affluo

affluo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From ad- + fluō (flow).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    affluō (present infinitive affluere, perfect active afflūxī, supine afflūxum); third conjugation, impersonal in the passive

    1. to flow, run or float to, towards or in
      Synonyms: fluitō, fluō, cōnfluō, īnfluō, praefluō, dēfluō, mānō
    2. (of persons) to come to in haste; run, hasten or flock to or towards
      Synonyms: ruō, currō, accurrō, trepidō, festīnō, prōvolō, prōripiō, properō, corripiō, mātūrō, prōsiliō
      Antonyms: retardō, cūnctor, moror, dubitō, prōtrahō, trahō, differō
    3. (with ablative) to flow with something in rich abundance, overflow with, abound in, have in abundance
      Synonyms: flōreō, abundō, niteō, supersum, superfluō
      Antonyms: dēsum, egeō, deficiō, indigeō, dēlinquō, careō, cessō, perdō

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Catalan: afluir
    • French: affluer
    • Italian: affluire
    • Norman: affliouer (Jersey)
    • Portuguese: afluir
    • Romanian: aflui
    • Spanish: afluir

    References

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