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flexio

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Latin

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Etymology

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From flectō (I bend, curve) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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flexiō f (genitive flexiōnis); third declension

  1. a bending, swaying, turning, winding
  2. a bend, curve
  3. (of the voice) modulation, inflection

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative flexiō flexiōnēs
genitive flexiōnis flexiōnum
dative flexiōnī flexiōnibus
accusative flexiōnem flexiōnēs
ablative flexiōne flexiōnibus
vocative flexiō flexiōnēs

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • 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.