Desine fata deum flecto sperare precando3/28/2023 ![]() Trop., of tones, lengthened: infinito magis illa flexa et circumducta sunt, Quint. 8, 160: zodiacus circa Cancrum Capricornumque flexior, Mart. 4, 37: a veneratione Augusti orsus flexit ad victorias Tiberii, id. Trop., of thought or speech, to turn in any direction: ad providentiam sapientiamque, Tac. 28, 16, 3: inde Vitellius Cremonam flexit, Tac. 3, 8, 6 Hasdrubal ad Oceanum flectit, id. 9, 372: ex Gabino in Tusculanos flexere colles, Liv. Lit.: cum procul hos laevo flectentes limite cernunt, Verg. Neutr., to turn, go, or march in any direction (post-Aug.). ![]() Flectere syllabam, to mark with the circumflex accent, and hence, to lengthen, Quint. 8, 3, 36: hoc vocabulum (pollex) de Graeco flexum est, Gell. To form a word from another language: verba derivare, flectere, conjungere, Quint. 6, 29: Augustus quaedam ex horrida illa antiquitate ad praesentem usum flexisset, id. To refer to or apply to any one: versus qui in Tiberium flecterentur, Tac. 1, 60, 1: dolo a se flexos imputavit civilis, Tac. 2.) To turn aside from, to avoid a thing: ut eam (viam) flectas, te rogo, Cic. Mid.: plurimum valet miseratio, quae judicem flecti non tantum cogit, sed, etc., to let himself be moved, Quint. 3, 5, 41: hortaturque simul flectitque labores, soothes, Stat. 28, 22, 11: dictis nostris sententia flexa est, Enn. 102, 3: si quem a proposito spes mollitiave animi flexisset, divert, dissuade, Liv. 2, 52 fin.: ingenium alicujus aversum, Sall. 6, 376: animos commutare atque omni ratione flectere, Cic. 3, 8, 19: desine fata deum flecti sperare precando, Verg. 7, 312 cf.: nisi dii immortales suo numine prope fata ipsa flexissent, Cic. 2, 689: flectere si nequeo Superos, Acheronta movebo, id. 4, 1, 6: precibus si flecteris ullis, Verg. 6, 1, 9: flectere mollibus jam durum imperiis, Hor. To bend (in opinion or in will), to move, persuade, prevail upon, overcome, soften, appease (cf.: moveo, afficio): quibus rebus ita flectebar animo atque frangebar, ut, etc., Cic. 163: quod procul a nobis flectat Fortuna gubernans, turn aside, avert, Lucr. 28, 44, 8: juvenis cereus in vitium flecti, Hor. Vahl.): est viri et ducis oblata casu flectere ad consilium, Liv. 5: animus ab aliqua opinione flectendus, Quint. 28, 22, 11: scribentis animum a vero, id. 28, 79: mentes suas ad nostrum imperium nomenque, id. 1, 10, 29: suam naturam huc et illuc torquere ac flectere, id. 1, 17, 47 cf.: imbecillitatem animorum torquere et flectere, id. 2, 4, 25: qui teneros et rudes cum acceperunt, inficiunt et flectunt, ut volunt, Cic. In gen., to bend, turn, direct: ducere multimodis voces et flectere cantus, Lucr. ![]() 2, 45, 94: Leucaten flectere molestum videbatur, id. t., to go round or double a promontory: cum in flectendis promontoriis ventorum mutationes maximas saepe sentiant, Cic. 18, 28, 68, § 264: Euphrates ad meridiem flectitur, id. 8, 883: sol ab ea (Cancri) meta incipit flecti, Plin. 2, 718: modo flector in anguem, I bend, wind myself into a snake, id. 42 Rib.): (milvus) flectitur in gyrum, wheels, Ov. Mid.: quasi amnis celeris rapit, sed tamen inflexu flectitur, Naev. 5, 12, 35: hinc (silva) se flectit sinistrorsus, Caes. 14, 4: flexi fractique motus, contorted, Cic. 4, 303 cf.: flexos incurvant viribus arcus, Verg. 35, 31, 3: tu (Bacche) flectis amnes, tu mare barbarum, Hor. 3, 7, 25: currum de foro in Capitolium, Cic. 8, 698: equos brevi moderari ac flectere, Caes. 8, 367: geminas acies huc, to turn, direct, Verg. 4, 265 10, 236: lumina a gurgite in nullam partem, id. In gen.: animal omne membra quocumque vult, flectit, contorquet, porrigit, contrahit, Cic. Act., to bend, bow, curve, turn, turn round (freq. falx falco, so called from the curve of its claws or beak cf. φολκός, bandy-legged φάλκης, the bent rib of a ship L.
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