Inflexio, onis, f. g. Verbale. Cic.A howing or bending: a turningInflexio laterum, Vide LATVS.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
inflexĭo, ōnis, f. [inflecto], a bending.I. Prop.: quasi helicis inflexio, Cic. Univ. 9, 27: dextra inflexio Bospori, Amm. 22, 8, 14: laterum inflexione forti ac virili,
a vigorous and manly attitude
, Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 229.—II.Transf., an inflection, modification: in adverbio temporum significationes non de ejusdem soni inflexione nascuntur, Macr. de Diff. c. 19, 4.