incurvatio

incurvātĭo, ōnis, f. [incurvo],

• a bending, curving (post-Aug.): materiae, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 207: caudae, Hyg. Astr. 3, 16.

incurvātio, ōnis, f. (incurvo), die Krümmung, Einbiegung, materiae, Plin. 17, 207: caudae, Hyg. astr. 3, 16. – übtr., sui cordis inc., Verkehrtheit, Augustin. epist. 81, 9.

incurvatio [CL] 1 the action of bending, the state of being bent. qui aliquem in collo plagiaverit, ut ~onem vel inflexibilitatem ‥ contrahat (Leg. Hen. 93. 37) GAS 610; nervis contractis incurvatus, vix podio gressus sustentante ecclesiam adire valebat. ‥ sese erexit et, ~onis pristine contractionem prorsus abolitam sentiens, ‥ Mir. Fridesw. 11; ~o unguium J. Mirfield Brev. 78; ~o vel declinatio a rectitudine Peckham Persp. III 2; Alph. 73 (v. gryposis). 2 low bow, prostration. Aldh. Met. 2 p. 69 (v. cernulus); ob crebras preces ~onesque genuum quas ‥ exercebat Bede CuthbP 17; que prius languore prepediente nec ad terram se inclinare nec aquam manus [? l. manu] gestare poterat ‥ absque aliqua difficultate se ad terram inclinabat ‥, sanationem suam intuentium animis repetitis frequentius ~onibus inculcans Mir. Fridesw. 21.

incurvātĭō, ōnis, f. (incurvo), action de courber, courbure : Plin. 17, 207 || génuflexion : Cassian. Inst. 1, 7 || [fig.] cordis Aug. Ep. 81, 9, perversion du cœur.