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Latin
Etymology
From in- + fundō.
Pronunciation
Verb
īnfundō (present infinitive īnfundere, perfect active īnfūdī, supine īnfūsum); third conjugation
- to pour in, into, on, upon, or down upon, forth, infuse
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.122:
- “ dēsuper īnfundam, et tonitrū caelum omne ciēbō.”
- “ I will pour down from above, and I will shake all the sky with thunder.”
(Juno will send a thunderstorm to disrupt the hunting party.)
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “infundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “infundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- infundo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Verb
infundo
- first-person singular present indicative of infundir
Spanish
Verb
infundo
- first-person singular present indicative of infundir