circumflecto

Latin

Etymology

From circum- (“circum-”) +‎ flectō (“I bend”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kir.kumˈflek.toː/, [kɪrkũːˈfɫ̪ɛkt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈflek.to/, [t͡ʃirkumˈflɛkt̪o]

Verb

circumflectō (present infinitive circumflectere, perfect active circumflexī, supine circumflexum); third conjugation

1. to bend around

Conjugation

   Conjugation of circumflectō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	circumflectō	circumflectis	circumflectit	circumflectimus	circumflectitis	circumflectunt
	imperfect	circumflectēbam	circumflectēbās	circumflectēbat	circumflectēbāmus	circumflectēbātis	circumflectēbant
	future	circumflectam	circumflectēs	circumflectet	circumflectēmus	circumflectētis	circumflectent
	perfect	circumflexī	circumflexistī	circumflexit	circumfleximus	circumflexistis	circumflexērunt, circumflexēre
	pluperfect	circumflexeram	circumflexerās	circumflexerat	circumflexerāmus	circumflexerātis	circumflexerant
	future perfect	circumflexerō	circumflexeris	circumflexerit	circumflexerimus	circumflexeritis	circumflexerint
passive	present	circumflector	circumflecteris, circumflectere	circumflectitur	circumflectimur	circumflectiminī	circumflectuntur
	imperfect	circumflectēbar	circumflectēbāris, circumflectēbāre	circumflectēbātur	circumflectēbāmur	circumflectēbāminī	circumflectēbantur
	future	circumflectar	circumflectēris, circumflectēre	circumflectētur	circumflectēmur	circumflectēminī	circumflectentur
	perfect	circumflexus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	circumflexus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	circumflexus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	circumflectam	circumflectās	circumflectat	circumflectāmus	circumflectātis	circumflectant
imperfect	circumflecterem	circumflecterēs	circumflecteret	circumflecterēmus	circumflecterētis	circumflecterent
perfect	circumflexerim	circumflexerīs	circumflexerit	circumflexerīmus	circumflexerītis	circumflexerint
pluperfect	circumflexissem	circumflexissēs	circumflexisset	circumflexissēmus	circumflexissētis	circumflexissent
passive	present	circumflectar	circumflectāris, circumflectāre	circumflectātur	circumflectāmur	circumflectāminī	circumflectantur
imperfect	circumflecterer	circumflecterēris, circumflecterēre	circumflecterētur	circumflecterēmur	circumflecterēminī	circumflecterentur
perfect	circumflexus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	circumflexus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	circumflecte	—	—	circumflectite	—
	future	—	circumflectitō	circumflectitō	—	circumflectitōte	circumflectuntō
passive	present	—	circumflectere	—	—	circumflectiminī	—
	future	—	circumflectitor	circumflectitor	—	—	circumflectuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		circumflectere	circumflexisse	circumflexūrum esse	circumflectī	circumflexum esse	circumflexum īrī
participles		circumflectēns	—	circumflexūrus	—	circumflexus	circumflectendus, circumflectundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		circumflectendī	circumflectendō	circumflectendum	circumflectendō	circumflexum	circumflexū

Descendants

• English: circumflect
• Italian: circonflettere

References

• “circumflecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “circumflecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• circumflecto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• circumflecto in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016