flexus
καλῶς γέ μου τὸν υἱὸν ὦ Στιλβωνίδη εὑρὼν ἀπιόντ' ἀπὸ γυμνασίου λελουμένον οὐκ ἔκυσας, οὐ προσεῖπας, οὐ προσηγάγου, οὐκ ὠρχιπέδισας, ὢν ἐμοὶ πατρικὸς φίλος → Ah! Is this well done, Stilbonides? You met my son coming from the bath after the gymnasium and you neither spoke to him, nor kissed him, nor took him with you, nor ever once felt his balls. Would anyone call you an old friend of mine?
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
flexus: a, um, Part. and P. a., from flecto.
flexus: ūs, m. flecto,
I a bending, turning, winding (class.; in <number opt="n">sing.</number> and plur.).
I Lit.: aures duros et quasi corneolos habent introitus, multisque cum flexibus, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; cf. Quint. 6, 13, 9: ut qui cursu parum valent, flexu eludunt, id. 9, 2, 78: cum venissem ad pontem, in quo flexus est ad iter Arpinas, Cic. Att. 16, 13, a, 1; cf.: in aliquo flexu viae, Liv. 22, 12, 7: implicatae flexibus vallium viae, id. 32, 4, 4: Rhenus modico flexu in occidentem versus, Tac. G. 1: flexu Armeniam petivit, id. A. 12, 12: alio flexu reduci ad viam, Quint. 2, 17, 29: (quo pacto sol) Brumales adeat flexus, Lucr. 5, 616: brumales, id. 5, 640: metae, the turn round the goal, Pers. 3, 63: labyrinthei, the mazes, Cat. 64, 114: capilli dociles et centum flexibus apti, Ov. Am. 1, 14, 13: in litore flexus Mecybernaeus, the bay or gulf, Mela, 2, 3 init.; cf. id. 3, 1.—
II Trop.
A In gen., a turning, transition into another state, political change: id enim est caput civilis prudentiae, videre itinera flexusque rerum publicarum, Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46: in hoc flexu quasi aetatis fama adolescentis paululum haesit ad metas (the figure taken from the turning of the racers on reaching the goal), id. Cael. 31, 75; cf.: si infinitus forensium rerum labor decursu honorum et jam aetatis flexu constitisset, i. e. senectus, id. de Or. 1, 1, 1: flexu auctumni (= post medium tempus auctumni, trop. from turning the meta in the Circus), Tac. H. 5, 23; v. Orell. ad h. 1.—
B In partic. (post-Aug.).
1 An artful turning, winding, shifting: inde recta fere est actio, hinc mille flexus et artes desiderantur, Quint. 5, 13, 2: qui haec recta tantum, et in nullos flexus recedentia tractaverit, id. 10, 5, 12. —
2 Of the voice, inflection, modulation, variation: citharoedi simul et sono vocis et plurimis flexibus serviunt, Quint. 1, 12, 3: quid quoque flexu dicendum, id. 1, 8, 1: qui flexus deceat miserationem, id. 1, 11, 12; 1, 8, 3.—
3 In gram., inflection, variation, derivation (in Varro flexura, v. h. v.): quid vero? quae tota positionis ejusdem in diversos flexus eunt? cum Alba faciat Albanos et Albenses; volo, volui et volavi, Quint. 1, 6, 15.
