defluo
Latin
FWOTD – 4 December 2015
Etymology
From dē- + fluō (“flow”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdeː.flu.oː/, [ˈdeː.fɫʊ.oː]
Verb
dēfluō (present infinitive dēfluere, perfect active dēflūxī, supine dēflūxum); third conjugation, impersonal in the passive
- (intransitive, of liquids) I flow or run down.
- (intransitive, in general) I move, float or swim downwards or downstream softly or gradually; flow or stream down; glide down, descend.
- (intransitive) I flow or pass away, drain off, cease flowing, disappear.
- (intransitive, figuratively) I flow, come, pass.
- (intransitive, figuratively) I cease, vanish, pass away, disappear; I am lost.
- (intransitive, figuratively) I am derived, descend.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of dēfluō (third conjugation, impersonal in passive) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | dēfluō | dēfluis | dēfluit | dēfluimus | dēfluitis | dēfluunt |
| imperfect | dēfluēbam | dēfluēbās | dēfluēbat | dēfluēbāmus | dēfluēbātis | dēfluēbant | |
| future | dēfluam | dēfluēs | dēfluet | dēfluēmus | dēfluētis | dēfluent | |
| perfect | dēflūxī | dēflūxistī | dēflūxit | dēflūximus | dēflūxistis | dēflūxērunt, dēflūxēre | |
| pluperfect | dēflūxeram | dēflūxerās | dēflūxerat | dēflūxerāmus | dēflūxerātis | dēflūxerant | |
| future perfect | dēflūxerō | dēflūxeris | dēflūxerit | dēflūxerimus | dēflūxeritis | dēflūxerint | |
| passive | present | — | — | dēfluitur | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | dēfluēbātur | — | — | — | |
| future | — | — | dēfluētur | — | — | — | |
| perfect | — | — | dēflūxum est | — | — | — | |
| pluperfect | — | — | dēflūxum erat | — | — | — | |
| future perfect | — | — | dēflūxum erit | — | — | — | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | dēfluam | dēfluās | dēfluat | dēfluāmus | dēfluātis | dēfluant |
| imperfect | dēfluerem | dēfluerēs | dēflueret | dēfluerēmus | dēfluerētis | dēfluerent | |
| perfect | dēflūxerim | dēflūxerīs | dēflūxerit | dēflūxerīmus | dēflūxerītis | dēflūxerint | |
| pluperfect | dēflūxissem | dēflūxissēs | dēflūxisset | dēflūxissēmus | dēflūxissētis | dēflūxissent | |
| passive | present | — | — | dēfluātur | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | dēfluerētur | — | — | — | |
| perfect | — | — | dēflūxum sit | — | — | — | |
| pluperfect | — | — | dēflūxum esset, dēflūxum foret | — | — | — | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | dēflue | — | — | dēfluite | — |
| future | — | dēfluitō | dēfluitō | — | dēfluitōte | dēfluuntō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | dēfluere | dēflūxisse | dēflūxūrum esse | dēfluī | dēflūxum esse | — | |
| participles | dēfluēns | — | dēflūxūrus | — | dēflūxum | dēfluendum | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| dēfluendī | dēfluendō | dēfluendum | dēfluendō | dēflūxum | dēflūxū | ||
Derived terms
- dēfluus
- dēfluvium
- dēfluxiō
- dēfluxus
Related terms
- affluō
- circumfluō
- cōnfluō
- diffluō
- effluō
- fluō
- īnfluō
- interfluō
- perfluō
- praefluō
- praeterfluō
- prōfluō
- refluō
- subterfluō
- superfluō
- trānsfluō
Descendants
- Italian: defluire
- Portuguese: defluir
References
- defluo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- defluo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- defluo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette