circumfluo
Latin
Etymology
From circum- (“circum-”) + fluō (“I flow”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kirˈkum.flu.oː/, [kɪrˈkũːfɫ̪uoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃirˈkum.flu.o/, [t͡ʃirˈkumfluo]
Verb
circumfluō (present infinitive circumfluere, perfect active circumflūxī, supine circumflūxum); third conjugation
- (transitive) I flow around something.
- (intransitive) I flow around.
- (figuratively) I flock around, encompass, surround.
- (figuratively, with ablative) I am in rich in, abound in, overflow with.
- Synonym: affluō
Conjugation
| Conjugation of circumfluō (third conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | circumfluō | circumfluis | circumfluit | circumfluimus | circumfluitis | circumfluunt |
| imperfect | circumfluēbam | circumfluēbās | circumfluēbat | circumfluēbāmus | circumfluēbātis | circumfluēbant | |
| future | circumfluam | circumfluēs | circumfluet | circumfluēmus | circumfluētis | circumfluent | |
| perfect | circumflūxī | circumflūxistī | circumflūxit | circumflūximus | circumflūxistis | circumflūxērunt, circumflūxēre | |
| pluperfect | circumflūxeram | circumflūxerās | circumflūxerat | circumflūxerāmus | circumflūxerātis | circumflūxerant | |
| future perfect | circumflūxerō | circumflūxeris | circumflūxerit | circumflūxerimus | circumflūxeritis | circumflūxerint | |
| passive | present | circumfluor | circumflueris, circumfluere | circumfluitur | circumfluimur | circumfluiminī | circumfluuntur |
| imperfect | circumfluēbar | circumfluēbāris, circumfluēbāre | circumfluēbātur | circumfluēbāmur | circumfluēbāminī | circumfluēbantur | |
| future | circumfluar | circumfluēris, circumfluēre | circumfluētur | circumfluēmur | circumfluēminī | circumfluentur | |
| perfect | circumflūxus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | circumflūxus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | circumflūxus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | circumfluam | circumfluās | circumfluat | circumfluāmus | circumfluātis | circumfluant |
| imperfect | circumfluerem | circumfluerēs | circumflueret | circumfluerēmus | circumfluerētis | circumfluerent | |
| perfect | circumflūxerim | circumflūxerīs | circumflūxerit | circumflūxerīmus | circumflūxerītis | circumflūxerint | |
| pluperfect | circumflūxissem | circumflūxissēs | circumflūxisset | circumflūxissēmus | circumflūxissētis | circumflūxissent | |
| passive | present | circumfluar | circumfluāris, circumfluāre | circumfluātur | circumfluāmur | circumfluāminī | circumfluantur |
| imperfect | circumfluerer | circumfluerēris, circumfluerēre | circumfluerētur | circumfluerēmur | circumfluerēminī | circumfluerentur | |
| perfect | circumflūxus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | circumflūxus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | circumflue | — | — | circumfluite | — |
| future | — | circumfluitō | circumfluitō | — | circumfluitōte | circumfluuntō | |
| passive | present | — | circumfluere | — | — | circumfluiminī | — |
| future | — | circumfluitor | circumfluitor | — | — | circumfluuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | circumfluere | circumflūxisse | circumflūxūrum esse | circumfluī | circumflūxum esse | circumflūxum īrī | |
| participles | circumfluēns | — | circumflūxūrus | — | circumflūxus | circumfluendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| circumfluendī | circumfluendō | circumfluendum | circumfluendō | circumflūxum | circumflūxū | ||
Derived terms
- circumfluus
Related terms
- affluō
- cōnfluō
- dēfluō
- diffluō
- effluō
- fluō
- īnfluō
- interfluō
- perfluō
- praefluō
- praeterfluō
- prōfluō
- refluō
- subterfluō
- superfluō
- trānsfluō
Descendants
- Italian: circonfluire
- Portuguese: circunfluir
References
- “circumfluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “circumfluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- circumfluo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be very rich; to be in a position of affluence: omnibus opibus circumfluere
- to be very rich; to be in a position of affluence: omnibus opibus circumfluere