affluens

Latin

Alternative forms

• adfluēns

Etymology

Present active participle of affluō (“flow to, towards or in; overflow with”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈaf.flu.ens/, [ˈäfːɫ̪uẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈaf.flu.ens/, [ˈäfːluens]

Participle

affluēns (genitive affluentis, adverb affluenter); third-declension one-termination participle

1. flowing, running or floating to, towards or in
2. running or flocking to or towards
3. overflowing with, abounding in, having in abundance
4. (by extension) abundant, plentiful, abounding, affluent

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	affluēns			affluentēs	affluentia
Genitive	affluentis			affluentium
Dative	affluentī			affluentibus
Accusative	affluentem	affluēns		affluentēs affluentīs	affluentia
Ablative	affluente affluentī1			affluentibus
Vocative	affluēns			affluentēs	affluentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• Catalan: afluent
• English: affluent
• French: affluent
• Portuguese: afluente
• Spanish: afluente

References

• “affluens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• affluens in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• affluens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.