afflo
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom ad- (“to, towards”) + flō (“breathe, blow”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈaf.floː/, [ˈäfːɫ̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈaf.flo/, [ˈäfːlo]
Verb
editafflō (present infinitive afflāre, perfect active afflāvī, supine afflātum); first conjugation
- to blow, breathe (on or towards)
- Afflavit Deus et dissipantur.
- God blew [His wind] and they were scattered.
Conjugation
editDescendants
edit(The inherited Romance forms mean 'to find' or similar, a sense that seems to have developed in a hunting context.)
- Balkan Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Romansch: anflar
- Borrowings:
References
edit- “afflo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- afflo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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- Latin terms prefixed with ad-
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰleh₁- (blow)
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