inflammo

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ flammō (“blaze, burn”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈflam.moː/, [ĩːˈfɫ̪ämːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈflam.mo/, [iɱˈflämːo]

Verb

īnflammō (present infinitive īnflammāre, perfect active īnflammāvī, supine īnflammātum); first conjugation

1. to ignite, inflame

   Synonyms: ūrō, flammō, cōnflagrō, flagrō, incendō, accendō, ārdeō, cremō, adoleō

2. (figuratively) to excite, inflame, enkindle, set afire or on fire, ignite

   Synonyms: excitō, īnstīgō, īnstinguō, exciō, irrītō, stimulō, sollicitō, percieō, concieō, cieō, concitō, impellō, urgeō, incendō, moveō, mōlior, adhortor, ērigō

   Antonyms: domō, lēniō, sōpiō, sēdō, dēlēniō, restinguō, plācō, coerceō, mītigō, commītigō, ēlevō, levō, allevō, alleviō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.54:

     Hīs dictīs incēnsum animum īnflammāvit amōre, [...].”

     [Anna] spoke these [words, and Dido’s] soul, [already] having been sparked, [was now] afire with love [for Aeneas], [...].

Conjugation

   Conjugation of īnflammō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	īnflammō		īnflammās		īnflammat		īnflammāmus		īnflammātis		īnflammant
	imperfect	īnflammābam		īnflammābās		īnflammābat		īnflammābāmus		īnflammābātis		īnflammābant
	future	īnflammābō		īnflammābis		īnflammābit		īnflammābimus		īnflammābitis		īnflammābunt
	perfect	īnflammāvī		īnflammāvistī		īnflammāvit		īnflammāvimus		īnflammāvistis		īnflammāvēre, īnflammāvērunt
	pluperfect	īnflammāveram		īnflammāverās		īnflammāverat		īnflammāverāmus		īnflammāverātis		īnflammāverant
	future perfect	īnflammāverō		īnflammāveris		īnflammāverit		īnflammāverimus		īnflammāveritis		īnflammāverint
passive	present	īnflammor		īnflammāre, īnflammāris		īnflammātur		īnflammāmur		īnflammāminī		īnflammantur
	imperfect	īnflammābar		īnflammābāre, īnflammābāris		īnflammābātur		īnflammābāmur		īnflammābāminī		īnflammābantur
	future	īnflammābor		īnflammābere, īnflammāberis		īnflammābitur		īnflammābimur		īnflammābiminī		īnflammābuntur
	perfect	īnflammātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	īnflammātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	īnflammātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	īnflammem		īnflammēs		īnflammet		īnflammēmus		īnflammētis		īnflamment
	imperfect	īnflammārem		īnflammārēs		īnflammāret		īnflammārēmus		īnflammārētis		īnflammārent
	perfect	īnflammāverim		īnflammāverīs		īnflammāverit		īnflammāverīmus		īnflammāverītis		īnflammāverint
	pluperfect	īnflammāvissem		īnflammāvissēs		īnflammāvisset		īnflammāvissēmus		īnflammāvissētis		īnflammāvissent
passive	present	īnflammer		īnflammēre, īnflammēris		īnflammētur		īnflammēmur		īnflammēminī		īnflammentur
	imperfect	īnflammārer		īnflammārēre, īnflammārēris		īnflammārētur		īnflammārēmur		īnflammārēminī		īnflammārentur
	perfect	īnflammātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	īnflammātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		īnflammā		—		—		īnflammāte		—
	future	—		īnflammātō		īnflammātō		—		īnflammātōte		īnflammantō
passive	present	—		īnflammāre		—		—		īnflammāminī		—
	future	—		īnflammātor		īnflammātor		—		—		īnflammantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		īnflammāre			īnflammārī			īnflammāns			—
future		īnflammātūrum esse			īnflammātum īrī			īnflammātūrus			īnflammandus
perfect		īnflammāvisse			īnflammātum esse			—			īnflammātus
future perfect		—			īnflammātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		īnflammātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		īnflammandī		īnflammandō		īnflammandum		īnflammandō		īnflammātum		īnflammātū

Derived terms

• īnflammanter
• īnflammātiō
• īnflammātus

Related terms

• flammō

Descendants

• French: enflammer (latinized)
  • → English: inflame
• Italian: infiammare
• → Catalan: inflamar
• → Portuguese: inflamar
• → Romanian: inflama
• → Spanish: inflamar

References

• “inflammo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “inflammo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• inflammo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to set fire to a city: inflammare urbem
    
  • to kindle ambition in some one's mind: aliquem cupiditate honorum inflammare (or aliquem ad cupiditatem honorum inflammare)
    
  • to make an impression on one's audience: animos audientium permovere, inflammare
    
  • to kindle hatred in a person's heart; to fill some one with hatred (not implere, vid. sect. IX. 2, note gaudio...): odium alicuius inflammare
    
  • to become furious: furore inflammari, incendi
    
  • to rouse a person's interest, cupidity: aliquem cupiditate inflammare
    
  • (ambiguous) to be fired with love: amore captum, incensum, inflammatum esse, ardere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be fired with a passionate hatred: odio inflammatum, accensum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be fired with rage: iracundia inflammatum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be fired with desire of a thing: cupiditate alicuius rei accensum, inflammatum esse