deflexit
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;
sg. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Domitianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...vitiorum atque virtutum; donec virtutes quoque in vitia deflexit: quantum coniectare licet, super ingenii naturam inopia rapax, metu..."Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...nominamus quia Germanicum Augustum ab institutis studiis deflexit cura terrarum, parumque dis visum est esse eum maximum poetarum..."Liber IV
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...aequitatis uellet famam consequi,a pristina deflexit consuetudine,atque inter illas tenui contentus cibosancta incorrupta iura reddebat fide.Postquam..."Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...septenaque tela coniciunt; partim galea clipeoque resultant inrita, deflexit partim stringentia corpus alma Venus. fidum Aeneas adfatur Achaten..."Liber X
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...ferae, cerva ad Gallos, lupus ad Romanos cursum deflexit. Lupo data inter ordines via; cervam Galli confixere..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...barbaro fuit, inritum fessumque Romanum impune ludificabatur: postquam deflexit ad maritimos locos, inligatus praeda stativis castris adhaerebat, missu..."Liber IX
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...plane in Properti domo scriptum. Nuper ad lyrica deflexit, in quibus ita Horatium ut in illis illum alterum..."Liber VII
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...Ibat illa lento gradu quasi gravis vinculis. Postquam deflexit in aream domus, repente dilapsa deserit comitem. Desertus herbas..."