flecto
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *flektō, of uncertain ultimate origin, lacking any solid Indo-European cognates. Possible Proto-Indo-European predecessors include *bʰleK-, *dʰleK-, and *gʷʰleK-.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈflek.toː/, [ˈfɫ̪ɛkt̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈflek.to/, [ˈflɛkt̪o]
Verb
flectō (present infinitive flectere, perfect active flexī, supine flexum); third conjugation
Conjugation
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Descendants
References
- “flecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “flecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- flecto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to make a person change his intention: animum alicuius or simply aliquem flectere
- to deviate, change the direction: iter flectere, convertere, avertere
- to make a person change his intention: animum alicuius or simply aliquem flectere
- de Vaan, Michiel, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, vol. 7, of Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series, Alexander Lubotsky ed., Leiden: Brill, 2008.
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- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic
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- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook