flecto

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *flektō, of uncertain ultimate origin, lacking any solid Indo-European cognates. Possible Proto-Indo-European predecessors include *bʰleK-, *dʰleK- (which points to an earlier form *θlektō), and *gʷʰleK- (which points to an earlier form *xʷlektō). Matasović has connected flectō with Proto-Slavic *gleznъ (“ankle”), reconstructing Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰleǵʰ- to account for both. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfɫɛk.toː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈflɛk.to] === Verb === flectō (present infinitive flectere, perfect active flexī, supine flexum); third conjugation to bend, curve or bow to deviate, distract Synonyms: arceō, prōpulsō, dīvertō, dēclīnō, āvertō, āspernor, dēmoveō, dēflectō, trānsvertō to turn or curl (figuratively) to persuade, prevail upon, or soften Synonyms: persuādeō, convincō, trahō, perpellō, admoneō ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “flectō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 225 Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “flĕctere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 3: D–F, page 618 === Further reading === “flecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “flecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers flecto in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication “flecto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.