flexio
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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.
