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influo

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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    From influi + -o.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /inˈfluo/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -uo
    • Syllabification: in‧flu‧o

    Noun

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    influo (accusative singular influon, plural influoj, accusative plural influojn)

    1. influence (power to affect, control, or manipulate)

    Ido

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    Noun

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    influo (plural influi)

    1. influence

    Latin

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    Etymology

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      From in- + fluō (to flow).

      Pronunciation

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      Verb

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      īnfluō (present infinitive īnfluere, perfect active īnflūxī, supine īnflūxum); third conjugation, third person-only in the passive

      1. (of fluids) to flow or run into
        Synonyms: fluitō, fluō, affluō, cōnfluō, praefluō, dēfluō, mānō
      2. (in general) to stream, rush or press into
      3. (figuratively) to throng or stream in; enter in large numbers
      4. (figuratively) to steal or insinuate oneself into, invade
      5. (intransitive/transitive, Medieval Latin) to exercise influence
        Synonyms: perpellō, afficiō

      Conjugation

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      Passive forms for this verb exist in Medieval Latin for the third-person singular and plural.

      Derived terms

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      Descendants

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      • Catalan: influir
      • French: influer
      • Galician: influír
      • Italian: influire
      • Portuguese: influir
      • Spanish: influir

      References

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      • influo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
      • influo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
      • influo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
      • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
        • his words find an easy hearing, are listened to with pleasure: oratio in aures influit

      Portuguese

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      Verb

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      influo

      1. first-person singular present indicative of influir