afflo

afflo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From ad- (to, towards) + flō (breathe, blow).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    afflō (present infinitive afflāre, perfect active afflāvī, supine afflātum); first conjugation

    1. to blow, breathe (on or towards)
      Afflavit Deus et dissipantur.
      God blew [His wind] and they were scattered.

    Conjugation

    Descendants

    (Note: the inherited Romance forms mean "to find" or similar, a sense that seems to have developed in a hunting context.)

    • Ibero-Romance:
      • Old Galician-Portuguese: achar
        • Galician: achar
        • Portuguese: achar (see there for further descendants)
      • Old Leonese: ffallar, affallar
      • Old Spanish: fallar
    • Rhaeto-Romance:
      • Romansh: anflar
    • Italo-Romance:
    • Balkano-Romance:
    • Vulgar Latin:
    • Borrowings:

    References

    • afflo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • afflo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.