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
- A
Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...saepta solide, expedita, numquam conivens, nusquam aciem suam flectens, consilia cogitationesque contra fortunae verbera contraque insidias iniquorum quasi..." - L
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..." - L
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..." - L
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..."