam die, Tac. ann. 1, 16. – 2) übtr.: a) [[auf]] jmd. etw. [[deuten]], -[[beziehen]], [[versus]], [[qui]] in Tiberium flecterentur, die [[man]] [[auf]] [[Tiberius]] [[beziehen]] konnte, Tac. ann. 6, 29. – b) [[ablenken]] = [[abwenden]], [[quod]] [[procul]] a [[nobis]] flectat [[fortuna]] gubernans, Lucr. 5, 107. – c) [[abbringen]] [[von]] usw., alqm a proposito, Liv.: a studio ad [[imperium]], Cic.: animum iudicis ab [[aliqua]] [[contra]] [[nos]] insita opinione, Quint. – in [[vitium]] flecti, [[sich]] [[hinwenden]] zu usw., Hor. – C) [[durch]] eine [[Wendung]] um [[etwas]] [[herumkommen]], etw. [[umfahren]], [[umsegeln]], [[promunturium]], Cic.: Leucatam, Cic. ep. – II) intr. = [[sich]] [[wohin]] [[wenden]], 1) eig.: ex Gabino in Tusculanos colles, Liv.: ad Oceanum, Liv. – 2) übtr., [[sich]] zu etw. [[wenden]], ad sapientiam, Tac.: in ambitionem, Tac. – / Pers. flexuī [[bei]] Prob. (IV) 39, 25 u. Plot. Sacerd. (VI) 491, 30. – [[nach]] der 4. Konjug. gebildete [[Form]] flectiretur, Greg. Tur. hist. Franc. 3, 29. | ||
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Latin > English
flecto flectere, flexi, flexus V :: bend, curve, bow; turn, curl; persuade, prevail on, soften
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
flecto: xi, xum, 3, v. a. and n. root in Gr. φολκός, bandy-legged; φάλκης, the bent rib of a ship; L. falx; falco, so called from the curve of its claws or beak; cf. Germ. Falke; Engl. falcon.
I Act., to bend, bow, curve, turn, turn round (freq. and class.; syn.: plecto, plico, curvo).
A Lit.
1 In gen.: animal omne membra quocumque vult, flectit, contorquet, porrigit, contrahit, Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120: ora retro, Ov. M. 3, 188: vultus ad illum, id. ib. 4, 265; 10, 236: lumina a gurgite in nullam partem, id. ib. 8, 367: geminas acies huc, to turn, direct, Verg. A. 6, 789; cf. oculos, id. ib. 8, 698: equos brevi moderari ac flectere, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin.: equum, Hor. C. 3, 7, 25: currum de foro in Capitolium, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 30, § 77: plaustrum, Ov. M. 10, 447: navem, Auct. B. Alex. 64 fin.: habenas, Ov. M. 2, 169: cursus in orbem, id. ib. 6, 225; cf.: cursus in laevum, id. Tr. 1, 10, 17: iter ad Privernum, Liv. 8, 19, 13 Drak. N. cr.: iter Demetriadem, id. 35, 31, 3: tu (Bacche) flectis amnes, tu mare barbarum, Hor. C. 2, 19, 17: arcus, to bend, Ov. M. 4, 303; cf.: flexos incurvant viribus arcus, Verg. A. 5, 500: flexum genu, Ov. M. 4, 340: artus, Liv. 21, 58, 9: flexi crines, curled, Mart. 3, 63, 3; 10, 65, 6; Juv. 6, 493: flexum mare, i.e. a bay, Tac. A. 14, 4: flexi fractique motus, contorted, Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35: hinc (silva) se flectit sinistrorsus, Caes. B. G. 6, 25, 3.—Mid.: quasi amnis celeris rapit, sed tamen inflexu flectitur, Naev. ap. Non. 191, 34 (Trag. Rel. v. 42 Rib.): (milvus) flectitur in gyrum, wheels, Ov. M. 2, 718: modo flector in anguem, I bend, wind myself into a snake, id. ib. 8, 883: sol ab ea (Cancri) meta incipit flecti, Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 264: Euphrates ad meridiem flectitur, id. 6, 26, 30, § 125.—
2 In partic., naut. t. t., to go round or double a promontory: cum in flectendis promontoriis ventorum mutationes maximas saepe sentiant, Cic. Div. 2, 45, 94: Leucaten flectere molestum videbatur, id. Att. 5, 9, 1.—
B Trop.
1 In gen., to bend, turn, direct: ducere multimodis voces et flectere cantus, Lucr. 5, 1406: vocem, Ov. Am. 2, 4, 25: qui teneros et rudes cum acceperunt, inficiunt et flectunt, ut volunt, Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47; cf.: imbecillitatem animorum torquere et flectere, id. ib. 1, 10, 29: suam naturam huc et illuc torquere ac flectere, id. Cael. 6, 13: vitam flectere fingereque, id. Sull. 28, 79: mentes suas ad nostrum imperium nomenque, id. Balb. 17, 39: aliquem a proposito, Liv. 28, 22, 11: scribentis animum a vero, id. 1 praef. 5: animus ab aliqua opinione flectendus, Quint. 4, 2, 80: animos ad publica carmina, Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 23: quo vobis mentes ... dementes sese flexere viaï? Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 6, 16 (Ann. v. 209 ed. Vahl.): est viri et ducis oblata casu flectere ad consilium, Liv. 28, 44, 8: juvenis cereus in vitium flecti, Hor. A. P. 163: quod procul a nobis flectat Fortuna gubernans, turn aside, avert, Lucr. 5, 108.—
2 In partic.
a To bend (in opinion or in will), to move, persuade, prevail upon, overcome, soften, appease (cf.: moveo, afficio): quibus rebus ita flectebar animo atque frangebar, ut, etc., Cic. Sull. 6, 18: sed quid te oratione flectam? ... qua re flecte te, quaeso, id. Phil. 1, 14, 35: facile Achivos flexeris, Enn. ap. Gell. 11, 4, 3 (Trag. v. 229 ed. Vahl.): judices, Quint. 6, 1, 9: flectere mollibus jam durum imperiis, Hor. C. 4, 1, 6: precibus si flecteris ullis, Verg. A. 2, 689: flectere si nequeo Superos, Acheronta movebo, id. ib. 7, 312; cf.: nisi dii immortales suo numine prope fata ipsa flexissent, Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19: desine fata deum flecti sperare precando, Verg. A. 6, 376: animos commutare atque omni ratione flectere, Cic. de Or. 2, 52 fin.: ingenium alicujus aversum, Sall. J. 102, 3: si quem a proposito spes mollitiave animi flexisset, divert, dissuade, Liv. 28, 22, 11: dictis nostris sententia flexa est, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 257 Müll. (Ann. v. 264 ed. Vahl.): si flectitur ira deorum, Ov. M. 1, 378: cf. id. Tr. 3, 5, 41: hortaturque simul flectitque labores, soothes, Stat. S. 5, 1, 119: ad deditionem primos, Liv. 5, 43, 1.—Mid.: plurimum valet miseratio, quae judicem flecti non tantum cogit, sed, etc., to let himself be moved, Quint. 6, 1, 23: flexi in misericordiam, Amm. 12, 27.—
b (Acc. to I. A. 2.) To turn aside from, to avoid a thing: ut eam (viam) flectas, te rogo, Cic. Att. 11, 18, 2 (but B. and K. ex conj. C. F. Hermann read ira, v. a. sup.); cf.: flexit viam, Liv. 1, 60, 1: dolo a se flexos imputavit civilis, Tac. H. 5, 24.—
c To refer to or apply to any one: versus qui in Tiberium flecterentur, Tac. A. 6, 29: Augustus quaedam ex horrida illa antiquitate ad praesentem usum flexisset, id. ib. 4, 16.—
d In grammar.
(a) To form a word from another language: verba derivare, flectere, conjungere, Quint. 8, 3, 36: hoc vocabulum (pollex) de Graeco flexum est, Gell. 4, 3 fin. —
(b) To decline, conjugate, inflect, Varr. L. L. 10, 2, 29 al.—
(g) Flectere syllabam, to mark with the circumflex accent, and hence, to lengthen, Quint. 1, 5, 23 Spald. and Zumpt.
II Neutr., to turn, go, or march in any direction (post-Aug.).
A Lit.: cum procul hos laevo flectentes limite cernunt, Verg. A. 9, 372: ex Gabino in Tusculanos flexere colles, Liv. 3, 8, 6; Hasdrubal ad Oceanum flectit, id. 28, 16, 3: inde Vitellius Cremonam flexit, Tac. H. 2, 70: in Capitolium, Suet. Tib. 20.—
B Trop., of thought or speech, to turn in any direction: ad providentiam sapientiamque, Tac. A. 13, 3: in ambitionem, id. ib. 4, 37: a veneratione Augusti orsus flexit ad victorias Tiberii, id. ib. 1, 34.—Hence, flexus, a, um, P. a.
A Lit., bent, winding: error, Ov. M. 8, 160: zodiacus circa Cancrum Capricornumque flexior, Mart. Cap. 8, § 878.—In neutr. plur. subst.: collium flexa, Minuc. Fel. Octav. 17.—
B Trop., of tones, lengthened: infinito magis illa flexa et circumducta sunt, Quint. 11, 3, 172.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
flectō,⁸ flexī, flexum, ĕre, tr. et intr.
I tr.
1 courber, ployer : membra Cic. Div. 1, 120, ployer ses membres ; arcum Ov. M. 4, 303, bander un arc || tourner, faire tourner : equos Cæs. G. 4, 33, 3, faire tourner des chevaux ; hinc (silva) se flectit sinistrorsus Cæs. G. 6, 25, 3, de là (la forêt) se tourne, s’infléchit à gauche ; flexi fractique motus Cic. Fin. 5, 35, mouvements contournés et brisés ; flexum mare Tac. Ann. 14, 4, une courbure de la mer, une crique ; milvus flectitur in gyrum Ov. M. 2, 718, le milan tourne en cercle ; sol flectitur Plin. 18, 264, le soleil tourne ; flexo in vesperam die Tac. Ann. 1, 16, le jour inclinant vers le soir ; [fig.] viam flectere Liv. 1, 60, 1, modifier sa route, changer de route || contourner, doubler un cap : Leucaten Cic. Att. 5, 9, 1, doubler le promontoire de Leucate ; in flectendis promuntoriis Cic. Div. 2, 94, quand il s’agit de doubler des caps
2 [fig.] plier, tourner, diriger [les esprits, les caractères] : Cic. Leg. 1, 47 ; Cæl. 13 ; Br. 142, etc. ; animos audientium, quocumque res postulet modo Cic. Br. 279, plier l’auditoire dans tous les sens voulus par la cause ; ad rem flectere Liv. 5, 43, 1, faire incliner vers une chose ; ab re Liv. 1, pr. 5, détourner d’une chose ; mentes ab aliqua re ad aliquam rem Cic. Balbo 39, détourner les esprits d’une chose vers une autre || Augustus quædam ex antiquitate ad præsentem usum flexerat Tac. Ann. 4, 16, Auguste avait détourné du passé certaines institutions à l’usage du présent ; versus qui in Tiberium flecterentur Tac. Ann. 6, 29, vers qu’on pouvait tourner contre Tibère || nihil flexerunt animos quin... defenderent Liv. 5, 42, 7, ils ne se laissèrent pas détourner de défendre..., cf. Tac. Ann. 14, 33
3 fléchir, émouvoir : oratione aliquem Cic. Phil. 1, 35, fléchir qqn par sa parole ; fata Cic. Cat. 3, 19 ; Virg. En. 6, 376, fléchir les destins (les détourner) || [rhét.] [un des trois offices de l’orateur] émouvoir : Cic. Or. 69 ; cf. movere
4 [gramm.] dériver : vocabulum de Græco flexum Gell. 4, 3, 3, mot dérivé du grec || prononcer avec l’accent circonflexe : Quint. 1, 5, 23.
II intr., se tourner, se détourner [pr. et fig.] : Hasdrubal ad Oceanum flectit Liv. 28, 16, 3, Hasdrubal tourne vers l’Océan ; flectere in ambitionem Tac. Ann. 4, 37, se laisser aller à la vanité ; a veneratione Augusti orsus flexit ad victorias Tiberii Tac. Ann. 1, 34, ayant commencé par un hommage à Auguste, il passa aux victoires de Tibère. pf. flexui Prob. Inst. 39, 25 || subj. impf. pass. flectiretur Greg. Tur. Franc. 3, 29.
Latin > German (Georges)
flecto, flexī, flexum, ere, beugen, I) tr. u. zwar: A) beugen, umbeugen, biegen, krümmen, 1) eig.: membra, Cic.: ramum, Ov.: flexae pectine comae, gekräuselte, Apul. (u. so capilli ingenio suo flexi, Petron.: fuit flexo ad pectinem capillo, er trug gekräuseltes Haar, Spart.): frons minima et quae radices capilli retro flexerat, Petron.: flexi fractique motus, gaukelnde Bewegungen, Cic. – iter suum od. viam, dem Marsche eine andere Richtung geben, einen andern Weg nehmen, vom Wege abbiegen, Nep. u. Liv.: iter Demetriadem, Liv. – 2) übtr.: a) beugen, abbeugen = modulieren (Töne), vocem, beim Singen, Cic.: flexus sonus, Mollton, melancholischer Ton, Cic. – b) dehnen = zirkumflektieren, syllabam, Quint. 1, 5, 23. – c) formen, bilden, verba derivare, flectere, coniungere, Quint. 8, 3, 36: hoc quoque vocabulum de Graeco flexum est, Gell. 4, 3. § 3. – d) flektieren = deklinieren u. konjugieren, Varro LL. 10, 29 u.a. – e) gleichs. umbeugen, d.h. anders beugen, d.i. ändern, verändern, sed ut eam (istorum viam) flectas, te rogo, Cic.: u. so vitam, Cic.: fata deûm, Verg.: in melius adversa, in deterius optata flectuntur, Sen. nat. qu. 3. pr. § 8. – u. umstimmen, bes. erweichen, animum od. alqm, Cic.: so auch mentes hominum, Liv.: iudicem flecti cogit, Quint.: flecti misericordiā, Liv.: non flecti posse precibus aut donis regiis, Liv. – alcis animum od. alqm non fl. m. folg. quin u. Konj., jmd. nicht davon abbringen, daß er usw., nihil flexerunt animos, quin collem defenderent, Liv. 5, 42, 7: neque fletu et lacrimis auxilium eius orantium flexus est, quin daret profectionis signum, Tac. ann. 14, 33. – poet., labores, versüßen, Stat. silv. 5, 1, 120. – B) beugen = lenken, richten, 1) eig.: equos, Caes.: navem, Auct. b. Alex.: currum de foro in Capitolium, Cic.: carpentum dextrā in Urbium clivum, Liv.: acies (= oculos) huc, Verg.: ab Hesperia non flexit lumina terra, wendete (ab), Lucan. – cursum fl. ad puerilem vagitum (v. einer Wölfin), Liv.: cursus in laevum, Ov.: certum in orbem quadrupedis cursus, Ov. – refl., se in Daphnona, Petron. 126, 12. – medial, flecti in gyrum, im Kreise herumfliegen, Ov. met. 2, 718. – übtr., v. Örtl., refl. flectere se od. medial flecti, sich nach einer Gegend hinwenden, hinrichten, hinc (silva) se flectit sinistrorsus, wendet sich links, Caes.: unde in meridiem flecti eum (Euphratem) diximus, Plin. – medial v. der Zeit, flexo in vesperam die, Tac. ann. 1, 16. – 2) übtr.: a) auf jmd. etw. deuten, -beziehen, versus, qui in Tiberium flecterentur, die man auf Tiberius beziehen konnte, Tac. ann. 6, 29. – b) ablenken = abwenden, quod procul a nobis flectat fortuna gubernans, Lucr. 5, 107. – c) abbringen von usw., alqm a proposito, Liv.: a studio ad imperium, Cic.: animum iudicis ab aliqua contra nos insita opinione, Quint. – in vitium flecti, sich hinwenden zu usw., Hor. – C) durch eine Wendung um etwas herumkommen, etw. umfahren, umsegeln, promunturium, Cic.: Leucatam, Cic. ep. – II) intr. = sich wohin wenden, 1) eig.: ex Gabino in Tusculanos colles, Liv.: ad Oceanum, Liv. – 2) übtr., sich zu etw. wenden, ad sapientiam, Tac.: in ambitionem, Tac. – / Pers. flexuī bei Prob. (IV) 39, 25 u. Plot. Sacerd. (VI) 491, 30. – nach der 4. Konjug. gebildete Form flectiretur, Greg. Tur. hist. Franc. 3, 29.