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Latin
Etymology
From ex- (“out, away”) + flō (“breathe, blow”).
Pronunciation
Verb
efflō (present infinitive efflāre, perfect active efflāvī, supine efflātum); first conjugation
- to breathe out, exhale
Conjugation
References
- “efflo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “efflo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- efflo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to give up the ghost: animam edere or efflare
- the perfume exhaled by flowers: odores, qui efflantur e floribus