flectant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →flecto, flectere, flexi, flexus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
bend, curve, bow; turn, curl; persuade, prevail on, soften;
pl. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...prominens, retorqueantur et in orbem aquas sine exitu flectant, ita ut circumlata in se sorbeantur et uerticem efficiant..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...haec aure trahentem, cum paveant aliae demissaque lumina flectant, atque iterat: 'Quisquis proavis et gente superba, quisquis equo..."Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...deformia rictu. neve preces animos et verba precantia flectant, posse loqui eripitur: vox iracunda minaxque plenaque terroris rauco..."