conflagro

conflagro

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈfla.ɡro/
• Rhymes: -aɡro
• Hyphenation: con‧flà‧gro

Verb

conflagro

1. first-person singular present indicative of conflagrare

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Latin

Etymology

From con- (“with”) +‎ flagrō (“burn”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.fla.ɡroː/, [ˈkõːfɫ̪äɡroː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.fla.ɡro/, [ˈkɔɱfläɡro]

Verb

cōnflagrō (present infinitive cōnflagrāre, perfect active cōnflagrāvī, supine cōnflagrātum); first conjugation

1. (intransitive) I am on fire or in flames, am consumed; I burn.
   • 45 BCE, Cicero, De Natura Deorum 2.36.92:

     Atque hi tanti ignes tamque multi non modo nihil nocent terris rebusque terrestribus, sed ita prosunt, ut, si moti loco sint, conflagrare terras necesse sit a tantis ardoribus moderatione et temperatione sublata

     And these fiery bodies, which are so great and numerous, not only do no harm to the earth and what is upon the earth, but are beneficial in this way, that if they were moved from their place the earth would inevitably be consumed by their intense heat, when it had ceased to be controlled and moderated.

2. (intransitive, figuratively) I am destroyed, ruined, exhausted.
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita libri 7.30.12:

     […] ubi conflagrassent Sidicini, ad nos traiecturum illud incendium esse

     […] we knew that when the Sidicines had been destroyed the fire would sweep on to us.

3. (intransitive, figuratively) I am inflamed or impassioned; I burn.
   • 70 BCE, Cicero, In Verrem 2.5.35.92:

     una atque eadem nox erat qua praetor amoris turpissimi flamma, classis populi Romani praedonum incendio conflagrabat

     On one and the same night, the praetor was burning with the flame of the most disgraceful love, a fleet of the Roman people with the fire of pirates.

4. (transitive, rare) I burn.

Conjugation

Conjugation of cōnflagrō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnflagrō	cōnflagrās	cōnflagrat	cōnflagrāmus	cōnflagrātis	cōnflagrant
	imperfect	cōnflagrābam	cōnflagrābās	cōnflagrābat	cōnflagrābāmus	cōnflagrābātis	cōnflagrābant
	future	cōnflagrābō	cōnflagrābis	cōnflagrābit	cōnflagrābimus	cōnflagrābitis	cōnflagrābunt
	perfect	cōnflagrāvī	cōnflagrāvistī	cōnflagrāvit	cōnflagrāvimus	cōnflagrāvistis	cōnflagrāvērunt, cōnflagrāvēre
	pluperfect	cōnflagrāveram	cōnflagrāverās	cōnflagrāverat	cōnflagrāverāmus	cōnflagrāverātis	cōnflagrāverant
	future perfect	cōnflagrāverō	cōnflagrāveris	cōnflagrāverit	cōnflagrāverimus	cōnflagrāveritis	cōnflagrāverint
passive	present	cōnflagror	cōnflagrāris, cōnflagrāre	cōnflagrātur	cōnflagrāmur	cōnflagrāminī	cōnflagrantur
	imperfect	cōnflagrābar	cōnflagrābāris, cōnflagrābāre	cōnflagrābātur	cōnflagrābāmur	cōnflagrābāminī	cōnflagrābantur
	future	cōnflagrābor	cōnflagrāberis, cōnflagrābere	cōnflagrābitur	cōnflagrābimur	cōnflagrābiminī	cōnflagrābuntur
	perfect	cōnflagrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnflagrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnflagrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnflagrem	cōnflagrēs	cōnflagret	cōnflagrēmus	cōnflagrētis	cōnflagrent
	imperfect	cōnflagrārem	cōnflagrārēs	cōnflagrāret	cōnflagrārēmus	cōnflagrārētis	cōnflagrārent
	perfect	cōnflagrāverim	cōnflagrāverīs	cōnflagrāverit	cōnflagrāverīmus	cōnflagrāverītis	cōnflagrāverint
	pluperfect	cōnflagrāvissem	cōnflagrāvissēs	cōnflagrāvisset	cōnflagrāvissēmus	cōnflagrāvissētis	cōnflagrāvissent
passive	present	cōnflagrer	cōnflagrēris, cōnflagrēre	cōnflagrētur	cōnflagrēmur	cōnflagrēminī	cōnflagrentur
	imperfect	cōnflagrārer	cōnflagrārēris, cōnflagrārēre	cōnflagrārētur	cōnflagrārēmur	cōnflagrārēminī	cōnflagrārentur
	perfect	cōnflagrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōnflagrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cōnflagrā	—	—	cōnflagrāte	—
	future	—	cōnflagrātō	cōnflagrātō	—	cōnflagrātōte	cōnflagrantō
passive	present	—	cōnflagrāre	—	—	cōnflagrāminī	—
	future	—	cōnflagrātor	cōnflagrātor	—	—	cōnflagrantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cōnflagrāre	cōnflagrāvisse	cōnflagrātūrum esse	cōnflagrārī	cōnflagrātum esse	cōnflagrātum īrī
participles		cōnflagrāns	—	cōnflagrātūrus	—	cōnflagrātus	cōnflagrandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cōnflagrandī	cōnflagrandō	cōnflagrandum	cōnflagrandō	cōnflagrātum	cōnflagrātū

Derived terms

• cōnflagrātiō

Related terms

• circumflagrō
• dēflagrō
• flagrō
• īnflagrō

Descendants

• Italian: conflagrare
• Portuguese: conflagrar
• Spanish: conflagrar

References

• “conflagro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “conflagro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• conflagro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be on fire, in flames: incendio flagrare, or simply conflagrare, ardere (Liv. 30. 7)