reflecto

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Latin

Etymology

re- +‎ flectō.

Pronunciation

Verb

reflectō (present infinitive reflectere, perfect active reflexī, supine reflexum); third conjugation

  1. to turn back or away; yield; retreat
    • 160 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Adelphoe 306–307:
      Quem neque fidēs neque iūs iūrandum neque illum misericordia repressit neque reflexit .
      Not faith, nor oath, nay, nor mercy, checked him or turned him away .
  2. to reflect
    Synonyms: ponderō, putō, pendō, cōnsīderō, reputō, cōnsulō, replicō, dubitō, cōnsultō, circumspiciō, videō, versō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of reflectō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present reflectō reflectis reflectit reflectimus reflectitis reflectunt
imperfect reflectēbam reflectēbās reflectēbat reflectēbāmus reflectēbātis reflectēbant
future reflectam reflectēs reflectet reflectēmus reflectētis reflectent
perfect reflexī reflexistī reflexit refleximus reflexistis reflexērunt,
reflexēre
pluperfect reflexeram reflexerās reflexerat reflexerāmus reflexerātis reflexerant
future perfect reflexerō reflexeris reflexerit reflexerimus reflexeritis reflexerint
passive present reflector reflecteris,
reflectere 		reflectitur reflectimur reflectiminī reflectuntur
imperfect reflectēbar reflectēbāris,
reflectēbāre 		reflectēbātur reflectēbāmur reflectēbāminī reflectēbantur
future reflectar reflectēris,
reflectēre 		reflectētur reflectēmur reflectēminī reflectentur
perfect reflexus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect reflexus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect reflexus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present reflectam reflectās reflectat reflectāmus reflectātis reflectant
imperfect reflecterem reflecterēs reflecteret reflecterēmus reflecterētis reflecterent
perfect reflexerim reflexerīs reflexerit reflexerīmus reflexerītis reflexerint
pluperfect reflexissem reflexissēs reflexisset reflexissēmus reflexissētis reflexissent
passive present reflectar reflectāris,
reflectāre 		reflectātur reflectāmur reflectāminī reflectantur
imperfect reflecterer reflecterēris,
reflecterēre 		reflecterētur reflecterēmur reflecterēminī reflecterentur
perfect reflexus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect reflexus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — reflecte — — reflectite —
future — reflectitō reflectitō — reflectitōte reflectuntō
passive present — reflectere — — reflectiminī —
future — reflectitor reflectitor — — reflectuntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present reflectere reflectī reflectēns —
future reflexūrum esse reflexum īrī reflexūrus reflectendus,
reflectundus
perfect reflexisse reflexum esse — reflexus
future perfect — reflexum fore — —
perfect potential reflexūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
reflectendī reflectendō reflectendum reflectendō reflexum reflexū

Descendants

References

  • “reflecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “reflecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • reflecto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Verb

reflecto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of reflectar
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