inflecto

Latin

Etymology

From in- (“in”) +‎ flectō (“I bend”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈflek.toː/, [ĩːˈfɫ̪ɛkt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈflek.to/, [iɱˈflɛkt̪o]

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		īnflectere	īnflexisse	īnflexūrum esse	īnflectī	īnflexum esse	īnflexum īrī
participles		īnflectēns	—	īnflexūrus	—	īnflexus	īnflectendus, īnflectundus
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.