genuflecto

== Latin == === Etymology === From genū (“knee”) +‎ flectō (“bend”), literally "I bend the knee". === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡɛ.nuːˈfɫɛk.toː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d͡ʒe.nuˈflɛk.to] === Verb === genūflectō (present infinitive genūflectere, perfect active genūflexī, supine genūflexum); third conjugation (intransitive) to kneel down, to bend the knee, to genuflect ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== genuflexio (“genuflection”) ==== Descendants ==== English: → genuflect, → bend the knee (calque) → Italian: genuflettersi