fluo

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH- (“to overflow”), possibly an extension of *bʰleh₁- (“to swell, blow”). The Latin form may have developed from earlier *flowō via vowel reduction (which was regular only in non-initial syllables, but may have been introduced to the simple verb by analogy with its compounds) from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleuH-(e/o).^[1] Alternatively, it may go back to Proto-Italic *flūō, from earlier *flūjō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti.^[2] Cognate with Ancient Greek φλέω (phléō, “to abound”), φλύω (phlúō, “to boil over”).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈflu.oː/, [ˈfɫ̪uoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈflu.o/, [ˈfluːo]

Verb edit

fluō (present infinitive fluere, perfect active flūxī, supine flūxum); third conjugation, no passive

to flow, stream, pour
Synonyms: fluitō, affluō, cōnfluō, īnfluō, praefluō, dēfluō, mānō
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 8.445:
  Fluit aes rīvīs aurīque metallum, vulnificusque chalybs vastā fornāce liquēscit.
  Bronze and golden ore flowed in streams, and steel, that deals wounds, melted in a vast furnace.
to be soaked in

Conjugation edit

The fourth principal part may also be flūctum.

Conjugation of fluō (third conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fluō	fluis	fluit	fluimus	fluitis	fluunt
	imperfect	fluēbam	fluēbās	fluēbat	fluēbāmus	fluēbātis	fluēbant
	future	fluam	fluēs	fluet	fluēmus	fluētis	fluent
	perfect	flūxī	flūxistī	flūxit	flūximus	flūxistis	flūxērunt, flūxēre
	pluperfect	flūxeram	flūxerās	flūxerat	flūxerāmus	flūxerātis	flūxerant
	future perfect	flūxerō	flūxeris	flūxerit	flūxerimus	flūxeritis	flūxerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fluam	fluās	fluat	fluāmus	fluātis	fluant
	imperfect	fluerem	fluerēs	flueret	fluerēmus	fluerētis	fluerent
	perfect	flūxerim	flūxerīs	flūxerit	flūxerīmus	flūxerītis	flūxerint
	pluperfect	flūxissem	flūxissēs	flūxisset	flūxissēmus	flūxissētis	flūxissent
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	flue	—	—	fluite	—
active	future	—	fluitō	fluitō	—	fluitōte	fluuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		fluere	flūxisse	flūxūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		fluēns	—	flūxūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		fluendī	fluendō	fluendum	fluendō	flūxum	flūxū

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Note: this verb has no inherited descendants.

→ Catalan: fluir
→ Esperanto: flui
→ English: fluid, flux
→ French: fluer
→ Ido: fluar
→ Italian: fluire
→ Portuguese: fluir
→ Spanish: fluir

References edit

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “fluō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 228
^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 535

Portuguese edit

Verb edit

fluo

first-person singular present indicative of fluir

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “fluō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 228

[2] Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 535

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