deflexisse
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;
perf. act. infin.
Examples
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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...ferro; cubiculum deinde patris ingressum in neutram deflexisse partem, sed recto gradu, sicut ducere oculi solent, ad lectulum..."Liber XXXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...subeat, nusquam ad mare declinantem: Philippum nouam postea deflexisse uiam, qua Maronitarum urbes agrosque amplectatur. Ad ea Philippus..."
