reflecto

Latin

Etymology

re- +‎ flectō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /reˈflek.toː/, [rɛˈfɫ̪ɛkt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈflek.to/, [reˈflɛkt̪o]

Verb

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

1. to turn back or 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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		reflectere	reflexisse	reflexūrum esse	reflectī	reflexum esse	reflexum īrī
participles		reflectēns	—	reflexūrus	—	reflexus	reflectendus, reflectundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		reflectendī	reflectendō	reflectendum	reflectendō	reflexum	reflexū

Descendants

• → Catalan: reflectir
• → Danish: reflektere
• → Dutch: reflecteren
• → English: reflect
• → French: refléter, réfléchir (adapted to fléchir)
• → Galician: reflectir
• → German: reflektieren
• → Italian: riflettere
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: reflektere
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: reflektere
  • → Piedmontese: riflete
• → Portuguese: refletir
• → Romanian: reflecta
• → Sicilian: riflèttiri
• → Spanish: reflectar, reflejar
• → Swedish: reflektera

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