deflecto

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ flectō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈflek.toː/, [d̪eːˈfɫ̪ɛkt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈflek.to/, [d̪eˈflɛkt̪o]

Verb

dēflectō (present infinitive dēflectere, perfect active dēflexī, supine dēflexum); third conjugation

1. to bend or turn downwards or away; to deflect

   Synonyms: arceō, prōpulsō, dīvertō, dēclīnō, āvertō, āspernor, dēmoveō, flectō, trānsvertō

2. to digress

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dēflectō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēflectō	dēflectis	dēflectit	dēflectimus	dēflectitis	dēflectunt
	imperfect	dēflectēbam	dēflectēbās	dēflectēbat	dēflectēbāmus	dēflectēbātis	dēflectēbant
	future	dēflectam	dēflectēs	dēflectet	dēflectēmus	dēflectētis	dēflectent
	perfect	dēflexī	dēflexistī	dēflexit	dēfleximus	dēflexistis	dēflexērunt, dēflexēre
	pluperfect	dēflexeram	dēflexerās	dēflexerat	dēflexerāmus	dēflexerātis	dēflexerant
	future perfect	dēflexerō	dēflexeris	dēflexerit	dēflexerimus	dēflexeritis	dēflexerint
passive	present	dēflector	dēflecteris, dēflectere	dēflectitur	dēflectimur	dēflectiminī	dēflectuntur
	imperfect	dēflectēbar	dēflectēbāris, dēflectēbāre	dēflectēbātur	dēflectēbāmur	dēflectēbāminī	dēflectēbantur
	future	dēflectar	dēflectēris, dēflectēre	dēflectētur	dēflectēmur	dēflectēminī	dēflectentur
	perfect	dēflexus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēflexus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēflexus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēflectam	dēflectās	dēflectat	dēflectāmus	dēflectātis	dēflectant
imperfect	dēflecterem	dēflecterēs	dēflecteret	dēflecterēmus	dēflecterētis	dēflecterent
perfect	dēflexerim	dēflexerīs	dēflexerit	dēflexerīmus	dēflexerītis	dēflexerint
pluperfect	dēflexissem	dēflexissēs	dēflexisset	dēflexissēmus	dēflexissētis	dēflexissent
passive	present	dēflectar	dēflectāris, dēflectāre	dēflectātur	dēflectāmur	dēflectāminī	dēflectantur
imperfect	dēflecterer	dēflecterēris, dēflecterēre	dēflecterētur	dēflecterēmur	dēflecterēminī	dēflecterentur
perfect	dēflexus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	dēflexus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēflecte	—	—	dēflectite	—
	future	—	dēflectitō	dēflectitō	—	dēflectitōte	dēflectuntō
passive	present	—	dēflectere	—	—	dēflectiminī	—
	future	—	dēflectitor	dēflectitor	—	—	dēflectuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēflectere	dēflexisse	dēflexūrum esse	dēflectī	dēflexum esse	dēflexum īrī
participles		dēflectēns	—	dēflexūrus	—	dēflexus	dēflectendus, dēflectundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēflectendī	dēflectendō	dēflectendum	dēflectendō	dēflexum	dēflexū

References

• “deflecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “deflecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• deflecto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to turn aside from the right way; to deviate: de via declinare, deflectere (also metaphorically)
    
  • to swerve from the truth: a veritate deflectere, desciscere
    
  • to digress from the point at issue: a proposito aberrare, declinare, deflectere, digredi, egredi
    
  • to deteriorate: a maiorum virtute desciscere, degenerare, deflectere
    
  • to give up old customs: a pristina consuetudine deflectere
    

Spanish

Verb

deflecto

1. first-person singular present indicative of deflectar