flexus

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin.

Noun

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flexus (plural flexus)

  1. (astronomy, geology) A low, curvilinear ridge with a scalloped pattern.
  2. (dentistry) In infolding of enamel that separates lophs on an upper tooth.
    • 1955, Joseph Augustine Cushman, Raymond Cecil Moore, John Bernard Reeside, Journal of Paleontology, volume 29, page 130:
      A flexid or flexus is said to abut when the enamel of the flexid or flexus touches the enamel of the opposite side of the tooth. The distal end or termination of the flexid or flexus is described as flattened, rounded or narrowed.

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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From flectō (bend).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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flexus m (genitive flexūs); fourth declension

  1. a bending, turning, winding
  2. a transition, changing
  3. (of speech) modulation, inflection of the voice
  4. (grammar) inflection

Declension

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Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative flexus flexūs
Genitive flexūs flexuum
Dative flexuī flexibus
Accusative flexum flexūs
Ablative flexū flexibus
Vocative flexus flexūs

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • English: flex, flexus
  • Italian: flesso

Participle

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flexus (feminine flexa, neuter flexum); first/second-declension participle

  1. bent, curved, having been bent.
  2. turned, having been turned around.
  3. (figuratively) persuaded, having been prevailed upon.
  4. (grammar) declined, conjugated, having been inflected.

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

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
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References

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  • 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • flexus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.