profluens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of prōfluō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈproː.flu.ens/, [ˈproːfɫ̪uẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.flu.ens/, [ˈprɔːfluens]

Participle

prōfluēns (genitive prōfluentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. flowing or running forth or along, discharging
2. being relaxed
3. (figuratively) flowing or springing forth, issuing, proceeding
4. (figuratively) gliding, proceeding imperceptibly

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	prōfluēns			prōfluentēs	prōfluentia
Genitive	prōfluentis			prōfluentium
Dative	prōfluentī			prōfluentibus
Accusative	prōfluentem	prōfluēns		prōfluentēs prōfluentīs	prōfluentia
Ablative	prōfluente prōfluentī1			prōfluentibus
Vocative	prōfluēns			prōfluentēs	prōfluentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

• prōfluentia

References

• “prōflŭens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “profluens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• profluens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • running water: aqua viva, profluens (opp. stagnum)