inflecto

inflecto

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Italic *en
Proto-Italic *en-
Latin in-
Latin flectō
Latin īnflectō

    From in- (“in”) + flectō (“to bend”).

    Pronunciation

    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 infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present īnflectere īnflectī īnflectēns —
    future īnflexūrum esse īnflexum īrī īnflexūrus īnflectendus,
    īnflectundus
    perfect īnflexisse īnflexum esse — īnflexus
    future perfect — īnflexum fore — —
    perfect potential īnflexūrum fuisse — — —
    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.
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