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	īnflammāvērunt, īnflammāvēre
	pluperfect	īnflammāveram	īnflammāverās	īnflammāverat	īnflammāverāmus	īnflammāverātis	īnflammāverant
	future perfect	īnflammāverō	īnflammāveris	īnflammāverit	īnflammāverimus	īnflammāveritis	īnflammāverint
passive	present	īnflammor	īnflammāris, īnflammāre	īnflammātur	īnflammāmur	īnflammāminī	īnflammantur
	imperfect	īnflammābar	īnflammābāris, īnflammābāre	īnflammābātur	īnflammābāmur	īnflammābāminī	īnflammābantur
	future	īnflammābor	īnflammāberis, īnflammābere	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	īnflammēris, īnflammēre	īnflammētur	īnflammēmur	īnflammēminī	īnflammentur
	imperfect	īnflammārer	īnflammārēris, īnflammārēre	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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		īnflammāre	īnflammāvisse	īnflammātūrum esse	īnflammārī	īnflammātum esse	īnflammātum īrī
participles		īnflammāns	—	īnflammātūrus	—	īnflammātus	īnflammandus
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

• Catalan: inflamar
• French: enflammer
• 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