defluo

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Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ fluō (flow).

Pronunciation

Verb

dēfluō (present infinitive dēfluere, perfect active dēflūxī, supine dēflūxum); third conjugation, impersonal in the passive

  1. (intransitive, of liquids) to flow or run down
    Synonyms: fluitō, fluō, affluō, cōnfluō, īnfluō, praefluō, mānō
  2. (intransitive, in general) to move, float or swim downwards or downstream softly or gradually; flow or stream down; glide down, descend
  3. (intransitive) to flow or pass away, drain off, cease flowing, disappear
  4. (intransitive, figuratively) to flow, come, pass
  5. (intransitive, figuratively) to cease, vanish, pass away, disappear; to be lost
  6. (intransitive, figuratively) to be derived, descend

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: defluire, defluere (archaic)
  • Portuguese: defluir

References

  • defluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • defluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • defluo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

defluo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of defluir