circumfluo

Latin

Etymology

From circum- (“circum-”) +‎ fluō (“I flow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kirˈkum.flu.oː/, [kɪrˈkũːfɫ̪uoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃirˈkum.flu.o/, [t͡ʃirˈkumfluo]

Verb

circumfluō (present infinitive circumfluere, perfect active circumflūxī, supine circumflūxum); third conjugation

1. (transitive) to flow around something
2. (intransitive) to flow around
3. (figuratively) to flock around, encompass, surround
4. (figuratively, with ablative) to be in rich in, abound in, overflow with

   Synonym: affluō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of circumfluō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	circumfluō		circumfluis		circumfluit		circumfluimus		circumfluitis		circumfluunt
	imperfect	circumfluēbam		circumfluēbās		circumfluēbat		circumfluēbāmus		circumfluēbātis		circumfluēbant
	future	circumfluam		circumfluēs		circumfluet		circumfluēmus		circumfluētis		circumfluent
	perfect	circumflūxī		circumflūxistī		circumflūxit		circumflūximus		circumflūxistis		circumflūxērunt, circumflūxēre
	pluperfect	circumflūxeram		circumflūxerās		circumflūxerat		circumflūxerāmus		circumflūxerātis		circumflūxerant
	future perfect	circumflūxerō		circumflūxeris		circumflūxerit		circumflūxerimus		circumflūxeritis		circumflūxerint
passive	present	circumfluor		circumflueris, circumfluere		circumfluitur		circumfluimur		circumfluiminī		circumfluuntur
	imperfect	circumfluēbar		circumfluēbāris, circumfluēbāre		circumfluēbātur		circumfluēbāmur		circumfluēbāminī		circumfluēbantur
	future	circumfluar		circumfluēris, circumfluēre		circumfluētur		circumfluēmur		circumfluēminī		circumfluentur
	perfect	circumflūxus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	circumflūxus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	circumflūxus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	circumfluam		circumfluās		circumfluat		circumfluāmus		circumfluātis		circumfluant
	imperfect	circumfluerem		circumfluerēs		circumflueret		circumfluerēmus		circumfluerētis		circumfluerent
	perfect	circumflūxerim		circumflūxerīs		circumflūxerit		circumflūxerīmus		circumflūxerītis		circumflūxerint
	pluperfect	circumflūxissem		circumflūxissēs		circumflūxisset		circumflūxissēmus		circumflūxissētis		circumflūxissent
passive	present	circumfluar		circumfluāris, circumfluāre		circumfluātur		circumfluāmur		circumfluāminī		circumfluantur
	imperfect	circumfluerer		circumfluerēris, circumfluerēre		circumfluerētur		circumfluerēmur		circumfluerēminī		circumfluerentur
	perfect	circumflūxus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	circumflūxus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		circumflue		—		—		circumfluite		—
	future	—		circumfluitō		circumfluitō		—		circumfluitōte		circumfluuntō
passive	present	—		circumfluere		—		—		circumfluiminī		—
	future	—		circumfluitor		circumfluitor		—		—		circumfluuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		circumfluere			circumfluī			circumfluēns			—
future		circumflūxūrum esse			circumflūxum īrī			circumflūxūrus			circumfluendus
perfect		circumflūxisse			circumflūxum esse			—			circumflūxus
future perfect		—			circumflūxum fore			—			—
perfect potential		circumflūxūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		circumfluendī		circumfluendō		circumfluendum		circumfluendō		circumflūxum		circumflūxū

Derived terms

• circumfluus

Related terms

• affluō
• cōnfluō
• dēfluō
• diffluō
• effluō
• fluō
• īnfluō
• interfluō
• perfluō
• praefluō
• praeterfluō
• prōfluō
• refluō
• subterfluō
• superfluō
• trānsfluō

Descendants

• Italian: circonfluire
• Portuguese: circunfluir

References

• “circumfluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “circumfluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• circumfluo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be very rich; to be in a position of affluence: omnibus opibus circumfluere