perfluus

Latin

Etymology

From perfluō (“I stream, float”) +‎ -us, from per + fluō (“flow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈper.flu.us/, [ˈpɛrfɫ̪uʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.flu.us/, [ˈpɛrfluːs]

Adjective

perfluus (feminine perflua, neuter perfluum); first/second-declension adjective

1. flowing, undulating
2. (figuratively) effeminate

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	perfluus	perflua	perfluum		perfluī	perfluae	perflua
genitive	perfluī	perfluae	perfluī		perfluōrum	perfluārum	perfluōrum
dative	perfluō	perfluae	perfluō		perfluīs
accusative	perfluum	perfluam	perfluum		perfluōs	perfluās	perflua
ablative	perfluō	perfluā	perfluō		perfluīs
vocative	perflue	perflua	perfluum		perfluī	perfluae	perflua

Synonyms

• (effeminate): effēminātus

Related terms

• perfluō

References

• “perfluus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• perfluus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.