deflexie

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

dēflexĭe, ōnis, f. [deflecto], a turning or bending aside (late Lat.).

I Lit.: certa meatus solis, Macr. Sat. 1, 17.—

II Trop.: cupiditatum, Naz. Pan. Const. 5.