reflecto

reflecto

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-
Latin flectō
Latin reflectō

    From re- + flectō.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

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

    1. to turn back or away; yield; retreat
      • 160 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Adelphoe 306–307:
        Quem neque fidēs neque iūs iūrandum neque illum misericordia repressit neque reflexit [...].
        Not faith, nor oath, nay, nor mercy, checked him or turned him away [...].
    2. to reflect
      Synonyms: ponderō, putō, pendō, cōnsīderō, reputō, cōnsulō, replicō, dubitō, cōnsultō, circumspiciō, videō, versō

    Conjugation

       Conjugation of reflectō (third conjugation)
    indicative singular plural
    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
    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
    first second third first second third
    active present — reflecte — — reflectite —
    future — reflectitō reflectitō — reflectitōte reflectuntō
    passive present — reflectere — — reflectiminī —
    future — reflectitor reflectitor — — reflectuntor
    non-finite forms infinitive participle
    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

    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

    1. first-person singular present indicative of reflectar
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