refluo

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin refluus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.flwo/
• Rhymes: -ɛflwo
• Hyphenation: rè‧fluo

Adjective

refluo (feminine reflua, masculine plural reflui, feminine plural reflue)

1. refluent

Related terms

• rifluire

References

• refluo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• rufole

Latin

Etymology

From re- (“back”) +‎ fluō (“flow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.flu.oː/, [ˈrɛfɫ̪uoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.flu.o/, [ˈrɛːfluo]

Verb

refluō (present infinitive refluere, perfect active reflūxī, supine reflūxum); third conjugation, no passive

1. (intransitive) to flow or run back or off; ebb; overflow

Conjugation

Conjugation of refluō (third conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	refluō	refluis	refluit	refluimus	refluitis	refluunt
	imperfect	refluēbam	refluēbās	refluēbat	refluēbāmus	refluēbātis	refluēbant
	future	refluam	refluēs	refluet	refluēmus	refluētis	refluent
	perfect	reflūxī	reflūxistī	reflūxit	reflūximus	reflūxistis	reflūxērunt, reflūxēre
	pluperfect	reflūxeram	reflūxerās	reflūxerat	reflūxerāmus	reflūxerātis	reflūxerant
	future perfect	reflūxerō	reflūxeris	reflūxerit	reflūxerimus	reflūxeritis	reflūxerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	refluam	refluās	refluat	refluāmus	refluātis	refluant
	imperfect	refluerem	refluerēs	reflueret	refluerēmus	refluerētis	refluerent
	perfect	reflūxerim	reflūxerīs	reflūxerit	reflūxerīmus	reflūxerītis	reflūxerint
	pluperfect	reflūxissem	reflūxissēs	reflūxisset	reflūxissēmus	reflūxissētis	reflūxissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	reflue	—	—	refluite	—
	future	—	refluitō	refluitō	—	refluitōte	refluuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		refluere	reflūxisse	reflūxūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		refluēns	—	reflūxūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		refluendī	refluendō	refluendum	refluendō	reflūxum	reflūxū

Derived terms

• refluāmen
• refluus
• reflūxus

Related terms

• affluō
• circumfluō
• cōnfluō
• dēfluō
• diffluō
• effluō
• fluō
• īnfluō
• interfluō
• perfluō
• praefluō
• praeterfluō
• prōfluō
• subterfluō
• superfluō
• trānsfluō

Descendants

• → Catalan: refluir
• → French: refluer
• → Italian: rifluire
• → Portuguese: refluir
• → Spanish: refluir

References

• “refluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “refluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• refluo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.