flexura
From LSJ
Τὰ χρήματ' ἀνθρώποισιν εὑρίσκει φίλους → Invenit amicos hominibuspecunia → Was den Menschen Freunde findet, ist das Geld
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
flexūra: ae, f. flexus, from flecto,
I a bending, winding, turning (rare; not in Cic.).
I Lit.: lateris, Lucr. 4, 336: angustiae flexuraeque vicorum, Suet. Ner. 38.—
B Trop.: virtus recta est: flexuram non recipit, Sen. Ep. 71, 19.—
II Transf., in gram., inflection, declension of a word, Varr. L. L. 10, § 28 Müll.
