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Latin
Etymology
From circum- (“circum-”) + fluō (“I flow”).
Pronunciation
Verb
circumfluō (present infinitive circumfluere, perfect active circumflūxī, supine circumflūxum); third conjugation
- (transitive) to flow around something
- (intransitive) to flow around
- (figuratively) to flock around, encompass, surround
- (figuratively, with ablative) to be in rich in, abound in, overflow with
- Synonym: affluō
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References
- “circumfluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “circumfluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- circumfluo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be very rich; to be in a position of affluence: omnibus opibus circumfluere