The Latin word for to bend is
flectere
Translations for to bend and their definitions
| curvamen | |
| 1. bend, curve | |
| 2. curve |
| flecto | |
| 1. v. I bend, curve or bow | |
| 2. v. I turn or curl | |
| 3. v. (figuratively) I persuade, prevail upon, or soften |
| flexus | |
| 1. n. a bending, turning, winding | |
| 2. n. a transition, changing | |
| 3. n. (of speech) modulation, inflection of the voice | |
| 4. n. (grammar) inflection | |
| 5. Participle. bent, curved, having been bent. | |
| 6. Participle. turned, having been turned around. | |
| 7. Participle. (figuratively) persuaded, having been prevailed upon. | |
| 8. Participle. (grammar) declined, conjugated, having been inflected. |
| sinuo | |
| 1. v. I bend, wind, curve. | |
| 2. v. I hollow out, excavate. |
| curvo | |
| 1. v. I crook, bend, bow, curve | |
| 2. adj. singular of curvus |
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