Latin

Verb

dēflectō ‎(present infinitive dēflectere, perfect active dēflexī, supine dēflexum); third conjugation

1. I bend or turn downwards or away; I deflect
2. I digress

Inflection

References

• deflecto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• deflecto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “deflecto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to turn aside from the right way; to deviate: de via declinare, deflectere (also metaphorically)
    
  • to swerve from the truth: a veritate deflectere, desciscere
    
  • to digress from the point at issue: a proposito aberrare, declinare, deflectere, digredi, egredi
    
  • to deteriorate: a maiorum virtute desciscere, degenerare, deflectere
    
  • to give up old customs: a pristina consuetudine deflectere