re-flectō flēxī, flexus, ere, to bend back, turn backwards, turn about, turn away: colla, V.: oculos, O.: illam tereti cervice reflexam, bent backwards, V.: longos reflectitur unguīs, i. e. grows into long curved claws, O.

—Fig., to turn back, bring back, bend, change, check: Quem neque fides, neque ius iurandum reflexit, T.: quibus (causis) mentes reflectuntur: in melius tua, qui potes, orsa reflectas! change, V.: animum reflexi, i. e. brought my thoughts back (to her), V.