dē-flectō flēxī, flexus, ere.

—Trans, to bend aside, turn away, divert: tela, V.: amnīs in alium cursum: ad Romanos cursum, L.: novam viam, to build the road in another direction, L.

—Fig., to turn away, lead astray: lumina, O.: principes de viā: ad verba rem, i. e. interpret literally: te de curriculo petitionis, to withdraw.

—Intrans., to turn aside, deviate, digress: de spatio: de rectā regione: a veritate.