inflecto
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈflek.toː/, [ĩːˈfɫɛk.toː]
Verb
īnflectō (present infinitive īnflectere, perfect active īnflēxī, supine īnflexus); third conjugation
- I bend, curve, bow
- I turn aside
- (figuratively) I alter, influence, affect
- (grammar) I mark or pronounce with a circumflex accent
Inflection
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
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