Italian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin afflāre, present active indicative of afflō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /afˈfla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: af‧flà‧re

Verb

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afflàre (first-person singular present àfflo, first-person singular past historic afflài, past participle afflàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (literary, obsolete) to snort, to exhale, to emit
    Synonym: soffiare
    • 1504, Jacopo Sannazaro, Arcadia[1], published 1553, page 89:
      Ecco al mover de rami il riconosco:
      Che torna a l’ombra pien d’orgoglio e d’ira
      Co’l naso adunco afflando amaro tosco.
      Now, in the movement of the branches, I recognize him, going back to the shadows, filled with pride and wrath, snorting bitter poison from his crooked nose.

Conjugation

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Further reading

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

Latin

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Verb

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afflāre

  1. inflection of afflō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative