deflecti
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;
pres. pass. infin.
Examples
Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...tanta uocent discrimina Martis Hiberi,quid rapidum deflectis iter? non pondera rerumnec momenta sumus, numquam felicibus armisusa manus..."Phoenissae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...desere infaustum patrem. In recta quid deflectis errantem gradum? Permitte labi: melius inueniam uiam, Quam quaero; solus, quae..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...accersere. Sed finge navem ab ingenti posse cursu deflecti, et Licham non utique circuiturum aegrorum cubilia: quomodo possumus..."Liber III
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...autem quae tantum inter se pugnant plerumque nominibus deflecti solent. Nam et utilitas ipsa expugnatur..."