conflo

conflo

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ flō (“breathe, blow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.floː/, [ˈkõːfɫ̪oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.flo/, [ˈkɔɱflo]

Verb

cōnflō (present infinitive cōnflāre, perfect active cōnflāvī, supine cōnflātum); first conjugation

1. I kindle (a fire)
2. I forge, fuse or melt (metal)
3. I refine or purify
4. I inflame (passions)

Conjugation

Conjugation of cōnflō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnflō	cōnflās	cōnflat	cōnflāmus	cōnflātis	cōnflant
	imperfect	cōnflābam	cōnflābās	cōnflābat	cōnflābāmus	cōnflābātis	cōnflābant
	future	cōnflābō	cōnflābis	cōnflābit	cōnflābimus	cōnflābitis	cōnflābunt
	perfect	cōnflāvī	cōnflāvistī	cōnflāvit	cōnflāvimus	cōnflāvistis	cōnflāvērunt, cōnflāvēre
	pluperfect	cōnflāveram	cōnflāverās	cōnflāverat	cōnflāverāmus	cōnflāverātis	cōnflāverant
	future perfect	cōnflāverō	cōnflāveris	cōnflāverit	cōnflāverimus	cōnflāveritis	cōnflāverint
passive	present	cōnflor	cōnflāris, cōnflāre	cōnflātur	cōnflāmur	cōnflāminī	cōnflantur
	imperfect	cōnflābar	cōnflābāris, cōnflābāre	cōnflābātur	cōnflābāmur	cōnflābāminī	cōnflābantur
	future	cōnflābor	cōnflāberis, cōnflābere	cōnflābitur	cōnflābimur	cōnflābiminī	cōnflābuntur
	perfect	cōnflātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnflātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnflātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnflem	cōnflēs	cōnflet	cōnflēmus	cōnflētis	cōnflent
	imperfect	cōnflārem	cōnflārēs	cōnflāret	cōnflārēmus	cōnflārētis	cōnflārent
	perfect	cōnflāverim	cōnflāverīs	cōnflāverit	cōnflāverīmus	cōnflāverītis	cōnflāverint
	pluperfect	cōnflāvissem	cōnflāvissēs	cōnflāvisset	cōnflāvissēmus	cōnflāvissētis	cōnflāvissent
passive	present	cōnfler	cōnflēris, cōnflēre	cōnflētur	cōnflēmur	cōnflēminī	cōnflentur
	imperfect	cōnflārer	cōnflārēris, cōnflārēre	cōnflārētur	cōnflārēmur	cōnflārēminī	cōnflārentur
	perfect	cōnflātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōnflātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cōnflā	—	—	cōnflāte	—
	future	—	cōnflātō	cōnflātō	—	cōnflātōte	cōnflantō
passive	present	—	cōnflāre	—	—	cōnflāminī	—
	future	—	cōnflātor	cōnflātor	—	—	cōnflantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cōnflāre	cōnflāvisse	cōnflātūrum esse	cōnflārī	cōnflātum esse	cōnflātum īrī
participles		cōnflāns	—	cōnflātūrus	—	cōnflātus	cōnflandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cōnflandī	cōnflandō	cōnflandum	cōnflandō	cōnflātum	cōnflātū

Derived terms

• cōnflātiō
• cōnflātōrium

Descendants

• Corsican: gunfià
• English: conflate
• French: gonfler
• Italian: gonfiare, conflare
• Sicilian: vunchiari, vunciari

References

• “conflo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “conflo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• conflo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to endanger, imperil a person or thing: alicui periculum creare, conflare
    
  • to incur ignominy: infamiam concipere, subire, sibi conflare
    
  • to incur a person's hatred: alicuius odium subire, suscipere, in se convertere, sibi conflare
    
  • to make a person odious, unpopular: invidiam alicui conflare (Catil. 1. 9. 23)
    
  • to incur debts on a large scale: grande, magnum (opp. exiguum) aes alienum conflare
    
  • to kindle a war: bellum conflare (Fam. 5. 2. 8)