deflecteres
Dictionary entries
- Entry →deflecto, deflectere, deflexi, deflexus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bend downwards; bend (bow); turn (aside), change course/direction of; deflect;; divert, distract; turn one's eyes; modify/twist (words/ideas); round (point);; bend/turn aside/off; deviate/change one's course; digress (speech); alter pitch;
sg. imperf. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...fata, sequi. tamen ante furoremindomitum duramque uiri deflectere mentempacifico sermone parant hostemque propinquum 305orant Cecropiae praelata fronde Mineruae..."Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...insurgere exclamare, et aliqua cogit, ut intermittere et deflectere et rasas fauces ac latus fatigatum deformi cantico reficere..."Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...potest, commune appellatur: quod adversarius in suam utilitatem deflectere potest, commutabile: quod causae non cohaeret, separatum: quod aliunde..."XVIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...adamaverint, amant. videbis oculos numquam a facie vultuque deflectere, comere caput habitumque componere; suspirare cum recesserit, exultare..."XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...publicae laesae temptat in legem male gestae legationis deflectere? eligit reus crimen, hoc est, noxius crucem optat..."
Liber Octavus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...pecudis fidissime custos, tempus ab hac oculos tandem deflectere cura. quem metuis me adstante dolum? servabo parumper ipsa..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...vero miscebant. vulgus quoque militum clamore et gaudio deflectere via, spatia certaminum recognoscere, aggerem armorum, strues corporum intueri..."