adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
flexanimus
flexanimus (feminine flexanima, neuter flexanimum)
Classical[fɫɛkˈsa.nɪ.mʊs]Ecclesiastical[fleɡˈzaː.ni.mus]
Meaning
- adjectiveemotionally moving, affecting, touching
- adjectiveraretouched, affected
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | flexanimus | flexanima | flexanimum |
| genitive | flexanimī | flexanimae | flexanimī |
| dative | flexanimō | flexanimae | flexanimō |
| accusative | flexanimum | flexanimam | flexanimum |
| ablative | flexanimō | flexanimā | flexanimō |
| vocative | flexanime | flexanima | flexanimum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | flexanimī | flexanimae | flexanima |
| genitive | flexanimōrum | flexanimārum | flexanimōrum |
| dative | flexanimīs | flexanimīs | flexanimīs |
| accusative | flexanimōs | flexanimās | flexanima |
| ablative | flexanimīs | flexanimīs | flexanimīs |
| vocative | flexanimī | flexanimae | flexanima |
flexănĭmus, a, um, adj. flecto + animus (poet.).
I. Act., that bends or sways the heart, moving, affecting: o flexanima atque omnium regina rerum oratio, Pac. ap. Non. 113, 32 (Trag. Rel. v. 177 Rib.); cf.:
tantam vim habet illa, quae recte a bono poëta dicta est flexanima atque omnium regina rerum oratio, Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 187: amor, Cat. 64, 331: concentus, Mart. Cap. 9, § 906.—* II. Pass., touched, moved, affected: flexanima, tamquam lymphata aut Bacchi sacris commota, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 36, 80 (Trag. Rel. v. 422 Rib.).
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
flexanimus adj.
1 flexus+animus, moving, affecting, touching : oratio, C. poët.: amor, Ct.— — Touched, affected , Pac. ap. C.
Origins
flexus, perfect passive participle of flectō (“to direct (one's mind)”) + animus (“mind, spirit”)