deflexis
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;
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- L
Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...praesens studii pretium est, ad gratuita carmina deflexi me et ad salutare philosophiae contuli studium. Ostendi in omne..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...meam consideravit, sed continuo ad inguina mea luminibus deflexis movit officiosam manum, et: "Salve, inquit Encolpi". Miretur nunc..." - P
Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...digitos amentis addere tempto, lumina deflexi. revocataque rursus eodem rettuleram: medio (mirum) duo marmora campo adspicio; fugere..."