defluo

Latin

FWOTD – 4 December 2015

Etymology

From dē- +‎ fluō (“flow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.flu.oː/, [ˈd̪eːfɫ̪uoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.flu.o/, [ˈd̪ɛːfluo]

Verb

dēfluō (present infinitive dēfluere, perfect active dēflūxī, supine dēflūxum); third conjugation, impersonal in the passive

1. (intransitive, of liquids) to flow or run down

   Synonyms: fluitō, fluō, affluō, cōnfluō, īnfluō, praefluō, mānō

2. (intransitive, in general) to move, float or swim downwards or downstream softly or gradually; flow or stream down; glide down, descend
3. (intransitive) to flow or pass away, drain off, cease flowing, disappear
4. (intransitive, figuratively) to flow, come, pass
5. (intransitive, figuratively) to cease, vanish, pass away, disappear; to be lost
6. (intransitive, figuratively) to be derived, descend

Conjugation

Conjugation of dēfluō (third conjugation, impersonal in passive)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēfluō	dēfluis	dēfluit	dēfluimus	dēfluitis	dēfluunt
	imperfect	dēfluēbam	dēfluēbās	dēfluēbat	dēfluēbāmus	dēfluēbātis	dēfluēbant
	future	dēfluam	dēfluēs	dēfluet	dēfluēmus	dēfluētis	dēfluent
	perfect	dēflūxī	dēflūxistī	dēflūxit	dēflūximus	dēflūxistis	dēflūxērunt, dēflūxēre
	pluperfect	dēflūxeram	dēflūxerās	dēflūxerat	dēflūxerāmus	dēflūxerātis	dēflūxerant
	future perfect	dēflūxerō	dēflūxeris	dēflūxerit	dēflūxerimus	dēflūxeritis	dēflūxerint
passive	present	—	—	dēfluitur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	dēfluēbātur	—	—	—
	future	—	—	dēfluētur	—	—	—
	perfect	—	—	dēflūxum est	—	—	—
	pluperfect	—	—	dēflūxum erat	—	—	—
	future perfect	—	—	dēflūxum erit	—	—	—
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēfluam	dēfluās	dēfluat	dēfluāmus	dēfluātis	dēfluant
	imperfect	dēfluerem	dēfluerēs	dēflueret	dēfluerēmus	dēfluerētis	dēfluerent
	perfect	dēflūxerim	dēflūxerīs	dēflūxerit	dēflūxerīmus	dēflūxerītis	dēflūxerint
	pluperfect	dēflūxissem	dēflūxissēs	dēflūxisset	dēflūxissēmus	dēflūxissētis	dēflūxissent
passive	present	—	—	dēfluātur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	dēfluerētur	—	—	—
	perfect	—	—	dēflūxum sit	—	—	—
	pluperfect	—	—	dēflūxum esset, dēflūxum foret	—	—	—
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēflue	—	—	dēfluite	—
	future	—	dēfluitō	dēfluitō	—	dēfluitōte	dēfluuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēfluere	dēflūxisse	dēflūxūrum esse	dēfluī	dēflūxum esse	—
participles		dēfluēns	—	dēflūxūrus	—	dēflūxum	dēfluendum
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēfluendī	dēfluendō	dēfluendum	dēfluendō	dēflūxum	dēflūxū

Derived terms

• dēfluus
• dēfluvium
• dēfluxiō
• dēfluxus

Related terms

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

Descendants

• Italian: defluire, defluere (archaic)
• Portuguese: defluir

References

• “defluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “defluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• defluo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

defluo

1. first-person singular present indicative of defluir