genuflexus
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of genūflectō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡe.nuːˈflek.sus/, [ɡɛnuːˈfɫ̪ɛks̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒe.nuˈflek.sus/, [d͡ʒenuˈflɛksus]
Participle
genūflexus (feminine genūflexa, neuter genūflexum); first/second-declension participle
- (having) genuflected, (having) knelt, (having) bent the knee
- (Late Latin) genuflecting, kneeling, bending the knee
- Roman Canon :
- quibus verbis prolatis, statim hostiam consecratam genuflexus adorat:
- having said these words, he then adores the consecrated host while kneeling:
- quibus verbis prolatis, statim hostiam consecratam genuflexus adorat:
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | genūflexus | genūflexa | genūflexum | genūflexī | genūflexae | genūflexa | |
| Genitive | genūflexī | genūflexae | genūflexī | genūflexōrum | genūflexārum | genūflexōrum | |
| Dative | genūflexō | genūflexō | genūflexīs | ||||
| Accusative | genūflexum | genūflexam | genūflexum | genūflexōs | genūflexās | genūflexa | |
| Ablative | genūflexō | genūflexā | genūflexō | genūflexīs | |||
| Vocative | genūflexe | genūflexa | genūflexum | genūflexī | genūflexae | genūflexa | |
References
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “genuflexus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, pages 466-467
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