flexio
Latin
Etymology
From flectō (“I bend, curve”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfɫɛk.si.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈflɛk.si.o]
Noun
flexiō f (genitive flexiōnis); third declension
- a bending, swaying, turning, winding
- a bend, curve
- (of the voice) modulation, inflection
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | flexiō | flexiōnēs |
| genitive | flexiōnis | flexiōnum |
| dative | flexiōnī | flexiōnibus |
| accusative | flexiōnem | flexiōnēs |
| ablative | flexiōne | flexiōnibus |
| vocative | flexiō | flexiōnēs |
Synonyms
- (bending, turning): flexūra
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “flexio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “flexio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "flexio", 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)
- flexio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.