verbthird conjugation
īnflectō
īnflectō (present infinitive īnflectere, perfect active īnflexī, supine īnflexum)
Classical[ĩːˈfɫɛk.toː]Ecclesiastical[iɱˈflɛk.to]
Meaning
- to bend, curve, bow
- to turn aside
- figurativelyto alter, influence, affect
- to mark or pronounce with a circumflex accent
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
bend
īnflectō -ere, -flexus — in De Bello Gallico II
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | īnflectō | īnflectēbam | īnflectam | īnflexī | īnflexeram | īnflexerō |
| 2nd sg. | īnflectis | īnflectēbās | īnflectēs | īnflexistī | īnflexerās | īnflexeris |
| 3rd sg. | īnflectit | īnflectēbat | īnflectet | īnflexit | īnflexerat | īnflexerit |
| 1st pl. | īnflectimus | īnflectēbāmus | īnflectēmus | īnfleximus | īnflexerāmus | īnflexerimus |
| 2nd pl. | īnflectitis | īnflectēbātis | īnflectētis | īnflexistis | īnflexerātis | īnflexeritis |
| 3rd pl. | īnflectunt | īnflectēbant | īnflectent | īnflexērunt īnflexēre | īnflexerant | īnflexerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | īnflectam | īnflecterem | īnflexerim | īnflexissem |
| 2nd sg. | īnflectās | īnflecterēs | īnflexerīs | īnflexissēs |
| 3rd sg. | īnflectat | īnflecteret | īnflexerit | īnflexisset |
| 1st pl. | īnflectāmus | īnflecterēmus | īnflexerīmus | īnflexissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | īnflectātis | īnflecterētis | īnflexerītis | īnflexissētis |
| 3rd pl. | īnflectant | īnflecterent | īnflexerint | īnflexissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | īnflector | īnflectēbar | īnflectar |
| 2nd sg. | īnflecteris īnflectere | īnflectēbāris īnflectēbāre | īnflectēris īnflectēre |
| 3rd sg. | īnflectitur | īnflectēbātur | īnflectētur |
| 1st pl. | īnflectimur | īnflectēbāmur | īnflectēmur |
| 2nd pl. | īnflectiminī | īnflectēbāminī | īnflectēminī |
| 3rd pl. | īnflectuntur | īnflectēbantur | īnflectentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | īnflectar | īnflecterer |
| 2nd sg. | īnflectāris īnflectāre | īnflecterēris īnflecterēre |
| 3rd sg. | īnflectātur | īnflecterētur |
| 1st pl. | īnflectāmur | īnflecterēmur |
| 2nd pl. | īnflectāminī | īnflecterēminī |
| 3rd pl. | īnflectantur | īnflecterentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | īnflecte | īnflectere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | īnflectite | īnflectiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | īnflectitō | īnflectitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | īnflectitō | īnflectitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | īnflectitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | īnflectuntō | īnflectuntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | īnflectere | īnflectī |
| perfect infinitive | īnflexisse | īnflexum esse |
| future infinitive | īnflexūrum esse | īnflexum īrī |
| present participle | īnflectēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | īnflexus īnflexa, īnflexā, īnflexae, īnflexam, īnflexārum, īnflexās, īnflexe, īnflexīs, īnflexō, īnflexōrum, īnflexōs |
| future participle | īnflexūrus īnflexūra, īnflexūrā, īnflexūrae, īnflexūram, īnflexūrārum, īnflexūrās, īnflexūre, īnflexūrī, īnflexūrīs, īnflexūrō, īnflexūrōrum, īnflexūrōs, īnflexūrum | īnflectendus īnflectundus, īnflectenda, īnflectendā, īnflectendae, īnflectendam, īnflectendārum, īnflectendās, īnflectende, īnflectendīs, īnflectendōrum, īnflectendōs |
gerundīnflectendī, īnflectendō, īnflectendumsupineīnflexum, īnflexū
in-flecto, exi, exum, 3, v. a.,
I. to bend, bow, curve.
I. Lit.:
cum ferrum se inflexisset, Caes. B. G. 1, 25: bacillum, Cic. Div. 1, 17: capillum leniter, Suet. Aug. 79. —Mid.: sinus ad urbem inflectitur, bends itself, curves round, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30: montes inflexi theatrali modo, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 30: nullum cursus sui vestigium, to turn aside, Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49.—B. In partic.
1. To change, alter, modulate, mitigate a tone:
voces cantu, Tib. 1, 8, 37: vox inflexa, a plaintive tone, Cic. Or. 17 fin.; Mart. Cap. 3, § 268 sqq.—2. In gram., to mark or pronounce with a circumflex accent, Arn. 1, p. 44; cf.:
agite, equi, facitote sonitus ungularum appareat: Cursu celeri facite inflexa sit pedum pernicitas, i.e. beat quick time with your feet, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 113.— II. Trop., to change, affect, aller, pervert:
solus hic inflexit sensus, Verg. A. 4, 22: jus civile gratiā, Cic. Caecin. 26, 73: orationem, manner or style of speaking, id. Brut. 9, 38: magnitudinem animi, to lessen, id. Fam. 1, 7.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
īn-flectō ēxī, exus, ere,
to bend, bow, curve, turn aside: cum ferrum se inflexisset, Cs.: inflexum aratrum, V.: sinus ad urbem inflectitur, curves: suo squalore vestros oculos, turn aside.—Fig., to change, alter, inflect: dicere inflexā (voce), modulated.—To change, influence, affect, alter, pervert: corrigendus potius quam leviter inflectendus: hic sensūs, V.: orationem, style: magnitudinem animi, lessen: precibus inflectere, be moved, V.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Italic*en
- Proto-Italic*en-
- Latinīnflectō
Latin flectō Latin īnflectō From in- (“in”) + flectō (“to bend”).
Descendants
- Englishinflect
- Italianinflettere
In English words that came into English from īnflectō
- inflectīnflectō
- inflectioninflexio
- inflexioninflexio