inflecto

== Latin == === Etymology === From in- (“in”) +‎ flectō (“to bend”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ĩːˈfɫɛk.toː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iɱˈflɛk.to] === Verb === īnflectō (present infinitive īnflectere, perfect active īnflexī, supine īnflexum); third conjugation to bend, curve, bow to turn aside (figuratively) to alter, influence, affect (grammar) to mark or pronounce with a circumflex accent ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: inflect → Italian: inflettere === References === “inflecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “inflecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “inflecto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.