afflo

Latin

Alternative forms

• adflō

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *flāōder.

Latin flō

Latin afflō

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaf.fɫoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaf.flo]

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		afflāre			afflārī			afflāns			—
future		afflātūrum esse			afflātum īrī			afflātūrus			afflandus
perfect		afflāvisse			afflātum esse			—			afflātus
future perfect		—			afflātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		afflātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		afflandī		afflandō		afflandum		afflandō		afflātum		afflātū

Descendants

(Note: the inherited Romance forms mean "to find" or similar, a sense that seems to have developed in a hunting context.)

• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: achar
    • Galician: achar
    • Portuguese: achar (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Leonese: ffallar, affallar
    • Asturian: afayar
    • Leonese: afayar, afallar, achar
    • Mirandese: achar
  • Old Spanish: fallar
    • Spanish: hallar
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Romansh: anflar
• Italo-Romance:
  • Neapolitan: asciare, ashiare
  • Sicilian: asciari, aççiari
• Balkano-Romance:
  • Aromanian: aflu, aflari
  • Romanian: afla, aflare
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin:
  • *afflatica
    • Ibero-Romance:
      • Asturian: ayalga
  • *inafflāre
    • Italo-Romance:
      • Italian: inaffiare, innaffiare, annaffiare
• 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.