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F / flexĭo
noun

flexĭo

gen. flexōnis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd
a bending; swaying; turning; a bend
a bending, swaying, turning; a bend, turn, curve (rare but class.).
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Lit.: trunco toto se ipse moderans et virili laterum flexione, Cic. Or. 18, 59; id. de Or. 3, 59, 220.—
figuratively
In gen.: quae deverticula flexionesque quaesisti! i. e. turnings, windings,… •
In gen.: quae deverticula flexionesque quaesisti! i. e. turnings, windings, Cic. Pis. 22, 53.—
a modulation; inflection; change •
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.
Perseus ID: n18366 Key: flexio