inflexio

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From īnflectō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

īnflexiō f (genitive īnflexiōnis); third declension

  1. bending, curving
  2. modification, adaptation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative īnflexiō īnflexiōnēs
genitive īnflexiōnis īnflexiōnum
dative īnflexiōnī īnflexiōnibus
accusative īnflexiōnem īnflexiōnēs
ablative īnflexiōne īnflexiōnibus
vocative īnflexiō īnflexiōnēs

Descendants

  • English: inflection
  • French: inflexion
  • Italian: inflessione
  • Portuguese: inflexão
  • Romanian: inflexiune
  • Sicilian: nfrissiuni
  • Spanish: inflexión

References

  • inflexio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • inflexio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • inflexio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.