inflexio

== Latin == === Alternative forms === īnflectiō === Etymology === From īnflectō +‎ -tiō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ĩːˈfɫɛk.si.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iɱˈflɛk.si.o] === Noun === īnflexiō f (genitive īnflexiōnis); third declension bending, curving modification, adaptation ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → English: inflection → French: inflexion → Italian: inflessione → Portuguese: inflexão → Romanian: inflexiune → Sicilian: nfrissiuni → Spanish: inflexión === References === “inflexio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “inflexio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “inflexio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.