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 Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• rufole

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.

Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der.

Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti?

Latin fluō

Latin refluō

From re- (“back”) + fluō (“flow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛ.fɫu.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛː.flu.o]

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, no passive)

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		refluere			—			refluēns			—
future		reflūxūrum esse			—			reflūxūrus			—
perfect		reflūxisse			—			—			—
perfect potential		reflūxūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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
• → English: reflow, reflux
• → 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.