circumflexus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of circumflectō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kir.kumˈflek.sus/, [kɪrkũːˈfɫ̪ɛks̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈflek.sus/, [t͡ʃirkumˈflɛksus]

Participle

circumflexus (feminine circumflexa, neuter circumflexum); first/second-declension participle

1. bent around

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	circumflexus	circumflexa	circumflexum		circumflexī	circumflexae	circumflexa
Genitive	circumflexī	circumflexae	circumflexī		circumflexōrum	circumflexārum	circumflexōrum
Dative	circumflexō		circumflexō		circumflexīs
Accusative	circumflexum	circumflexam	circumflexum		circumflexōs	circumflexās	circumflexa
Ablative	circumflexō	circumflexā	circumflexō		circumflexīs
Vocative	circumflexe	circumflexa	circumflexum		circumflexī	circumflexae	circumflexa

Derived terms

• accentus circumflexus

References

• “circumflexus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• circumflexus 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)