flexĭlis, e, adj. [flexus, from flecto].
I Pliant , pliable , flexile (poet. and in postAug. prose): cornu, Ov. M. 5, 383: ulmus et fraxinus, Plin. 16, 40, 79, § 219: betulla, id. 16, 18, 30, § 75: cervix ad circumspectum, id. 11, 37, 67, § 177: vitrum, id. 36, 26, 66, § 195: lectuli, Amm. 22, 4.—
II Bent , curved : spicae, Ap. Met. 6, 1, 11. ( Ov. Am. 1, 14, 26, read nexilis, Merk.).