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flexus
flexus
English
Noun
flexus (plural flexus)
- (astronomy, geology) A low, curvilinear ridge with a scalloped pattern.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From flectō (“bend”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈflek.sus/
Noun
flexus m (genitive flexūs); fourth declension
- a bending, turning, winding
- a transition, changing
- (of speech) modulation, inflection of the voice
- (grammar) inflection
Inflection
Fourth declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | flexus | flexūs |
| genitive | flexūs | flexuum |
| dative | flexuī | flexibus |
| accusative | flexum | flexūs |
| ablative | flexū | flexibus |
| vocative | flexus | flexūs |
Synonyms
- (grammar) flexura
Descendants
Participle
flexus m (feminine flexa, neuter flexum); first/second declension
- bent, curved, having been bent.
- turned, having been turned around.
- (figuratively) persuaded, having been prevailed upon.
- (grammar) declined, conjugated, having been inflected.
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | flexus | flexa | flexum | flexī | flexae | flexa | |
| genitive | flexī | flexae | flexī | flexōrum | flexārum | flexōrum | |
| dative | flexō | flexō | flexīs | ||||
| accusative | flexum | flexam | flexum | flexōs | flexās | flexa | |
| ablative | flexō | flexā | flexō | flexīs | |||
| vocative | flexe | flexa | flexum | flexī | flexae | flexa | |
Related terms
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References
- flexus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- flexus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- FLEXUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “flexus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.