LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

flexūra

flexūra f (genitive flexūrae)

Meaning

  1. inflection (declension or conjugation)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeflexūraflexūrae
genitiveflexūraeflexūrārum
dativeflexūraeflexūrīs
accusativeflexūramflexūrās
ablativeflexūrāflexūrīs
vocativeflexūraflexūrae

flexūra, ae, f. flexus, from flecto,
I. a bending, winding, turning (rare; not in Cic.).
I. Lit.: lateris, Lucr. 4, 336: angustiae flexuraeque vicorum, Suet. Ner. 38.—
B. Trop.: virtus recta est: flexuram non recipit, Sen. Ep. 71, 19.—
II. Transf., in gram., inflection, declension of a word, Varr. L. L. 10, § 28 Müll.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin flexūra From flectō + -tūra.

Quick answers

What does flexūra mean in Latin?
flexūra, a noun, means “inflection (declension or conjugation)”.
What is the genitive of flexūra?
The genitive singular is flexūrae. flexūra is feminine, first declension.