flexio

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

flexĭo, ōnis, f. [flecto], a bending, swaying, turning; a bend, turn, curve (rare but class.).

I Lit.: trunco toto se ipse moderans et virili laterum flexione, Cic. Or. 18, 59; id. de Or. 3, 59, 220.—

II Trop.

A In gen.: quae deverticula flexionesque quaesisti! i. e. turnings , windings , Cic. Pis. 22, 53.—

B In partic., of the voice, a modulation , inflection , change : est in dicendo etiam quidam cantus obscurior ... quem significat Demosthenes et Aeschines, cum alter alteri obicit vocis flexiones, Cic. Or. 18, 57: delicatiores in cantu, id. de Or. 3, 25, 98: ut cervices oculosque pariter cum modorum flexionibus torquent, id. Leg. 2, 15, 39.

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