inflexio

Latin

Alternative forms

• īnflectiō

Etymology

From īnflectō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈflek.si.oː/, [ĩːˈfɫ̪ɛks̠ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈflek.si.o/, [iɱˈflɛksio]

Noun

īnflexiō f (genitive īnflexiōnis); third declension

1. bending, curving
2. modification, adaptation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	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.