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Esperanto
Etymology
influi + -o
Pronunciation
Noun
influo (accusative singular influon, plural influoj, accusative plural influojn)
- influence (power to affect, control, or manipulate)
Ido
Noun
influo (plural influi)
- influence
Latin
Etymology
From in- + fluō (“flow”).
Pronunciation
Verb
īnfluō (present infinitive īnfluere, perfect active īnflūxī, supine īnflūxum); third conjugation, limited passive
- (of fluids) to flow or run into
- Synonyms: fluitō, fluō, affluō, cōnfluō, praefluō, dēfluō, mānō
- (in general) to stream, rush or press into
- (figuratively) to throng or stream in; enter in large numbers
- (figuratively) to steal or insinuate oneself into, invade
- (intransitive/transitive, Medieval Latin) to exercise influence
- Synonyms: perpellō, afficiō
Conjugation
Passive forms for this verb exist in Medieval Latin for the third-person singular and plural.
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References
- “influo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “influo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- influo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- his words find an easy hearing, are listened to with pleasure: oratio in aures influit
Portuguese
Verb
influo
- first-person singular present indicative of influir