flecterem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →flecto, flectere, flexi, flexus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
bend, curve, bow; turn, curl; persuade, prevail on, soften;
sg. imperf. act. subj. 1st
Examples
de Vita Beata
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...quam ne ad opiniones uestras actum uitae meae flecterem. Solita conferte undique uerba: non conuiciari uos putabo..."XVII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...laqueo; si non iniceres manum ad praecipitia properanti, flecterem in plana cursum. Merito prorsus, anime, secretum solitudinemque captaveras..."