inflecto

Latin

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Latin flectō

Latin īnflectō

From in- (“in”) + flectō (“to bend”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ĩːˈfɫɛk.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iɱˈflɛk.to]

Verb

īnflectō (present infinitive īnflectere, perfect active īnflexī, supine īnflexum); third conjugation

1. to bend, curve, bow
2. to turn aside
3. (figuratively) to alter, influence, affect
4. (grammar) to mark or pronounce with a circumflex accent

Conjugation

   Conjugation of īnflectō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	īnflectō		īnflectis		īnflectit		īnflectimus		īnflectitis		īnflectunt
	imperfect	īnflectēbam		īnflectēbās		īnflectēbat		īnflectēbāmus		īnflectēbātis		īnflectēbant
	future	īnflectam		īnflectēs		īnflectet		īnflectēmus		īnflectētis		īnflectent
	perfect	īnflexī		īnflexistī		īnflexit		īnfleximus		īnflexistis		īnflexērunt, īnflexēre
	pluperfect	īnflexeram		īnflexerās		īnflexerat		īnflexerāmus		īnflexerātis		īnflexerant
	future perfect	īnflexerō		īnflexeris		īnflexerit		īnflexerimus		īnflexeritis		īnflexerint
passive	present	īnflector		īnflecteris, īnflectere		īnflectitur		īnflectimur		īnflectiminī		īnflectuntur
	imperfect	īnflectēbar		īnflectēbāris, īnflectēbāre		īnflectēbātur		īnflectēbāmur		īnflectēbāminī		īnflectēbantur
	future	īnflectar		īnflectēris, īnflectēre		īnflectētur		īnflectēmur		īnflectēminī		īnflectentur
	perfect	īnflexus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	īnflexus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	īnflexus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	īnflectam		īnflectās		īnflectat		īnflectāmus		īnflectātis		īnflectant
	imperfect	īnflecterem		īnflecterēs		īnflecteret		īnflecterēmus		īnflecterētis		īnflecterent
	perfect	īnflexerim		īnflexerīs		īnflexerit		īnflexerīmus		īnflexerītis		īnflexerint
	pluperfect	īnflexissem		īnflexissēs		īnflexisset		īnflexissēmus		īnflexissētis		īnflexissent
passive	present	īnflectar		īnflectāris, īnflectāre		īnflectātur		īnflectāmur		īnflectāminī		īnflectantur
	imperfect	īnflecterer		īnflecterēris, īnflecterēre		īnflecterētur		īnflecterēmur		īnflecterēminī		īnflecterentur
	perfect	īnflexus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	īnflexus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		īnflecte		—		—		īnflectite		—
	future	—		īnflectitō		īnflectitō		—		īnflectitōte		īnflectuntō
passive	present	—		īnflectere		—		—		īnflectiminī		—
	future	—		īnflectitor		īnflectitor		—		—		īnflectuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		īnflectere			īnflectī			īnflectēns			—
future		īnflexūrum esse			īnflexum īrī			īnflexūrus			īnflectendus, īnflectundus
perfect		īnflexisse			īnflexum esse			—			īnflexus
future perfect		—			īnflexum fore			—			—
perfect potential		īnflexūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		īnflectendī		īnflectendō		īnflectendum		īnflectendō		īnflexum		īnflexū

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.