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
- M
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..." - L
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..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...accersere. Sed finge navem ab ingenti posse cursu deflecti, et Licham non utique circuiturum aegrorum cubilia: quomodo possumus..." - M
Liber III
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...autem quae tantum inter se pugnant plerumque nominibus deflecti solent. Nam et utilitas ipsa expugnatur..."