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|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 /> <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 /> <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. | |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 /> <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 /> <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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|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. | |||
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Revision as of 06:54, 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
