flexiloquus

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τῷ ἄφρονι περιττεύει τὸ πάθος → the stupid man is carried away by passion

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

flexĭlŏquus: a, um, adj. flexus-loquor,
I ambiguous, equivocal: (oracula) partim falsa, partim casu vera, partim flexiloqua et obscura, Cic. Div. 2, 56, 115.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

flexĭlŏquus, a, um (flexus 2, loquor), de sens ondoyant : Cic. Div. 2, 115.

Latin > German (Georges)

flexiloquus, a, um (flexus u. loquor), zweideutig redend, Cic. de div. 2, 115 u. (nach Cic. Stelle) Amm. 18, 5, 6 (viell. auch *Pacuv. tr. 152, s. Ribbeck not. cr.).