reflexus

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reflexus.

Adjective

reflexus m (feminine reflexa, neuter reflexum)

  1. (taxonomy) reflected

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of reflectō.

Participle

reflexus (feminine reflexa, neuter reflexum, adverb reflexim); first/second-declension participle

  1. turned back or away, reflected

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

  • → English: reflex
  • → Translingual: reflexus
  • → Italian: riflesso
  • → Spanish: reflejo

References

  • “reflexus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “reflexus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.