afflo

Latin

Alternative forms

• adflō

Etymology

From ad- (“to, towards”) +‎ flō (“breathe, blow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈaf.floː/, [ˈäfːɫ̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈaf.flo/, [ˈäfːlo]

Verb

afflō (present infinitive afflāre, perfect active afflāvī, supine afflātum); first conjugation

1. to blow, breathe (on or towards)

   Afflavit Deus et dissipantur.

   God blew [His wind] and they were scattered.

Conjugation

Conjugation of afflō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	afflō	afflās	afflat	afflāmus	afflātis	afflant
	imperfect	afflābam	afflābās	afflābat	afflābāmus	afflābātis	afflābant
	future	afflābō	afflābis	afflābit	afflābimus	afflābitis	afflābunt
	perfect	afflāvī	afflāvistī	afflāvit	afflāvimus	afflāvistis	afflāvērunt, afflāvēre
	pluperfect	afflāveram	afflāverās	afflāverat	afflāverāmus	afflāverātis	afflāverant
	future perfect	afflāverō	afflāveris	afflāverit	afflāverimus	afflāveritis	afflāverint
passive	present	afflor	afflāris, afflāre	afflātur	afflāmur	afflāminī	afflantur
	imperfect	afflābar	afflābāris, afflābāre	afflābātur	afflābāmur	afflābāminī	afflābantur
	future	afflābor	afflāberis, afflābere	afflābitur	afflābimur	afflābiminī	afflābuntur
	perfect	afflātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	afflātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	afflātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	afflem	afflēs	afflet	afflēmus	afflētis	afflent
	imperfect	afflārem	afflārēs	afflāret	afflārēmus	afflārētis	afflārent
	perfect	afflāverim	afflāverīs	afflāverit	afflāverīmus	afflāverītis	afflāverint
	pluperfect	afflāvissem	afflāvissēs	afflāvisset	afflāvissēmus	afflāvissētis	afflāvissent
passive	present	affler	afflēris, afflēre	afflētur	afflēmur	afflēminī	afflentur
	imperfect	afflārer	afflārēris, afflārēre	afflārētur	afflārēmur	afflārēminī	afflārentur
	perfect	afflātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	afflātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	afflā	—	—	afflāte	—
	future	—	afflātō	afflātō	—	afflātōte	afflantō
passive	present	—	afflāre	—	—	afflāminī	—
	future	—	afflātor	afflātor	—	—	afflantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		afflāre	afflāvisse	afflātūrum esse	afflārī	afflātum esse	afflātum īrī
participles		afflāns	—	afflātūrus	—	afflātus	afflandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		afflandī	afflandō	afflandum	afflandō	afflātum	afflātū

Descendants

(The inherited Romance forms mean 'to find' or similar, a sense that seems to have developed in a hunting context.)

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: aflu, aflari
  • Romanian: afla, aflare
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: afayar

    Oriental: ahayar, hayar

  • Leonese: afayar, afallar, achar
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: achar
    • Galician: achar
    • Portuguese: achar (see there for further descendants)
  • Spanish: hallar
• Italo-Romance:
  • Neapolitan: asciare
  • Sicilian: asciari, aççiari
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Romansch: anflar
• Borrowings:
  • → English: afflate
  • → Italian: afflare

References

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