flexus
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin.
Noun
flexus (plural flexus)
- (astronomy, geology) A low, curvilinear ridge with a scalloped pattern.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From flectō (“bend”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈflek.sus/, [ˈfɫ̪ɛks̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈflek.sus/, [ˈflɛksus]
Noun
flexus m (genitive flexūs); fourth declension
- a bending, turning, winding
- a transition, changing
- (of speech) modulation, inflection of the voice
- (grammar) inflection
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | flexus | flexūs |
Genitive | flexūs | flexuum |
Dative | flexuī | flexibus |
Accusative | flexum | flexūs |
Ablative | flexū | flexibus |
Vocative | flexus | flexūs |
Synonyms
- (grammar) flexura
Descendants
Participle
flexus (feminine flexa, neuter flexum); first/second-declension participle
- bent, curved, having been bent.
- turned, having been turned around.
- (figuratively) persuaded, having been prevailed upon.
- (grammar) declined, conjugated, having been inflected.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | flexus | flexa | flexum | flexī | flexae | flexa | |
Genitive | flexī | flexae | flexī | flexōrum | flexārum | flexōrum | |
Dative | flexō | flexō | flexīs | ||||
Accusative | flexum | flexam | flexum | flexōs | flexās | flexa | |
Ablative | flexō | flexā | flexō | flexīs | |||
Vocative | flexe | flexa | flexum | flexī | flexae | flexa |
Related terms
References
- “flexus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “flexus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- flexus 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)
- flexus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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