flexio

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin flectō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin flexiō

From flectō (“to bend, curve”) + -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfɫɛk.si.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈflɛk.si.o]

Noun

flexiō f (genitive flexiōnis); third declension

1. a bending, swaying, turning, winding
2. a bend, curve
3. (of the voice) modulation, inflection

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	flexiō	flexiōnēs
genitive	flexiōnis	flexiōnum
dative	flexiōnī	flexiōnibus
accusative	flexiōnem	flexiōnēs
ablative	flexiōne	flexiōnibus
vocative	flexiō	flexiōnēs

Synonyms

• (bending, turning): flexūra

Derived terms

• reflexiō
• inflexiō

Related terms

• flectō
• flexanimus
• flexibilis
• flexibilitās
• flexilis
• flexuōsē
• flexuōsus
• flexūra
• flexus

Descendants

• → Asturian: flexón
• → Catalan: flexió
• → Dutch: flexie
• → English: flexion
• → French: flexion
• → Italian: flessione
• → Galician: flexión
• → Occitan: flexion
• → Polish: fleksja
• → Portuguese: flexão
• → Romanian: flexiune
• → Russian: флексия (fleksija)
• → Spanish: flexión
• → Swedish: flektion

References

• “flexio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “flexio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "flexio", 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)
• “flexio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.