profluo
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈproː.flu.oː/, [ˈproːfɫ̪uoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpro.flu.o/, [ˈprɔːfluo]
Verb
prōfluō (present infinitive prōfluere, perfect active prōflūxī, supine prōflūxum); third conjugation, no passive
- (intransitive) I flow or run forth or along; discharge.
- (intransitive) I am relaxed.
- (intransitive, figuratively) I flow or spring forth, issue, proceed.
- (intransitive, figuratively) I glide, proceed imperceptibly.
Conjugation
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Descendants
- Italian: profluvio
References
- “profluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “profluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- profluo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the Rhine rises in the Alps: Rhenus oritur or profluit ex Alpibus
- the Rhine rises in the Alps: Rhenus oritur or profluit ex Alpibus