flexio

== Latin == === Etymology === From flectō (“I 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 a bending, swaying, turning, winding a bend, curve (of the voice) modulation, inflection ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (bending, turning): flexūra ==== Derived terms ==== reflexiō inflexiō ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === 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.