defluo

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Latin

FWOTD – 4 December 2015

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

   Conjugation of dēfluō (third conjugation, impersonal in passive)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēfluō dēfluis dēfluit dēfluimus dēfluitis dēfluunt
imperfect dēfluēbam dēfluēbās dēfluēbat dēfluēbāmus dēfluēbātis dēfluēbant
future dēfluam dēfluēs dēfluet dēfluēmus dēfluētis dēfluent
perfect dēflūxī dēflūxistī dēflūxit dēflūximus dēflūxistis dēflūxērunt,
dēflūxēre
pluperfect dēflūxeram dēflūxerās dēflūxerat dēflūxerāmus dēflūxerātis dēflūxerant
future perfect dēflūxerō dēflūxeris dēflūxerit dēflūxerimus dēflūxeritis dēflūxerint
passive present — — dēfluitur — — —
imperfect — — dēfluēbātur — — —
future — — dēfluētur — — —
perfect — — dēflūxum est — — —
pluperfect — — dēflūxum erat — — —
future perfect — — dēflūxum erit — — —
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēfluam dēfluās dēfluat dēfluāmus dēfluātis dēfluant
imperfect dēfluerem dēfluerēs dēflueret dēfluerēmus dēfluerētis dēfluerent
perfect dēflūxerim dēflūxerīs dēflūxerit dēflūxerīmus dēflūxerītis dēflūxerint
pluperfect dēflūxissem dēflūxissēs dēflūxisset dēflūxissēmus dēflūxissētis dēflūxissent
passive present — — dēfluātur — — —
imperfect — — dēfluerētur — — —
perfect — — dēflūxum sit — — —
pluperfect — — dēflūxum esset,
dēflūxum foret 		— — —
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — dēflue — — dēfluite —
future — dēfluitō dēfluitō — dēfluitōte dēfluuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives dēfluere dēflūxisse dēflūxūrum esse dēfluī dēflūxum esse —
participles dēfluēns — dēflūxūrus — dēflūxum dēfluendum
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
dēfluendī dēfluendō dēfluendum dēfluendō dēflūxum dēflūxū

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Italian: defluire, defluere
  • 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
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