bend (v.) Copy link Outline A. Trans.I. To move from a straight line1. flecto, flexi, flexum, 32. inflecto, 33. curvo (i. e. to curve, round)4. inclīno, 1 (to cause to lean)II. To direct (q. v.).1. tendo, tĕtendi, tensum and tentum, 32. flecto, 3 (implying an alteration or winding of route)3. inclīno (like flecto; but less frequent)III. To apply to a particular purpose. q. v.IV. To subdue1. dŏmo, ui, ĭtum, 4 (i. e. to tame, quell, subdue2. flecto, 3B. Intrans.I. To deviate from a straight line1. flecto, 3 (with pron. reflect. or pass.)2. inflecto, 3 (like flecto). the iron had bent, ferrum se inflexerat, Caes.II. To make a bend • bend (v.) A. Trans.: I. To move from a straight line: 1. flecto, flexi, flexum, 3: to b. a bow, arcum f., Virg.: every animal b.s its limbs in whatever direction it wishes, animal omne membra quocunque vult f., Cic. 2. inflecto, 3: to b. a staff, bacillum in., Cic.: Prop. 3. curvo (i. e. to curve, round): he bent the flexile bow, curvavit flexile cornu, Ov.: limbs bent with old age, curvata senio membra, Tac. 4. inclīno, 1 (to cause to lean): some of the oxen had bent their knees on the yellow sands, pars boum fulvis genua inclinarat arenis, Ov.: v. to bend down. II. To direct (q. v.).: esp. in phr. to b. one's course: 1. tendo, tĕtendi, tensum and tentum, 3: they bent their course towards Spain, iter in Hispaniam tendebant, Hirt.: more freq. without a substantive: I doubt whether to b. my course towards Venusia: dubito an Venusiam tendam, Cic.: backward b.ing his course, retro tendens cursum, Sil. 2. flecto, 3 (implying an alteration or winding of route): we bent our course towards the left, fleximus in laevum cursus, Ov.; f. iter ad aliquem locum, Liv.: also without any subs. (post-Ciceron.): Hasdrubal, finding the passage of the river closed, bent his course towards the Ocean, H. clauso transitu fluminis ad Oceanum flectit, Liv. 3. inclīno (like flecto; but less frequent): v. to lean, incline. III. To apply to a particular purpose. q. v. IV. To subdue: render submissive: 1. dŏmo, ui, ĭtum, 4 (i. e. to tame, quell, subdue: q. v.): their energy had bent all things to its sway, virtus omnia domuerat, Sall.: Hor. 2. flecto, 3: v. TO PREVAIL UPON, influence. B. Intrans.: I. To deviate from a straight line: 1. flecto, 3 (with pron. reflect. or pass.): I b. into a snake, flector in anguem, Ov. 2. inflecto, 3 (like flecto). the iron had bent, ferrum se inflexerat, Caes. II. To make a bend: v. bend (subs.).
bend (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. flexus, ūs2. anfractus, ūs3. curvāmen, ĭnis, n.4. curvātūra1. flecto, 3 (with pron. refl., or as pass.)2. inflecto, 33. inclīno, 1 (usu. reflect.) • bend (subs.): 1. flexus, ūs: in a b. of the road, in flexu viae, Liv.: the ears have horny passages and those with many b.s, aures corneolos habent introitus multisque cum flexibus, Cic. 2. anfractus, ūs: v. winding. 3. curvāmen, ĭnis, n.: Ov.: Plin. 4. curvātūra: Vitr.: Plin. Phr.: to make a b.: 1. flecto, 3 (with pron. refl., or as pass.): the wood makes a b. to the left, silva se flectit sinistrorsus, Caes.: the Euphrates makes a b. to the south, Euphrates ad meridiem flectitur, Plin. 2. inflecto, 3: the bay makes a b. towards the city, sinus ad urbem inflectitur, Cic. 3. inclīno, 1 (usu. reflect.): bodies must make a trifling b. in, paulum inclinare necesse est corpora, Lucr.: to b. towards anyone, inclinari ad aliquem, Quint.
BEND Copy link • BEND 1. v. flectere, inflectere; curvare, incurvare. To bend downward, deflectere: upward, sursum flectere: inward, inflectere: backward, reflectere or retro flectere, recurvare: sideways, obliquare. Bent, bending, inflexus, incurvus: backward, recurvatus, recurvus. To bend a bow, arcum intendere, contendere: to hend the knee, Vid: KNEE. Easy to bend, flexibilis. INTR., to bend, flecti, se flectere, inflecti; curvari, incurvari, incurvescere. Move, affect, flectere, movere; animos hominum oratione flectere or movere. Depress, break, frangere, deprimere; debilitare; affligere. (The words are found in this connection and order), affligere et debilitare. Pain does not bend the mind of a brave man, viri non est debilitari dolore, dolori occumbere: to bend anybody’s pride, alicujus superbiam retundere (Phaedrus). Direct any whither, dirigere (ad aliquid), convertere (in aliquid). All eyes are bent on you, omnium oculi in te sunt conjecti. Apply: the mind, the thoughts, etc., to anything, animum ad aliquid attendere, adjicere, applicare; cogitationes in aliquid intendere, omni cogitatione ferri ad aliquid. Bent, intent, attentus, intentus; resolutely, obstinatus. INTR., to bend to anybody, submittere se alicui, supplicem esse alicui. Old age bending to the grave, aetas grandior or declinata. Their hope bending neither way, neutro inclinata spes. 2. curvamen (probably first used by Ov., “bend” as an abiding state): curvitas (Macrobius): aduncitas (curvature the latter especially of what is bent inward, e.g., of a beak, rostri): curvatura (Vitr., Plin.): flexura (Lucr., Suet.: bending with reference to other motions in space): flexus (winding, turning: pons - in quo est flexus ad iter Arpinas, Cic.): an fractus (a break in the continuity of anything’s direction; e, g., of a horn, the course of the sun. etc., but especially of a road; hence, from context, anfiractus only for a “turn in the road”).