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Latin
Etymology
From prō- + fluō (“flow”).
Pronunciation
Verb
prōfluō (present infinitive prōfluere, perfect active prōflūxī, supine prōflūxum); third conjugation, no passive
- (intransitive) to flow or run forth or along; discharge
- (intransitive) to be relaxed
- (intransitive, figuratively) to flow or spring forth, issue, proceed
- (intransitive, figuratively) to glide, proceed imperceptibly
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References
- “profluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “profluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- profluo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the Rhine rises in the Alps: Rhenus oritur or profluit ex Alpibus