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|lshtext=<b>flecto</b>: xi, xum, 3, v. a. and n. [[root]] in Gr. [[φολκός]], [[bandy]]-legged; [[φάλκης]], the [[bent]] [[rib]] of a [[ship]]; L. [[falx]]; [[falco]], so called from the [[curve]] of its claws or [[beak]]; cf. Germ. Falke; Engl. [[falcon]].<br /><b>I</b> Act., to [[bend]], [[bow]], [[curve]], [[turn]], [[turn]] [[round]] (freq. and [[class]].; syn.: [[plecto]], [[plico]], [[curvo]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen.: [[animal]] omne membra [[quocumque]] vult, flectit, contorquet, porrigit, contrahit, Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120: ora [[retro]], Ov. M. 3, 188: [[vultus]] ad illum, id. ib. 4, 265; 10, 236: lumina a gurgite in nullam partem, id. ib. 8, 367: geminas [[acies]] huc, to [[turn]], [[direct]], Verg. A. 6, 789; cf. oculos, id. ib. 8, 698: equos brevi moderari ac flectere, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin.: equum, Hor. C. 3, 7, 25: currum de [[foro]] in [[Capitolium]], Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 30, § 77: [[plaustrum]], Ov. M. 10, 447: navem, Auct. B. Alex. 64 fin.: habenas, Ov. M. 2, 169: [[cursus]] in orbem, id. ib. 6, 225; cf.: [[cursus]] in laevum, id. Tr. 1, 10, 17: [[iter]] ad [[Privernum]], Liv. 8, 19, 13 Drak. N. cr.: [[iter]] Demetriadem, id. 35, 31, 3: tu (Bacche) flectis amnes, tu [[mare]] [[barbarum]], Hor. C. 2, 19, 17: [[arcus]], to [[bend]], Ov. M. 4, 303; cf.: flexos incurvant viribus [[arcus]], Verg. A. 5, 500: flexum [[genu]], Ov. M. 4, 340: [[artus]], Liv. 21, 58, 9: flexi crines, curled, Mart. 3, 63, 3; 10, 65, 6; Juv. 6, 493: flexum [[mare]], i.e. a [[bay]], Tac. A. 14, 4: flexi fractique [[motus]], [[contorted]], Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35: [[hinc]] ([[silva]]) se flectit [[sinistrorsus]], Caes. B. G. 6, 25, 3.—Mid.: [[quasi]] [[amnis]] celeris rapit, sed [[tamen]] inflexu flectitur, Naev. ap. Non. 191, 34 (Trag. Rel. v. 42 Rib.): (milvus) flectitur in gyrum, wheels, Ov. M. 2, 718: [[modo]] flector in anguem, I [[bend]], [[wind]] [[myself]] [[into]] a [[snake]], id. ib. 8, 883: sol ab ea (Cancri) [[meta]] incipit flecti, Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 264: [[Euphrates]] ad meridiem flectitur, id. 6, 26, 30, § 125.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In partic., naut. t. t., to go [[round]] or [[double]] a [[promontory]]: cum in flectendis promontoriis ventorum mutationes maximas [[saepe]] sentiant, Cic. Div. 2, 45, 94: Leucaten flectere molestum videbatur, id. Att. 5, 9, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen., to [[bend]], [[turn]], [[direct]]: ducere [[multimodis]] voces et flectere [[cantus]], Lucr. 5, 1406: vocem, Ov. Am. 2, 4, 25: qui teneros et rudes cum acceperunt, inficiunt et flectunt, ut volunt, Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47; cf.: imbecillitatem animorum torquere et flectere, id. ib. 1, 10, 29: suam naturam huc et [[illuc]] torquere ac flectere, id. Cael. 6, 13: vitam flectere fingereque, id. Sull. 28, 79: mentes suas ad [[nostrum]] [[imperium]] nomenque, id. Balb. 17, 39: aliquem a proposito, Liv. 28, 22, 11: scribentis animum a [[vero]], id. 1 praef. 5: [[animus]] ab [[aliqua]] opinione flectendus, Quint. 4, 2, 80: animos ad publica carmina, Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 23: quo [[vobis]] mentes ... dementes [[sese]] flexere viaï? Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 6, 16 (Ann. v. 209 ed. Vahl.): est viri et ducis oblata casu flectere ad [[consilium]], Liv. 28, 44, 8: juvenis [[cereus]] in [[vitium]] flecti, Hor. A. P. 163: [[quod]] [[procul]] a nobis flectat Fortuna gubernans, [[turn]] [[aside]], [[avert]], Lucr. 5, 108.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> To [[bend]] (in [[opinion]] or in [[will]]), to [[move]], [[persuade]], [[prevail]] [[upon]], [[overcome]], [[soften]], [[appease]] (cf.: [[moveo]], [[afficio]]): quibus rebus ita flectebar [[animo]] [[atque]] frangebar, ut, etc., Cic. Sull. 6, 18: sed [[quid]] te oratione flectam? ... [[qua]] re flecte te, [[quaeso]], id. Phil. 1, 14, 35: [[facile]] Achivos flexeris, Enn. ap. Gell. 11, 4, 3 (Trag. v. 229 ed. Vahl.): judices, Quint. 6, 1, 9: flectere mollibus jam durum imperiis, Hor. C. 4, 1, 6: precibus si flecteris ullis, Verg. A. 2, 689: flectere si [[nequeo]] Superos, Acheronta movebo, id. ib. 7, 312; cf.: [[nisi]] dii immortales suo numine [[prope]] fata ipsa flexissent, Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19: desine fata deum flecti sperare precando, Verg. A. 6, 376: animos commutare [[atque]] omni ratione flectere, Cic. de Or. 2, 52 fin.: [[ingenium]] alicujus aversum, Sall. J. 102, 3: si quem a proposito [[spes]] mollitiave animi flexisset, [[divert]], [[dissuade]], Liv. 28, 22, 11: dictis nostris [[sententia]] flexa est, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 257 Müll. (Ann. v. 264 ed. Vahl.): si flectitur ira deorum, Ov. M. 1, 378: cf. id. Tr. 3, 5, 41: hortaturque [[simul]] flectitque labores, soothes, Stat. S. 5, 1, 119: ad deditionem primos, Liv. 5, 43, 1.—Mid.: plurimum valet [[miseratio]], quae judicem flecti non [[tantum]] cogit, sed, etc., to [[let]] [[himself]] be moved, Quint. 6, 1, 23: flexi in misericordiam, Amm. 12, 27.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> (Acc. to I. A. 2.) To [[turn]] [[aside]] from, to [[avoid]] a [[thing]]: ut eam (viam) flectas, te [[rogo]], Cic. Att. 11, 18, 2 ([[but]] B. and K. ex conj. C. F. Hermann [[read]] ira, v. a. [[sup]].); cf.: flexit viam, Liv. 1, 60, 1: [[dolo]] a se flexos imputavit [[civilis]], Tac. H. 5, 24.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> To [[refer]] to or [[apply]] to [[any]] one: [[versus]] qui in Tiberium flecterentur, Tac. A. 6, 29: [[Augustus]] quaedam ex horrida [[illa]] antiquitate ad praesentem usum flexisset, id. ib. 4, 16.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>d</b> In [[grammar]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To form a [[word]] from [[another]] [[language]]: verba derivare, flectere, conjungere, Quint. 8, 3, 36: hoc [[vocabulum]] ([[pollex]]) de Graeco flexum est, Gell. 4, 3 fin. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[decline]], conjugate, inflect, Varr. L. L. 10, 2, 29 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Flectere syllabam, to [[mark]] [[with]] the circumflex [[accent]], and [[hence]], to [[lengthen]], Quint. 1, 5, 23 Spald. and Zumpt.<br /><b>II</b> Neutr., to [[turn]], go, or [[march]] in [[any]] [[direction]] ([[post]]-Aug.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: cum [[procul]] hos laevo flectentes limite cernunt, Verg. A. 9, 372: ex Gabino in Tusculanos flexere colles, Liv. 3, 8, 6; [[Hasdrubal]] ad Oceanum flectit, id. 28, 16, 3: [[inde]] [[Vitellius]] Cremonam flexit, Tac. H. 2, 70: in [[Capitolium]], Suet. Tib. 20.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., of [[thought]] or [[speech]], to [[turn]] in [[any]] [[direction]]: ad providentiam sapientiamque, Tac. A. 13, 3: in ambitionem, id. ib. 4, 37: a veneratione Augusti [[orsus]] flexit ad victorias Tiberii, id. ib. 1, 34.—Hence, [[flexus]], a, um, P. a.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit., [[bent]], [[winding]]: [[error]], Ov. M. 8, 160: [[zodiacus]] [[circa]] Cancrum Capricornumque flexior, Mart. Cap. 8, § 878.—In neutr. plur. subst.: collium flexa, Minuc. Fel. Octav. 17.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., of tones, lengthened: infinito [[magis]] [[illa]] flexa et circumducta sunt, Quint. 11, 3, 172.

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|georg=flecto, flexī, flexum, ere, [[beugen]], I) tr. u. [[zwar]]: A) [[beugen]], [[umbeugen]], [[biegen]], [[krümmen]], 1) eig.: membra, Cic.: ramum, Ov.: flexae pectine comae, gekräuselte, Apul. (u. so capilli ingenio [[suo]] [[flexi]], Petron.: fuit [[flexo]] ad pectinem capillo, er trug gekräuseltes [[Haar]], Spart.): [[frons]] minima et [[quae]] radices capilli [[retro]] flexerat, Petron.: [[flexi]] fractique [[motus]], gaukelnde Bewegungen, Cic. – [[iter]] suum od. viam, dem Marsche eine [[andere]] [[Richtung]] [[geben]], [[einen]] andern [[Weg]] [[nehmen]], vom Wege abbiegen, Nep. u. Liv.: [[iter]] Demetriadem, Liv. – 2) übtr.: a) [[beugen]], [[abbeugen]] = modulieren (Töne), vocem, beim [[Singen]], Cic.: [[flexus]] [[sonus]], Mollton, melancholischer [[Ton]], Cic. – b) [[dehnen]] = [[zirkumflektieren]], syllabam, Quint. 1, 5, 23. – c) [[formen]], [[bilden]], verba derivare, flectere, coniungere, Quint. 8, 3, 36: [[hoc]] [[quoque]] [[vocabulum]] de Graeco flexum est, Gell. 4, 3. § 3. – d) flektieren = deklinieren u. konjugieren, [[Varro]] LL. 10, 29 u.a. – e) gleichs. [[umbeugen]], d.h. [[anders]] [[beugen]], d.i. [[ändern]], [[verändern]], [[sed]] ut [[eam]] (istorum viam) flectas, te [[rogo]], Cic.: u. so vitam, Cic.: fata deûm, Verg.: in [[melius]] [[adversa]], in [[deterius]] optata flectuntur, Sen. nat. qu. 3. pr. § 8. – u. [[umstimmen]], [[bes]]. [[erweichen]], animum od. alqm, Cic.: so [[auch]] mentes hominum, Liv.: iudicem flecti cogit, Quint.: flecti misericordiā, Liv.: [[non]] flecti posse precibus [[aut]] donis regiis, Liv. – alcis animum od. alqm [[non]] fl. m. folg. [[quin]] u. Konj., jmd. [[nicht]] [[davon]] [[abbringen]], daß er usw., [[nihil]] flexerunt animos, [[quin]] collem defenderent, Liv. 5, 42, 7: [[neque]] fletu et lacrimis [[auxilium]] [[eius]] orantium [[flexus]] est, [[quin]] daret profectionis [[signum]], Tac. ann. 14, 33. – poet., labores, [[versüßen]], Stat. silv. 5, 1, 120. – B) [[beugen]] = [[lenken]], [[richten]], 1) eig.: equos, Caes.: navem, Auct. b. Alex.: currum de [[foro]] in [[Capitolium]], Cic.: [[carpentum]] dextrā in Urbium [[clivum]], Liv.: [[acies]] (= oculos) [[huc]], Verg.: ab [[Hesperia]] [[non]] flexit lumina [[terra]], wendete (ab), Lucan. – cursum fl. ad puerilem vagitum (v. [[einer]] [[Wölfin]]), Liv.: [[cursus]] in [[laevum]], Ov.: certum in orbem quadrupedis [[cursus]], Ov. – refl., se in Daphnona, Petron. 126, 12. – medial, flecti in gyrum, im Kreise herumfliegen, Ov. [[met]]. 2, 718. – übtr., v. Örtl., refl. flectere se od. medial flecti, [[sich]] [[nach]] [[einer]] [[Gegend]] [[hinwenden]], [[hinrichten]], [[hinc]] ([[silva]]) se flectit [[sinistrorsus]], wendet [[sich]] [[links]], Caes.: [[unde]] in meridiem flecti [[eum]] (Euphratem) diximus, Plin. – medial v. der [[Zeit]], [[flexo]] in vesperam die, Tac. ann. 1, 16. – 2) übtr.: a) [[auf]] jmd. etw. [[deuten]], -[[beziehen]], [[versus]], [[qui]] in Tiberium flecterentur, die [[man]] [[auf]] [[Tiberius]] [[beziehen]] konnte, Tac. ann. 6, 29. – b) [[ablenken]] = [[abwenden]], [[quod]] [[procul]] a [[nobis]] flectat [[fortuna]] gubernans, Lucr. 5, 107. – c) [[abbringen]] [[von]] usw., alqm a proposito, Liv.: a studio ad [[imperium]], Cic.: animum iudicis ab [[aliqua]] [[contra]] [[nos]] insita opinione, Quint. – in [[vitium]] flecti, [[sich]] [[hinwenden]] zu usw., Hor. – C) [[durch]] eine [[Wendung]] um [[etwas]] [[herumkommen]], etw. [[umfahren]], [[umsegeln]], [[promunturium]], Cic.: Leucatam, Cic. ep. – II) intr. = [[sich]] [[wohin]] [[wenden]], 1) eig.: ex Gabino in Tusculanos colles, Liv.: ad Oceanum, Liv. – 2) übtr., [[sich]] zu etw. [[wenden]], ad sapientiam, Tac.: in ambitionem, Tac. – / Pers. flexuī [[bei]] Prob. (IV) 39, 25 u. Plot. Sacerd. (VI) 491, 30. – [[nach]] der 4. Konjug. gebildete [[Form]] flectiretur, Greg. Tur. hist. Franc. 3, 29.

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