dēflexĭe

ōnis, f.

deflecto

I. a turning or bending aside (late Lat.).
I. Lit.: certa meatus solis, Macr. Sat. 1, 17.—
II. Trop.: cupiditatum, Naz. Pan. Const. 5.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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