deflexae
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;
dat. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...fieret arma, profugit contionem confestimque urbem petit, deflexa omni acerbitate in senatum, cui ad avertendos tantorum dedecorum rumores..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Ideoque, cum sit a simplici rectoque loquendi genere deflexa, virtus est si habet probabile aliquid quod sequatur..."Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...habere ex ingenio uidetur; illa uero quae utcumque deflexa sunt taminquam exquisitiora miramur non aliter quam distortis..."
