reflexio

See also: reflexió

Latin

Etymology

From reflectō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [rɛˈfɫɛk.si.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [reˈflɛk.si.o]

Noun

reflexiō f (genitive reflexiōnis); third declension

1. turning away or back
2. reflection

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	reflexiō	reflexiōnēs
genitive	reflexiōnis	reflexiōnum
dative	reflexiōnī	reflexiōnibus
accusative	reflexiōnem	reflexiōnēs
ablative	reflexiōne	reflexiōnibus
vocative	reflexiō	reflexiōnēs

Related terms

• reflectō

Descendants

• → Catalan: reflexió
• → French: réflexion
  • → English: reflection
  • → German: Reflexion
• → Italian: riflessione
  • → Piedmontese: riflession
• → Portuguese: reflexão
• → Romanian: reflexie, reflexiune
• → Russian: рефле́ксия (refléksija)

References

• “reflexio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "reflexio", 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)
• “reflexio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.