profluo

Latin

Etymology

From prō- +‎ fluō (“flow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈproː.flu.oː/, [ˈproːfɫ̪uoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.flu.o/, [ˈprɔːfluo]

Verb

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

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

Derived terms

• prōfluēns
• prōfluenter
• prōfluentia
• prōfluus
• prōfluvium
• prōfluvius

Related terms

• affluō
• circumfluō
• cōnfluō
• dēfluō
• diffluō
• effluō
• fluō
• īnfluō
• interfluō
• perfluō
• praefluō
• praeterfluō
• refluō
• subterfluō
• superfluō
• trānsfluō

References

• “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, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the Rhine rises in the Alps: Rhenus oritur or profluit ex Alpibus