flagro

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfla.ɡro/
• Rhymes: -aɡro
• Hyphenation: flà‧gro

Verb

flagro

1. first-person singular present indicative of flagrare

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfla.ɡroː/, [ˈfɫ̪äɡroː] or IPA^(key): /ˈflaɡ.roː/, [ˈfɫ̪äɡroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfla.ɡro/, [ˈfläːɡro] or IPA^(key): /ˈflaɡ.ro/, [ˈfläɡro]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *flagrāō, from *flagros (“burning”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥g-ro-, from *bʰel- (“shine”). Cognate with Latin flamma (“flame, fire”) (< Proto-Italic *flagma < Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥g-mh₂-), Ancient Greek φλέγω (phlégō, “I burn”), Sanskrit भ्रज (bhrája, “fire, shining”), Italian brace (“embers, glowing coals”).

Verb

flagrō (present infinitive flagrāre, perfect active flagrāvī, supine flagrātum); first conjugation

1. to burn, blaze

   Synonyms: ūror, ārdeō, cōnflagrō, īnflammō, flammō, incendō, accendō, cremō, adoleō, caleō, dēflagrō, ferveō

   • 106 - 43 B.C.E. — Cicero, Letters to Atticus 7:17.4

     tōtam enim Italiam flagrātūram bellō intellegō.

     For I perceive that all Italy will be blazing with war.

Conjugation

• Passive forms are predominantly post-Classical.

   Conjugation of flagrō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	flagrō	flagrās	flagrat	flagrāmus	flagrātis	flagrant
	imperfect	flagrābam	flagrābās	flagrābat	flagrābāmus	flagrābātis	flagrābant
	future	flagrābō	flagrābis	flagrābit	flagrābimus	flagrābitis	flagrābunt
	perfect	flagrāvī	flagrāvistī	flagrāvit	flagrāvimus	flagrāvistis	flagrāvērunt, flagrāvēre
	pluperfect	flagrāveram	flagrāverās	flagrāverat	flagrāverāmus	flagrāverātis	flagrāverant
	future perfect	flagrāverō	flagrāveris	flagrāverit	flagrāverimus	flagrāveritis	flagrāverint
passive	present	flagror	flagrāris, flagrāre	flagrātur	flagrāmur	flagrāminī	flagrantur
	imperfect	flagrābar	flagrābāris, flagrābāre	flagrābātur	flagrābāmur	flagrābāminī	flagrābantur
	future	flagrābor	flagrāberis, flagrābere	flagrābitur	flagrābimur	flagrābiminī	flagrābuntur
	perfect	flagrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	flagrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	flagrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	flagrem	flagrēs	flagret	flagrēmus	flagrētis	flagrent
	imperfect	flagrārem	flagrārēs	flagrāret	flagrārēmus	flagrārētis	flagrārent
	perfect	flagrāverim	flagrāverīs	flagrāverit	flagrāverīmus	flagrāverītis	flagrāverint
	pluperfect	flagrāvissem	flagrāvissēs	flagrāvisset	flagrāvissēmus	flagrāvissētis	flagrāvissent
passive	present	flagrer	flagrēris, flagrēre	flagrētur	flagrēmur	flagrēminī	flagrentur
	imperfect	flagrārer	flagrārēris, flagrārēre	flagrārētur	flagrārēmur	flagrārēminī	flagrārentur
	perfect	flagrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	flagrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	flagrā	—	—	flagrāte	—
	future	—	flagrātō	flagrātō	—	flagrātōte	flagrantō
passive	present	—	flagrāre	—	—	flagrāminī	—
	future	—	flagrātor	flagrātor	—	—	flagrantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		flagrāre	flagrāvisse	flagrātūrum esse	flagrārī	flagrātum esse	flagrātum īrī
participles		flagrāns	—	flagrātūrus	—	flagrātus	flagrandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		flagrandī	flagrandō	flagrandum	flagrandō	flagrātum	flagrātū

Derived terms

• dēflagrō
• flagrāns
• īnflagrō

Related terms

• flāmen
• flamma
• flāvus
• fulgeō
• fulgur
• fulvus

Descendants

• → English: flagrate
• → French: flagrer
• → Italian: flagrare
• → Portuguese: flagrar
• → Spanish: flagrar

Further reading

• “flagro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “flagro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• flagro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be on fire, in flames: incendio flagrare, or simply conflagrare, ardere (Liv. 30. 7)
    
  • to be consumed by the fires of ambition: gloriae, laudis cupiditate incensum esse, flagrare
    
  • to long for a thing, yearn for it: desiderio alicuius rei teneri, affici (more strongly flagrare, incensum esse)
    
  • to be detested: invidia flagrare, premi
    
  • to have an ardent longing for a thing: cupiditate alicuius rei ardere, flagrare
    
  • everywhere the torch of war is flaming: omnia bello flagrant or ardent (Fam. 4. 1. 2)
    
• James Morwood (1997) Oxford Latin Minidictionary, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 107

Etymology 2

By dissimilation from fragrō.

Alternative forms

• fraglō, fragrō

Verb

flagrō (present infinitive flagrāre, perfect active flagrāvī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

2. Alternative form of fragrō
   • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 6.8:

     nam te non viduas iacere noctes
     nequiquam tacitum cubile clamat
     sertis(que) ac Syrio flagrans olivo,

     • 1987 translation by G. P. Goold

       For that you are not spending nights on your own the bed, vainly dumb, cries aloud, perfumed as it is with garlands and Syrian scent

Conjugation

   Conjugation of flagrō (first conjugation, no supine stem, active-only)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	flagrō	flagrās	flagrat	flagrāmus	flagrātis	flagrant
	imperfect	flagrābam	flagrābās	flagrābat	flagrābāmus	flagrābātis	flagrābant
	future	flagrābō	flagrābis	flagrābit	flagrābimus	flagrābitis	flagrābunt
	perfect	flagrāvī	flagrāvistī	flagrāvit	flagrāvimus	flagrāvistis	flagrāvērunt, flagrāvēre
	pluperfect	flagrāveram	flagrāverās	flagrāverat	flagrāverāmus	flagrāverātis	flagrāverant
	future perfect	flagrāverō	flagrāveris	flagrāverit	flagrāverimus	flagrāveritis	flagrāverint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	flagrem	flagrēs	flagret	flagrēmus	flagrētis	flagrent
	imperfect	flagrārem	flagrārēs	flagrāret	flagrārēmus	flagrārētis	flagrārent
	perfect	flagrāverim	flagrāverīs	flagrāverit	flagrāverīmus	flagrāverītis	flagrāverint
	pluperfect	flagrāvissem	flagrāvissēs	flagrāvisset	flagrāvissēmus	flagrāvissētis	flagrāvissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	flagrā	—	—	flagrāte	—
	future	—	flagrātō	flagrātō	—	flagrātōte	flagrantō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		flagrāre	flagrāvisse	—	—	—	—
participles		flagrāns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		flagrandī	flagrandō	flagrandum	flagrandō	—	—

Descendants

• Catalan: flairar
• French: flairer
• Occitan: flairar
• Old Galician-Portuguese: cheirar
  • Fala: cheiral, chiral
  • Galician: cheirar
  • Portuguese: cheirar (see there for further descendants)
• Sicilian: ciagurari (obsolete), ciaurari, ciaurijari

Portuguese

Verb

flagro

1. first-person singular present indicative of flagrar