flexio
κρῖναι δὲ λόγῳ πολύδηριν ἔλεγχον ἐξ ἐμέθεν ῥηθέντα → judge by reason the too much contested argument which has been given by me
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
flexĭo: ōnis, f. flecto,
I a bending, swaying, turning; a bend, turn, curve (rare but class.).
I Lit.: trunco toto se ipse moderans et virili laterum flexione, Cic. Or. 18, 59; id. de Or. 3, 59, 220.—
II Trop.
A In gen.: quae deverticula flexionesque quaesisti! i. e. turnings, windings, Cic. Pis. 22, 53.—
B In partic., of the voice, a modulation, inflection, change: est in dicendo etiam quidam cantus obscurior ... quem significat Demosthenes et Aeschines, cum alter alteri obicit vocis flexiones, Cic. Or. 18, 57: delicatiores in cantu, id. de Or. 3, 25, 98: ut cervices oculosque pariter cum modorum flexionibus torquent, id. Leg. 2, 15, 39.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
flexĭō,¹⁶ ōnis, f. (flecto), action de courber, de ployer, flexion : Cic. Or. 59 || [fig.] détour : Cic. Pis. 53 || inflexions (de la voix), modulations : Cic. Or. 57 ; de Or. 3, 98.
Latin > German (Georges)
flexio, ōnis, f. (flecto), die Biegung, I) im allg.: virili laterum flexione, mit männl. Körperbewegung, Cic. or. 59 (vgl. Cic. de or. 3, 220 u. dazu Ellendt). – übtr., vocis od. modorum, die Modulation der Stimme, des Gesangs, Cic.: delicatiores in cantu flexiones et falsae voculae, Schleifer u. Falsetten, Cic. – II) insbes., die Krümmung des Weges, übtr., deverticula flexionesque, Ausflüchte u. krumme Wege, Cic. Pis. 53.
Latin > Chinese
flexio, onis. f. :: 彎曲
