unbend
unbend
v. trans.
See relax.
V. intrans. Sport: P. and V. παίζειν.Condescend: P. συγκαθιέναι.
v. trans.
See relax.
V. intrans. Sport: P. and V. παίζειν.Condescend: P. συγκαθιέναι.
UNBEND
To make straight what had been curved corrigere (seldom; not in Cic.; Catullus Plin.): (pravum aliquid) rectum facere.
To relax the tension of anything retendere: remittere (both †; to unbend a bow arcum).
ImPROP. velut retendere aliquid (Quint.). To unbend the mind animum remittere or relaxare.
To make straight what had been curved corrigere (seldom; not in Cic.; Catullus Plin.): (pravum aliquid) rectum facere.
To relax the tension of anything retendere: remittere (both †; to unbend a bow arcum).
ImPROP. velut retendere aliquid (Quint.). To unbend the mind animum remittere or relaxare.
unbend (both in lit. and fig. sense):
1. remitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (of a twig): Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123: having unbent his bow, remisso arcu, Hor. Od. 3, 24, 67.
2. laxo, 1: if you have unbent (your bow), si laxaris (arcum), Phaedr. 3, 14, 11: to u. the minds of the judges, l. judicum animos, Cic. Brut. 63, 322.
3. rĕlaxo, 1: u. your bow, relaxa arcus, Sen. Ag. 322: u. your mind, animos, Cic. Brut. 5, 21.
4. rĕtendo, di, sum and tum, 3: an unbent bow, arcus retensus, Phaedr. 3, 14, 5: arcūs retenti, Ov. Met. 3, 166.
5. corrĭgo, rexi, rectum, 3: no one could u. Milo's grasp, nemo digitum corrigebat (Miloni), Plin. 7, 20, 19.
1. remitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (of a twig): Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123: having unbent his bow, remisso arcu, Hor. Od. 3, 24, 67.
2. laxo, 1: if you have unbent (your bow), si laxaris (arcum), Phaedr. 3, 14, 11: to u. the minds of the judges, l. judicum animos, Cic. Brut. 63, 322.
3. rĕlaxo, 1: u. your bow, relaxa arcus, Sen. Ag. 322: u. your mind, animos, Cic. Brut. 5, 21.
4. rĕtendo, di, sum and tum, 3: an unbent bow, arcus retensus, Phaedr. 3, 14, 5: arcūs retenti, Ov. Met. 3, 166.
5. corrĭgo, rexi, rectum, 3: no one could u. Milo's grasp, nemo digitum corrigebat (Miloni), Plin. 7, 20, 19.