flectentem
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.
Examples
- P
Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Delius hunc nuper, victa serpente superbus, viderat adducto flectentem cornua nervo 'quid' que 'tibi, lascive puer, cum fortibus..." - P
Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...tendere doctior arcus. tum quoque lenta manu flectentem cornua Perseus stipite, qui media positus fumabat in ara, perculit..." - P
Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Delius hunc nuper, victa serpente superbus, viderat adducto flectentem cornua nervo 'quid' que 'tibi, lascive puer, cum fortibus..."