inflecto
Latin
Etymology
From in- (“in”) + flectō (“I bend”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ĩːˈfɫɛk.toː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iɱˈflɛk.t̪o]
Verb
īnflectō (present infinitive īnflectere, perfect active īnflexī, supine īnflexum); third conjugation
- to bend, curve, bow
- to turn aside
- (figuratively) to alter, influence, affect
- (grammar) to mark or pronounce with a circumflex accent
Conjugation
Conjugation of īnflectō (third conjugation)
Descendants
- → English: inflect
- → Italian: inflettere
References
- “inflecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “inflecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inflecto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.