circumflexus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of circumflectō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɪr.kũːˈfɫɛk.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃir.kumˈflɛk.sus]

Participle

circumflexus (feminine circumflexa, neuter circumflexum); first/second-declension participle

1. bent around

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	circumflexus	circumflexa	circumflexum		circumflexī	circumflexae	circumflexa
genitive	circumflexī	circumflexae	circumflexī		circumflexōrum	circumflexārum	circumflexōrum
dative	circumflexō	circumflexae	circumflexō		circumflexīs
accusative	circumflexum	circumflexam	circumflexum		circumflexōs	circumflexās	circumflexa
ablative	circumflexō	circumflexā	circumflexō		circumflexīs
vocative	circumflexe	circumflexa	circumflexum		circumflexī	circumflexae	circumflexa

Derived terms

• accentus circumflexus

Noun

circumflexus m (genitive circumflexūs); fourth declension

1. A bending back
2. Arch, vault

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	circumflexus	circumflexūs
genitive	circumflexūs	circumflexuum
dative	circumflexuī	circumflexibus
accusative	circumflexum	circumflexūs
ablative	circumflexū	circumflexibus
vocative	circumflexus	circumflexūs

References

• “circumflexus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "circumflexus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)