noun

inflexĭo

gen. inflexōnis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd

a bending

a bending.

Prop.: quasi helicis inflexio, Cic. Univ. 9, 27: dextra inflexio Bospori, Amm.… •

Prop.: quasi helicis inflexio, Cic. Univ. 9, 27: dextra inflexio Bospori, Amm. 22, 8, 14: laterum inflexione forti ac virili, a vigorous and manly attitude, Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 229.—

an inflection; modification by extension

Transf., an inflection, modification: in adverbio temporum significationes non de ejusdem soni inflexione nascuntur, Macr. de Diff. c. 19, § 4.

Perseus ID: n23247 Key: inflexio