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|lshtext=<b>rĕ-flecto</b>: xi, xum, 3, v. a. and n.<br /><b>I</b> Act., to [[bend]] or [[turn]] [[back]] or [[backwards]]; to [[turn]] [[about]] or [[away]] ([[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: caudam canum degeneres sub alvum reflectunt, Plin. 11, 50, 111, § 265; 11, 37, 78, § 199: [[caput]] [[leviter]], Cat. 45, 10: pedem [[inde]] (sc. ex Labyrintho) [[sospes]], id. 64, 112; cf.: gressum, to go [[back]], [[return]]. Sen. Thyest. 428: cursum [[subito]] ad Contrebiam, Val. Max. 7, 4, 5 fin.: colla, Verg. A. 11, 622: oculos, Ov. M. 7, 341; cf.: [[visus]], Val. Fl. 5, 455. — Part. perf.: (elephantorum) dentes reflexi, tusks. Plin. 11, 37, 62, § 165; so, [[cornu]] ([[with]] adunco aere), Sen. Oedip. 731: [[cornicula]] (scarabaei), Plin. 30, 11, 30, § 100: [[cervix]]. Verg. A. 10, 535; Ov. A. A. 3, 779: Stat. Achill. 1, 382. — Mid.: illam tereti cervice reflexam, bending herself [[back]], Verg. A. 8, 633; cf.: [[telum]] reflexum, Sil. 16, 54; and [[poet]].: ([[Ascalaphus]]) in [[caput]] crescit, longosque reflectitur ungues, he bends [[himself]] [[back]] [[into]] [[long]] claws, i. e. his nails are [[bent]] [[back]] and lengthened [[into]] claws, Ov. M. 5, 547. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., to [[turn]] [[back]], [[bring]] [[back]]: quem [[neque]] [[fides]], [[neque]] jusjurandum ... Repressit [[neque]] reflexit, * Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 9; cf.: [[nonnumquam]] animum incitatum ad ulciscendam orationem tuam [[revoco]] [[ipse]] et [[reflecto]], Cic. Sull. 16, 46: quibus (causis) mentes aut incitantur aut reflectuntur, id. de Or. 1, 12, 53: aliquem, Sen. Agam. 155: animum reflexi, i. e. I reflected [[within]] [[myself]], Verg. A. 2, 741; cf.: mentem ad Romanam urbem, Mamert. Grat. Act. 14: in [[melius]] tua, qui potes, [[orsa]] reflectas! [[change]], [[alter]], Verg. A. 10, 632; to [[reverse]] a [[proposition]] or [[inference]]: [[reflexim]] inferre, App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 36, 5; cf. Mart. Cap. 4, § 411. — *<br /><b>II</b> Neutr., to [[bend]] or [[turn]] [[back]]; trop., to [[give]] [[way]], [[yield]]: ubi jam morbi reflexit [[causa]], Lucr. 3, 502.
|lshtext=<b>rĕ-flecto</b>: xi, xum, 3, v. a. and n.<br /><b>I</b> Act., to [[bend]] or [[turn]] [[back]] or [[backwards]]; to [[turn]] [[about]] or [[away]] ([[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: caudam canum degeneres sub alvum reflectunt, Plin. 11, 50, 111, § 265; 11, 37, 78, § 199: [[caput]] [[leviter]], Cat. 45, 10: pedem [[inde]] (sc. ex Labyrintho) [[sospes]], id. 64, 112; cf.: gressum, to go [[back]], [[return]]. Sen. Thyest. 428: cursum [[subito]] ad Contrebiam, Val. Max. 7, 4, 5 fin.: colla, Verg. A. 11, 622: oculos, Ov. M. 7, 341; cf.: [[visus]], Val. Fl. 5, 455. — Part. perf.: (elephantorum) dentes reflexi, tusks. Plin. 11, 37, 62, § 165; so, [[cornu]] ([[with]] adunco aere), Sen. Oedip. 731: [[cornicula]] (scarabaei), Plin. 30, 11, 30, § 100: [[cervix]]. Verg. A. 10, 535; Ov. A. A. 3, 779: Stat. Achill. 1, 382. — Mid.: illam tereti cervice reflexam, bending herself [[back]], Verg. A. 8, 633; cf.: [[telum]] reflexum, Sil. 16, 54; and [[poet]].: ([[Ascalaphus]]) in [[caput]] crescit, longosque reflectitur ungues, he bends [[himself]] [[back]] [[into]] [[long]] claws, i. e. his nails are [[bent]] [[back]] and lengthened [[into]] claws, Ov. M. 5, 547. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., to [[turn]] [[back]], [[bring]] [[back]]: quem [[neque]] [[fides]], [[neque]] jusjurandum ... Repressit [[neque]] reflexit, * Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 9; cf.: [[nonnumquam]] animum incitatum ad ulciscendam orationem tuam [[revoco]] [[ipse]] et [[reflecto]], Cic. Sull. 16, 46: quibus (causis) mentes aut incitantur aut reflectuntur, id. de Or. 1, 12, 53: aliquem, Sen. Agam. 155: animum reflexi, i. e. I reflected [[within]] [[myself]], Verg. A. 2, 741; cf.: mentem ad Romanam urbem, Mamert. Grat. Act. 14: in [[melius]] tua, qui potes, [[orsa]] reflectas! [[change]], [[alter]], Verg. A. 10, 632; to [[reverse]] a [[proposition]] or [[inference]]: [[reflexim]] inferre, App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 36, 5; cf. Mart. Cap. 4, § 411. — *<br /><b>II</b> Neutr., to [[bend]] or [[turn]] [[back]]; trop., to [[give]] [[way]], [[yield]]: ubi jam morbi reflexit [[causa]], Lucr. 3, 502.
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|gf=<b>rĕflectō</b>,¹² flexī, flexum, ĕre tr.,<br /><b>1</b> courber en arrière, recourber : caudam Plin. 11, 265, replier la queue || tourner en arrière, retourner [la tête, les yeux] : Catul. 45, 10 ; Ov. M. 7, 341 ; pedem Catul. 64, 112, rétrograder ; reflexa cervice Virg. En. 10, 535, ayant renversé en arrière le cou de son adversaire || [pass. réfléchi] : illă tereti cervice reflexă Virg. En. 8, 633, celle-ci (la louve) se ployant en arrière de son cou flexible = ployant en arrière son cou souple, cf. Ov. M. 5, 547<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] ramener, retourner, détourner : Ter. Ad. 307 ; Cic. [[Sulla]] 66 ; de Or. 1, 53 || animum reflexi Virg. En. 2, 741, j’ai porté ma pensée en arrière, je me [[suis]] reporté par la pensée vers elle, j’ai pensé à elle<br /><b>3</b> intr., [[ubi]] morbi reflexit [[causa]] Lucr. 3, 502, quand la cause du mal a rétrogradé.
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Revision as of 07:02, 14 August 2017

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

rĕ-flecto: xi, xum, 3, v. a. and n.
I Act., to bend or turn back or backwards; to turn about or away (class.).
   A Lit.: caudam canum degeneres sub alvum reflectunt, Plin. 11, 50, 111, § 265; 11, 37, 78, § 199: caput leviter, Cat. 45, 10: pedem inde (sc. ex Labyrintho) sospes, id. 64, 112; cf.: gressum, to go back, return. Sen. Thyest. 428: cursum subito ad Contrebiam, Val. Max. 7, 4, 5 fin.: colla, Verg. A. 11, 622: oculos, Ov. M. 7, 341; cf.: visus, Val. Fl. 5, 455. — Part. perf.: (elephantorum) dentes reflexi, tusks. Plin. 11, 37, 62, § 165; so, cornu (with adunco aere), Sen. Oedip. 731: cornicula (scarabaei), Plin. 30, 11, 30, § 100: cervix. Verg. A. 10, 535; Ov. A. A. 3, 779: Stat. Achill. 1, 382. — Mid.: illam tereti cervice reflexam, bending herself back, Verg. A. 8, 633; cf.: telum reflexum, Sil. 16, 54; and poet.: (Ascalaphus) in caput crescit, longosque reflectitur ungues, he bends himself back into long claws, i. e. his nails are bent back and lengthened into claws, Ov. M. 5, 547. —
   B Trop., to turn back, bring back: quem neque fides, neque jusjurandum ... Repressit neque reflexit, * Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 9; cf.: nonnumquam animum incitatum ad ulciscendam orationem tuam revoco ipse et reflecto, Cic. Sull. 16, 46: quibus (causis) mentes aut incitantur aut reflectuntur, id. de Or. 1, 12, 53: aliquem, Sen. Agam. 155: animum reflexi, i. e. I reflected within myself, Verg. A. 2, 741; cf.: mentem ad Romanam urbem, Mamert. Grat. Act. 14: in melius tua, qui potes, orsa reflectas! change, alter, Verg. A. 10, 632; to reverse a proposition or inference: reflexim inferre, App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 36, 5; cf. Mart. Cap. 4, § 411. — *
II Neutr., to bend or turn back; trop., to give way, yield: ubi jam morbi reflexit causa, Lucr. 3, 502.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

rĕflectō,¹² flexī, flexum, ĕre tr.,
1 courber en arrière, recourber : caudam Plin. 11, 265, replier la queue