Latin

Verb

flectō ‎(present infinitive flectere, perfect active flexī, supine flexum); third conjugation

1. I bend, curve or bow
2. I turn or curl
3. (figuratively) I persuade, prevail upon, or soften

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

• English: flex
• French: fléchir
• Italian: flettere
• Portuguese: flectir
• Spanish: flectar

References

• flecto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• flecto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “flecto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to make a person change his intention: animum alicuius or simply aliquem flectere
    
  • to deviate, change the direction: iter flectere, convertere, avertere
    
• de Vaan, Michiel, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, vol. 7, of Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series, Alexander Lubotsky ed., Leiden: Brill, 2008.