LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

genūflectō

genūflectō (present infinitive genūflectere, perfect active genūflexī, supine genūflexum)
Classical[ɡɛ.nuːˈfɫɛk.toː]Ecclesiastical[d͡ʒe.nuˈflɛk.to]

Meaning

  1. intransitiveto kneel down, to bend the knee, to genuflect

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.genūflectōgenūflectēbamgenūflectamgenūflexīgenūflexeramgenūflexerō
2nd sg.genūflectisgenūflectēbāsgenūflectēsgenūflexistīgenūflexerāsgenūflexeris
3rd sg.genūflectitgenūflectēbatgenūflectetgenūflexitgenūflexeratgenūflexerit
1st pl.genūflectimusgenūflectēbāmusgenūflectēmusgenūfleximusgenūflexerāmusgenūflexerimus
2nd pl.genūflectitisgenūflectēbātisgenūflectētisgenūflexistisgenūflexerātisgenūflexeritis
3rd pl.genūflectuntgenūflectēbantgenūflectentgenūflexērunt
genūflexēre
genūflexerantgenūflexerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.genūflectamgenūflecteremgenūflexerimgenūflexissem
2nd sg.genūflectāsgenūflecterēsgenūflexerīsgenūflexissēs
3rd sg.genūflectatgenūflecteretgenūflexeritgenūflexisset
1st pl.genūflectāmusgenūflecterēmusgenūflexerīmusgenūflexissēmus
2nd pl.genūflectātisgenūflecterētisgenūflexerītisgenūflexissētis
3rd pl.genūflectantgenūflecterentgenūflexerintgenūflexissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.genūflectorgenūflectēbargenūflectar
2nd sg.genūflecteris
genūflectere
genūflectēbāris
genūflectēbāre
genūflectēris
genūflectēre
3rd sg.genūflectiturgenūflectēbāturgenūflectētur
1st pl.genūflectimurgenūflectēbāmurgenūflectēmur
2nd pl.genūflectiminīgenūflectēbāminīgenūflectēminī
3rd pl.genūflectunturgenūflectēbanturgenūflectentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.genūflectargenūflecterer
2nd sg.genūflectāris
genūflectāre
genūflecterēris
genūflecterēre
3rd sg.genūflectāturgenūflecterētur
1st pl.genūflectāmurgenūflecterēmur
2nd pl.genūflectāminīgenūflecterēminī
3rd pl.genūflectanturgenūflecterentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.genūflectegenūflectere
pres. 2nd pl.genūflectitegenūflectiminī
fut. 2nd sg.genūflectitōgenūflectitor
fut. 3rd sg.genūflectitōgenūflectitor
fut. 2nd pl.genūflectitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.genūflectuntōgenūflectuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivegenūflecteregenūflectī
perfect infinitivegenūflexissegenūflexum esse
future infinitivegenūflexūrum essegenūflexum īrī
present participlegenūflectēns—
perfect participle—genūflexus
genūflexa, genūflexā, genūflexae, genūflexam, genūflexārum, genūflexās, genūflexe, genūflexīs, genūflexō, genūflexōrum, genūflexōs
future participlegenūflexūrus
genūflexūra, genūflexūrā, genūflexūrae, genūflexūram, genūflexūrārum, genūflexūrās, genūflexūre, genūflexūrī, genūflexūrīs, genūflexūrō, genūflexūrōrum, genūflexūrōs, genūflexūrum
genūflectendus
genūflectundus, genūflectenda, genūflectendā, genūflectendae, genūflectendam, genūflectendārum, genūflectendās, genūflectende, genūflectendīs, genūflectendōrum, genūflectendōs
gerundgenūflectendī, genūflectendō, genūflectendumsupinegenūflexum, genūflexū

Origins

From genū (“knee”) + flectō (“bend”), literally "I bend the knee".

Descendants
  • Englishgenuflect
  • Englishbend the knee
  • Italiangenuflettersi

In English words that came into English from genūflectō

  • genuflectgenūflectō

Quick answers

What does genūflectō mean in Latin?
genūflectō, a verb, means “to kneel down, to bend the knee, to genuflect”.
What are the principal parts of genūflectō?
genūflectō, genūflectere, genūflexī, genūflexum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce genūflectō?
In classical Latin, [ɡɛ.nuːˈfɫɛk.toː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [d͡ʒe.nuˈflɛk.to].