reflexio

See also: reflexió

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ flexiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reˈflek.si.oː/, [rɛˈfɫ̪ɛks̠ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈflek.si.o/, [reˈflɛksio]

Noun

reflexiō f (genitive reflexiōnis); third declension

1. turning away or back
2. reflection

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	reflexiō	reflexiōnēs
Genitive	reflexiōnis	reflexiōnum
Dative	reflexiōnī	reflexiōnibus
Accusative	reflexiōnem	reflexiōnēs
Ablative	reflexiōne	reflexiōnibus
Vocative	reflexiō	reflexiōnēs

Related terms

• reflectō

Descendants

• → Catalan: reflexió
• → French: réflexion
  • → English: reflection
  • → German: Reflexion
• → Italian: riflessione
  • → Piedmontese: riflession
• → Portuguese: reflexão
• → Romanian: reflexie, reflexiune
• → Russian: рефле́ксия (refléksija)

References

• “reflexio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• reflexio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• reflexio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.