inflecto
Latin
Etymology
From in- (“in”) + flectō (“I bend”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /inˈflek.toː/, [ĩːˈfɫ̪ɛkt̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈflek.to/, [iɱˈflɛkt̪o]
Verb
īnflectō (present infinitive īnflectere, perfect active īnflexī, supine īnflexum); third conjugation
- I bend, curve, bow
- I turn aside
- (figuratively) I alter, influence, affect
- (grammar) I mark or pronounce with a circumflex accent
Conjugation
Descendants
- English: inflect
- Italian: inflettere
References
- “inflecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “inflecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inflecto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.