Latin edit

Etymology edit

From prō- +‎ fluō (flow).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

prōfluō (present infinitive prōfluere, perfect active prōflūxī, supine prōflūxum); third conjugation, no passive

  1. (intransitive) to flow or run forth or along; discharge
  2. (intransitive) to be relaxed
  3. (intransitive, figuratively) to flow or spring forth, issue, proceed
  4. (intransitive, figuratively) to glide, proceed imperceptibly

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of prōfluō (third conjugation, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present prōfluō prōfluis prōfluit prōfluimus prōfluitis prōfluunt
imperfect prōfluēbam prōfluēbās prōfluēbat prōfluēbāmus prōfluēbātis prōfluēbant
future prōfluam prōfluēs prōfluet prōfluēmus prōfluētis prōfluent
perfect prōflūxī prōflūxistī prōflūxit prōflūximus prōflūxistis prōflūxērunt,
prōflūxēre
pluperfect prōflūxeram prōflūxerās prōflūxerat prōflūxerāmus prōflūxerātis prōflūxerant
future perfect prōflūxerō prōflūxeris prōflūxerit prōflūxerimus prōflūxeritis prōflūxerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present prōfluam prōfluās prōfluat prōfluāmus prōfluātis prōfluant
imperfect prōfluerem prōfluerēs prōflueret prōfluerēmus prōfluerētis prōfluerent
perfect prōflūxerim prōflūxerīs prōflūxerit prōflūxerīmus prōflūxerītis prōflūxerint
pluperfect prōflūxissem prōflūxissēs prōflūxisset prōflūxissēmus prōflūxissētis prōflūxissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present prōflue prōfluite
future prōfluitō prōfluitō prōfluitōte prōfluuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives prōfluere prōflūxisse prōflūxūrum esse
participles prōfluēns prōflūxūrus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
prōfluendī prōfluendō prōfluendum prōfluendō prōflūxum prōflūxū

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References edit

  • profluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • profluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • profluo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the Rhine rises in the Alps: Rhenus oritur or profluit ex Alpibus