flexio
Latin
Etymology
From flectō (“I bend, curve”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈflek.si.oː/, [ˈfɫ̪ɛks̠ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈflek.si.o/, [ˈflɛksio]
Noun
flexiō f (genitive flexiōnis); third declension
- a bending, swaying, turning, winding
- a bend, curve
- (of the voice) modulation, inflection
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | flexiō | flexiōnēs |
| Genitive | flexiōnis | flexiōnum |
| Dative | flexiōnī | flexiōnibus |
| Accusative | flexiōnem | flexiōnēs |
| Ablative | flexiōne | flexiōnibus |
| Vocative | flexiō | flexiōnēs |
Synonyms
- (bending, turning): flexūra
Descendants
References
- “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.
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