profluo
Latin
Etymology
From prō- + fluō (“flow”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈproː.flu.oː/, [ˈproːfɫ̪uoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpro.flu.o/, [ˈprɔːfluo]
Verb
prōfluō (present infinitive prōfluere, perfect active prōflūxī, supine prōflūxum); third conjugation, no passive
- (intransitive) I flow or run forth or along; discharge.
- (intransitive) I am relaxed.
- (intransitive, figuratively) I flow or spring forth, issue, proceed.
- (intransitive, figuratively) I glide, proceed imperceptibly.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of prōfluō (third conjugation, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | prōfluō | prōfluis | prōfluit | prōfluimus | prōfluitis | prōfluunt |
| imperfect | prōfluēbam | prōfluēbās | prōfluēbat | prōfluēbāmus | prōfluēbātis | prōfluēbant | |
| future | prōfluam | prōfluēs | prōfluet | prōfluēmus | prōfluētis | prōfluent | |
| perfect | prōflūxī | prōflūxistī | prōflūxit | prōflūximus | prōflūxistis | prōflūxērunt, prōflūxēre | |
| pluperfect | prōflūxeram | prōflūxerās | prōflūxerat | prōflūxerāmus | prōflūxerātis | prōflūxerant | |
| future perfect | prōflūxerō | prōflūxeris | prōflūxerit | prōflūxerimus | prōflūxeritis | prōflūxerint | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | prōfluam | prōfluās | prōfluat | prōfluāmus | prōfluātis | prōfluant |
| imperfect | prōfluerem | prōfluerēs | prōflueret | prōfluerēmus | prōfluerētis | prōfluerent | |
| perfect | prōflūxerim | prōflūxerīs | prōflūxerit | prōflūxerīmus | prōflūxerītis | prōflūxerint | |
| pluperfect | prōflūxissem | prōflūxissēs | prōflūxisset | prōflūxissēmus | prōflūxissētis | prōflūxissent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | prōflue | — | — | prōfluite | — |
| future | — | prōfluitō | prōfluitō | — | prōfluitōte | prōfluuntō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | prōfluere | prōflūxisse | prōflūxūrum esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | prōfluēns | — | prōflūxūrus | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| prōfluendī | prōfluendō | prōfluendum | prōfluendō | prōflūxum | prōflūxū | ||
Derived terms
- prōfluēns
- prōfluenter
- prōfluentia
- prōfluus
- prōfluvium
- prōfluvius
Related terms
- affluō
- circumfluō
- cōnfluō
- dēfluō
- diffluō
- effluō
- fluō
- īnfluō
- interfluō
- perfluō
- praefluō
- praeterfluō
- refluō
- subterfluō
- superfluō
- trānsfluō
References
- “profluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “profluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- profluo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the Rhine rises in the Alps: Rhenus oritur or profluit ex Alpibus
- the Rhine rises in the Alps: Rhenus oritur or profluit ex Alpibus