flexio

Latin

Etymology

From flectō (“I bend, curve”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈflek.si.oː/, [ˈfɫ̪ɛks̠ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈflek.si.o/, [ˈflɛksio]

Noun

flexiō f (genitive flexiōnis); third declension

1. a bending, swaying, turning, winding
2. a bend, curve
3. (of the voice) modulation, inflection

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	flexiō	flexiōnēs
Genitive	flexiōnis	flexiōnum
Dative	flexiōnī	flexiōnibus
Accusative	flexiōnem	flexiōnēs
Ablative	flexiōne	flexiōnibus
Vocative	flexiō	flexiōnēs

Synonyms

• (bending, turning): flexūra

Derived terms

• reflexiō
• inflexiō

Related terms

• flectō
• flexanimus
• flexibilis
• flexibilitās
• flexilis
• flexuōsē
• flexuōsus
• flexūra
• flexus

 

Descendants

• → Asturian: flexón
• → Catalan: flexió
• → English: flexion
• → French: flexion
• → Italian: flessione
• → Galician: flexión
• → Occitan: flexion
• → Polish: fleksja
• → Portuguese: flexão
• → Russian: флексия (fleksija)
• → Spanish: flexión
• → Swedish: flektion

References

• “flexio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “flexio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• flexio 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)
• flexio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.