confluens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of cōnfluō (“to flow or run together”), from cōn- (“with, together”) +‎ fluō (“to flow”).

Pronunciation

Participle

cōnfluēns (genitive cōnfluentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. present active participle of cōnfluō

Inflection

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative cōnfluēns cōnfluentēs cōnfluentia
Genitive cōnfluentis cōnfluentium
Dative cōnfluentī cōnfluentibus
Accusative cōnfluentem cōnfluēns cōnfluentēs cōnfluentia
Ablative cōnfluentī cōnfluentibus
Vocative cōnfluēns cōnfluentēs cōnfluentia

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → English: confluent

Noun

cōnfluēns m (genitive cōnfluentis); third declension

  1. a confluence (place where two rivers unite)

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cōnfluēns cōnfluentēs
Genitive cōnfluentis cōnfluentum
Dative cōnfluentī cōnfluentibus
Accusative cōnfluentem cōnfluentēs
Ablative cōnfluente cōnfluentibus
Vocative cōnfluēns cōnfluentēs

Derived terms
  • Cōnfluentēs

Descendants
  • Toponyms derived from the plural cōnfluentēs:
    • Italian: Gonfienti
    • → Middle High German: Kobelenz
  • Learned borrowings:

References
  • “confluens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “confluens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • confluens in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • confluens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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