fluctuo

fluctuo

See also: fluctuó and fluctúo

Catalan

Verb

fluctuo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of fluctuar

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Latin

Etymology

From flūctus (“wave”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfluːk.tu.oː/, [ˈfɫ̪uːkt̪uoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfluk.tu.o/, [ˈflukt̪uo]

Verb

flūctuō (present infinitive flūctuāre, perfect active flūctuāvī, supine flūctuātum); first conjugation

1. I surge, swell, undulate
2. I fluctuate, vacillate
3. I am restless

Conjugation

Conjugation of flūctuō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	flūctuō	flūctuās	flūctuat	flūctuāmus	flūctuātis	flūctuant
	imperfect	flūctuābam	flūctuābās	flūctuābat	flūctuābāmus	flūctuābātis	flūctuābant
	future	flūctuābō	flūctuābis	flūctuābit	flūctuābimus	flūctuābitis	flūctuābunt
	perfect	flūctuāvī	flūctuāvistī	flūctuāvit	flūctuāvimus	flūctuāvistis	flūctuāvērunt, flūctuāvēre
	pluperfect	flūctuāveram	flūctuāverās	flūctuāverat	flūctuāverāmus	flūctuāverātis	flūctuāverant
	future perfect	flūctuāverō	flūctuāveris	flūctuāverit	flūctuāverimus	flūctuāveritis	flūctuāverint
passive	present	flūctuor	flūctuāris, flūctuāre	flūctuātur	flūctuāmur	flūctuāminī	flūctuantur
	imperfect	flūctuābar	flūctuābāris, flūctuābāre	flūctuābātur	flūctuābāmur	flūctuābāminī	flūctuābantur
	future	flūctuābor	flūctuāberis, flūctuābere	flūctuābitur	flūctuābimur	flūctuābiminī	flūctuābuntur
	perfect	flūctuātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	flūctuātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	flūctuātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	flūctuem	flūctuēs	flūctuet	flūctuēmus	flūctuētis	flūctuent
	imperfect	flūctuārem	flūctuārēs	flūctuāret	flūctuārēmus	flūctuārētis	flūctuārent
	perfect	flūctuāverim	flūctuāverīs	flūctuāverit	flūctuāverīmus	flūctuāverītis	flūctuāverint
	pluperfect	flūctuāvissem	flūctuāvissēs	flūctuāvisset	flūctuāvissēmus	flūctuāvissētis	flūctuāvissent
passive	present	flūctuer	flūctuēris, flūctuēre	flūctuētur	flūctuēmur	flūctuēminī	flūctuentur
	imperfect	flūctuārer	flūctuārēris, flūctuārēre	flūctuārētur	flūctuārēmur	flūctuārēminī	flūctuārentur
	perfect	flūctuātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	flūctuātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	flūctuā	—	—	flūctuāte	—
	future	—	flūctuātō	flūctuātō	—	flūctuātōte	flūctuantō
passive	present	—	flūctuāre	—	—	flūctuāminī	—
	future	—	flūctuātor	flūctuātor	—	—	flūctuantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		flūctuāre	flūctuāvisse	flūctuātūrum esse	flūctuārī	flūctuātum esse	flūctuātum īrī
participles		flūctuāns	—	flūctuātūrus	—	flūctuātus	flūctuandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		flūctuandī	flūctuandō	flūctuandum	flūctuandō	flūctuātum	flūctuātū

Derived terms

• flūctuābundus
• flūctuātim
• flūctuātiō

Descendants

• >? Albanian: fluturoj
• → Catalan: fluctuar
• → English: fluctuate
• → French: fluctuer
• → Italian: fluttuare
• → Norwegian Bokmål: fluktuere
• → Portuguese: flutuar
• >? Romanian: fluctua, flutura (possibly)
• → Spanish: fluctuar

References

• “fluctuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fluctuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fluctuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) driven by the waves: fluctuare or fluctuari