flexura

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

flexūra, ae, f. [flexus, from flecto], a bending, winding, turning (rare; not in Cic.).

I Lit.: lateris, Lucr. 4, 336: angustiae flexuraeque vicorum, Suet. Ner. 38.—

B Trop.: virtus recta est: flexuram non recipit, Sen. Ep. 71, 19.—

II Transf., in gram., inflection , declension of a word, Varr. L. L. 10, § 28 Müll.