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Latin
Etymology
From con- + flō (“breathe, blow”).
Pronunciation
Verb
cōnflō (present infinitive cōnflāre, perfect active cōnflāvī, supine cōnflātum); first conjugation
- to kindle (a fire)
- to forge, fuse or melt (metal)
- to refine or purify
- to inflame (passions)
- to bring together
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References
- “conflo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “conflo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- conflo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to endanger, imperil a person or thing: alicui periculum creare, conflare
- to incur ignominy: infamiam concipere, subire, sibi conflare
- to incur a person's hatred: alicuius odium subire, suscipere, in se convertere, sibi conflare
- to make a person odious, unpopular: invidiam alicui conflare (Catil. 1. 9. 23)
- to incur debts on a large scale: grande, magnum (opp. exiguum) aes alienum conflare
- to kindle a war: bellum conflare (Fam. 5. 2. 8)