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{{Lewis

|lshtext=<b>rĕ-flecto</b>: xi, xum, 3, v. a. and n.<br /><b>I</b> Act., to [[bend]] or [[turn]] [[back]] or [[backwards]]; to [[turn]] [[about]] or [[away]] ([[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: caudam canum degeneres sub alvum reflectunt, Plin. 11, 50, 111, § 265; 11, 37, 78, § 199: [[caput]] [[leviter]], Cat. 45, 10: pedem [[inde]] (sc. ex Labyrintho) [[sospes]], id. 64, 112; cf.: gressum, to go [[back]], [[return]]. Sen. Thyest. 428: cursum [[subito]] ad Contrebiam, Val. Max. 7, 4, 5 fin.: colla, Verg. A. 11, 622: oculos, Ov. M. 7, 341; cf.: [[visus]], Val. Fl. 5, 455. — Part. perf.: (elephantorum) dentes reflexi, tusks. Plin. 11, 37, 62, § 165; so, [[cornu]] ([[with]] adunco aere), Sen. Oedip. 731: [[cornicula]] (scarabaei), Plin. 30, 11, 30, § 100: [[cervix]]. Verg. A. 10, 535; Ov. A. A. 3, 779: Stat. Achill. 1, 382. — Mid.: illam tereti cervice reflexam, bending herself [[back]], Verg. A. 8, 633; cf.: [[telum]] reflexum, Sil. 16, 54; and [[poet]].: ([[Ascalaphus]]) in [[caput]] crescit, longosque reflectitur ungues, he bends [[himself]] [[back]] [[into]] [[long]] claws, i. e. his nails are [[bent]] [[back]] and lengthened [[into]] claws, Ov. M. 5, 547. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., to [[turn]] [[back]], [[bring]] [[back]]: quem [[neque]] [[fides]], [[neque]] jusjurandum ... Repressit [[neque]] reflexit, * Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 9; cf.: [[nonnumquam]] animum incitatum ad ulciscendam orationem tuam [[revoco]] [[ipse]] et [[reflecto]], Cic. Sull. 16, 46: quibus (causis) mentes aut incitantur aut reflectuntur, id. de Or. 1, 12, 53: aliquem, Sen. Agam. 155: animum reflexi, i. e. I reflected [[within]] [[myself]], Verg. A. 2, 741; cf.: mentem ad Romanam urbem, Mamert. Grat. Act. 14: in [[melius]] tua, qui potes, [[orsa]] reflectas! [[change]], [[alter]], Verg. A. 10, 632; to [[reverse]] a [[proposition]] or [[inference]]: [[reflexim]] inferre, App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 36, 5; cf. Mart. Cap. 4, § 411. — *<br /><b>II</b> Neutr., to [[bend]] or [[turn]] [[back]]; trop., to [[give]] [[way]], [[yield]]: ubi jam morbi reflexit [[causa]], Lucr. 3, 502.

{{Georges

|georg=re-[[flecto]], flexī, flexum, ere, [[zurück]]-, rückwärtsbeugen, -[[drehen]], -[[wenden]], I) eig.: caudam, Plin.: cervicem, Ov., [[crebro]] cervicem, Macr.: [[caput]], Catull.: oculos, [[zurückwenden]], Ov.: pedem, Catull., od. cursum, Val. Max., od. gressum, Sen. poët., [[zurückkehren]], -[[gehen]]. – [[Passiv]] reflecti medial, [[sich]] [[zurückbeugen]], Ov. u. Plin.: tereti cervice reflexa, [[sich]] zurückbiegend, Verg.: poet., longos reflectitur ungues, biegt [[sich]] [[zurück]] an den [[langen]] Krallen, erhält [[lange]] zurückgebogene Krallen, Ov. [[met]]. 5, 547. – lineae in gyrum reflexae, Kreislinien, Mart. Cap. 6. § 709. – II) übtr.: A) [[zurückwenden]], [[umwenden]], animum, [[besänftigen]], zum [[Mitleid]] [[bewegen]], Cic.: [[ebenso]] mentes, Cic.: [[orsa]] in [[melius]], Verg.: animum reflexi, [[ich]] dachte an [[sie]], Verg. Aen. 2, 741. – refl. = umbiegen, [[umwenden]] = [[weichen]], [[inde]] [[ubi]] [[iam]] morbi reflexit [[causa]], Lucr. 3, 500. – B) [[einen]] [[Satz]], [[Schluß]] [[umdrehen]], [[umkehren]], Apul. de dogm. Plat. 3. p. 272 H. Mart. Cap. 4. § 411.

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