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flexĭbĭlis, e, adj. [flexus, from flecto], that may be bent, pliant, flexible (class.; cf.: lentus, flexilis).

  1. I. Lit.: materiam rerum totam esse flexibilem et commutabilem, Cic. N. D. 3, 39, 92: arcus, Ov. Am. 3, 3, 29: (ulmus) ad currus flexibili vite, Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 228.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. Pliant, flexible, tractable: genera vocis permulta: grave, acutum; flexibile, durum, flexible, Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146; cf. oratio, id. Or. 16, 52: nihil tam flexibile, id. Brut. 79, 274: vox, Quint. 11, 3, 15; 40: nihil non flexibile ad bonitatem, Cic. Att. 10, 11, 1.
    2. * B. In a bad sense, fickle, wavering, inconstant: quid potest esse tam flexibile, tam devium, quam animus ejus, qui, etc., Cic. Lael. 25, 92.

flexĭbĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [flexibilis], flexibility (late Lat.): cornuum, Sol. 52 med.

flexĭlis, e, adj. [flexus, from flecto].

  1. I. Pliant, pliable, flexile (poet. and in postAug. prose): cornu, Ov. M. 5, 383: ulmus et fraxinus, Plin. 16, 40, 79, § 219: betulla, id. 16, 18, 30, § 75: cervix ad circumspectum, id. 11, 37, 67, § 177: vitrum, id. 36, 26, 66, § 195: lectuli, Amm. 22, 4.
  2. II. Bent, curved: spicae, App. M. 6 init. (Ov. Am. 1, 14, 26, read nexilis, Merk.).

* flexĭlŏquus, a, um, adj. [flexus-loquor], ambiguous, equivocal: (oracula) partim falsa, partim casu vera, partim flexiloqua et obscura, Cic. Div. 2, 56, 115.

flexĭo, ōnis, f. [flecto], a bending, swaying, turning; a bend, turn, curve (rare but class.).

  1. I. Lit.: trunco toto se ipse moderans et virili laterum flexione, Cic. Or. 18, 59; id. de Or. 3, 59, 220.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. In gen.: quae deverticula flexionesque quaesisti! i. e. turnings, windings, Cic. Pis. 22, 53.
    2. B. 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.

* flexĭ-pes, pĕdis, adj. [flexus, from flecto], with crooked feet: hederae, clinging, clasping, Ov. M. 10, 99; cf. Serv. Verg. E. 4, 19.

* flexĭvĭcē, adv. [flexus-vicis], with turnings or windings, crookedly, Pac. ap. Non. 260, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 152 Rib.).