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
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..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...meam consideravit, sed continuo ad inguina mea luminibus deflexis movit officiosam manum, et: "Salve, inquit Encolpi". Miretur nunc..."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..."