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flexūra

flexūra · f

a bending

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What it meant

flexūra — Lewis & Short

flexūra, ae, f.flexus, from flecto,

I 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.

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