circumfluo
Latin
Etymology
From circum- (“circum-”) + fluō (“I flow”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kirˈkum.flu.oː/, [kɪrˈkũːfɫ̪uoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃirˈkum.flu.o/, [t͡ʃirˈkumfluo]
Verb
circumfluō (present infinitive circumfluere, perfect active circumflūxī, supine circumflūxum); third conjugation
- (transitive) I flow around something.
- (intransitive) I flow around.
- (figuratively) I flock around, encompass, surround.
- (figuratively, with ablative) I am in rich in, abound in, overflow with.
- Synonym: affluō
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Descendants
- Italian: circonfluire
- Portuguese: circunfluir
References
- “circumfluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “circumfluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- circumfluo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be very rich; to be in a position of affluence: omnibus opibus circumfluere
- to be very rich; to be in a position of affluence: omnibus opibus circumfluere