flexūra
ae, f.
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.