flectendo
Dictionary entries
- Entry →flecto, flectere, flexi, flexus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
bend, curve, bow; turn, curl; persuade, prevail on, soften;
abl. sg. fut. pass. part.abl. sg. fut. pass. part.dat. sg. fut. pass. part.dat. sg. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Liber XXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Uerminam prope uestigiis instantem in alia atque alia flectendo itinera eludens, taedio et desperatione tandem fessum absistere sequendo..."Liber V
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...tecta ut quodcumque superesset urbis, id pignus ad flectendos hostium animos haberent, nequaquam perinde atque in capta urbe..."