4.5 turn, bend, roll, fold

vertere, turn (trans.); vertī, turn (intrans.); versārī, turn often, twist about; invertere, turn round

flectere, bend, turn; flexus, turning, turning point; flexiō, bending; flexibilis, flexible; flexuōsus, winding;  īnflectere, bend; noun īnflexiō; reflectere, bend or turn back

intendere, bend, turn

torquēre, twist, turn, bend; tortuōsus, twisted; obtorquēre, twist, wrench; retorquēre, twist back

inclīnāre, bend, incline, turn; noun inclīnātiō 

volvere, turn round, roll (trans.); volvī, roll (intrans.); volūtāre, roll, twist; volūbilis, turning, rolling

revolvere, roll back, unroll

plicāre, fold

explicāre, replicāre, pandere, unfold

from A Handbook of the Latin Language by Walter Ripman (1930). Transcribed by Carolus Raeticus (2011).

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