The corpus record — Latin

flexanimus

flexanimus · adj

that bends

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Where it lives

Florida 1 · 1.27/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.78/10k
De Oratore 1 · 0.17/10k

What it meant

flexănĭmus — Lewis & Short

flexănĭmus, a, um, adj.flecto + animus (poet.).

I Act., that bends or sways the heart, moving, affecting: o flexanima atque omnium regina rerum oratio, Pac. ap. Non. 113, 32 (Trag. Rel. v. 177 Rib.); cf.: tantam vim habet illa, quae recte a bono poëta dicta est flexanima atque omnium regina rerum oratio, Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 187: amor, Cat. 64, 331: concentus, Mart. Cap. 9, § 906.—*

II Pass., touched, moved, affected: flexanima, tamquam lymphata aut Bacchi sacris commota, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 36, 80 (Trag. Rel. v. 422 Rib.).

In the wild

flexanimo Apuleius, Florida 3
flexanima Cicero, De Oratore 2.187
flexanimo Catullus, Carmina long_poems.64.330

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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