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Latin
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Etymology
From ad- + fluō (“flow”).
Pronunciation
Verb
affluō (present infinitive affluere, perfect active afflūxī, supine afflūxum); third conjugation, impersonal in the passive
- to flow, run or float to, towards or in
- Synonyms: fluitō, fluō, cōnfluō, īnfluō, praefluō, dēfluō, mānō
- (of persons) to come to in haste; run, hasten or flock to or towards
- Synonyms: ruō, currō, accurrō, trepidō, festīnō, prōvolō, prōripiō, properō, corripiō, mātūrō, prōsiliō
- Antonyms: retardō, cūnctor, moror, dubitō, prōtrahō, trahō, differō
- (with ablative) to flow with something in rich abundance, overflow with, abound in, have in abundance
- Synonyms: flōreō, abundō, niteō, supersum, superfluō
- Antonyms: dēsum, egeō, deficiō, indigeō, dēlinquō, careō, cessō, perdō
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References
- “affluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- affluo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.