defluo
Latin
FWOTD – 4 December 2015
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdeː.flu.oː/, [ˈd̪eːfɫ̪uoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈde.flu.o/, [ˈd̪ɛːfluo]
Verb
dēfluō (present infinitive dēfluere, perfect active dēflūxī, supine dēflūxum); third conjugation, impersonal in the passive
- (intransitive, of liquids) to flow or run down
- (intransitive, in general) to move, float or swim downwards or downstream softly or gradually; flow or stream down; glide down, descend
- (intransitive) to flow or pass away, drain off, cease flowing, disappear
- (intransitive, figuratively) to flow, come, pass
- (intransitive, figuratively) to cease, vanish, pass away, disappear; to be lost
- (intransitive, figuratively) to be derived, descend
Conjugation
Related terms
References
- “defluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “defluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- defluo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
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