flectens
Dictionary entries
- Entry →flecto, flectere, flexi, flexus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
bend, curve, bow; turn, curl; persuade, prevail on, soften;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...saepta solide, expedita, numquam conivens, nusquam aciem suam flectens, consilia cogitationesque contra fortunae verbera contraque insidias iniquorum quasi..."Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...sacris peruius astris secat obliquo tramite zonas, flectens longos signifer annos, lapsa uidebit sidera labens; hic qui nondum..."Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...loco. haecne illa facies igne sidereo nitens, ~inimica flectens lumina? huc cecidit decor? o dira fata, numinum..."Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...uidebit atrum uerticem flammis agi Malea longas nauibus flectens moras. Nutrix Sile, obsecro, questusque secreto abditos manda dolori..."