circumflexus
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of circumflectō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kir.kumˈflek.sus/, [kɪrkũːˈfɫ̪ɛks̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈflek.sus/, [t͡ʃirkumˈflɛksus]
Participle
circumflexus (feminine circumflexa, neuter circumflexum); first/second-declension participle
- bent about
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | circumflexus | circumflexa | circumflexum | circumflexī | circumflexae | circumflexa | |
| Genitive | circumflexī | circumflexae | circumflexī | circumflexōrum | circumflexārum | circumflexōrum | |
| Dative | circumflexō | circumflexō | circumflexīs | ||||
| Accusative | circumflexum | circumflexam | circumflexum | circumflexōs | circumflexās | circumflexa | |
| Ablative | circumflexō | circumflexā | circumflexō | circumflexīs | |||
| Vocative | circumflexe | circumflexa | circumflexum | circumflexī | circumflexae | circumflexa | |
Derived terms
References
- “circumflexus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- circumflexus 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)