reflecto

Latin

Etymology

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reˈflek.toː/, [rɛˈfɫ̪ɛkt̪oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈflek.to/, [reˈflɛkt̪o]

Verb

reflectō (present infinitive reflectere, perfect active reflexī, supine reflexum); third conjugation

to turn back or away
to reflect
Synonyms: ponderō, putō, pendō, cōnsīderō, reputō, cōnsulō, replicō, dubitō, cōnsultō, circumspiciō, videō, versō

Conjugation

Conjugation of reflectō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	reflectō	reflectis		reflectit	reflectimus	reflectitis		reflectunt
	imperfect	reflectēbam	reflectēbās		reflectēbat	reflectēbāmus	reflectēbātis		reflectēbant
	future	reflectam	reflectēs		reflectet	reflectēmus	reflectētis		reflectent
	perfect	reflexī	reflexistī		reflexit	refleximus	reflexistis		reflexērunt, reflexēre
	pluperfect	reflexeram	reflexerās		reflexerat	reflexerāmus	reflexerātis		reflexerant
	future perfect	reflexerō	reflexeris		reflexerit	reflexerimus	reflexeritis		reflexerint
passive	present	reflector	reflecteris, reflectere		reflectitur	reflectimur	reflectiminī		reflectuntur
	imperfect	reflectēbar	reflectēbāris, reflectēbāre		reflectēbātur	reflectēbāmur	reflectēbāminī		reflectēbantur
	future	reflectar	reflectēris, reflectēre		reflectētur	reflectēmur	reflectēminī		reflectentur
	perfect	reflexus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	reflexus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	reflexus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	reflectam	reflectās		reflectat	reflectāmus	reflectātis		reflectant
	imperfect	reflecterem	reflecterēs		reflecteret	reflecterēmus	reflecterētis		reflecterent
	perfect	reflexerim	reflexerīs		reflexerit	reflexerīmus	reflexerītis		reflexerint
	pluperfect	reflexissem	reflexissēs		reflexisset	reflexissēmus	reflexissētis		reflexissent
passive	present	reflectar	reflectāris, reflectāre		reflectātur	reflectāmur	reflectāminī		reflectantur
	imperfect	reflecterer	reflecterēris, reflecterēre		reflecterētur	reflecterēmur	reflecterēminī		reflecterentur
	perfect	reflexus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	reflexus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	reflecte		—	—	reflectite		—
active	future	—	reflectitō		reflectitō	—	reflectitōte		reflectuntō
passive	present	—	reflectere		—	—	reflectiminī		—
passive	future	—	reflectitor		reflectitor	—	—		reflectuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		reflectere		reflectī		reflectēns		—
future		reflexūrum esse		reflexum īrī		reflexūrus		reflectendus, reflectundus
perfect		reflexisse		reflexum esse		—		reflexus
future perfect		—		reflexum fore		—		—
perfect potential		reflexūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		reflectendī	reflectendō		reflectendum	reflectendō	reflexum		reflexū

Descendants

→ Catalan: reflectir
→ Danish: reflektere
→ Dutch: reflecteren
→ English: reflect
→ French: refléter, réfléchir (adapted to fléchir)
→ Galician: reflectir
→ German: reflektieren
→ Italian: riflettere
- → Norwegian Bokmål: reflektere
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: reflektere
- → Piedmontese: riflete
→ Portuguese: refletir
→ Romanian: reflecta
→ Sicilian: riflèttiri
→ Spanish: reflectar, reflejar
→ Swedish: reflektera

References

“reflecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“reflecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
reflecto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Verb

reflecto

first-person singular present indicative of reflectar