conflo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *flāōder.

Latin flō

Latin cōnflō

From con- + flō (“breathe, blow”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkõː.fɫoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔɱ.flo]

Verb

cōnflō (present infinitive cōnflāre, perfect active cōnflāvī, supine cōnflātum); first conjugation

to kindle (a fire)
to forge, fuse or melt (metal)
to refine or purify
to inflame (passions)
to bring together

Conjugation

Conjugation of cōnflō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	cōnflō	cōnflās		cōnflat	cōnflāmus	cōnflātis		cōnflant
	imperfect	cōnflābam	cōnflābās		cōnflābat	cōnflābāmus	cōnflābātis		cōnflābant
	future	cōnflābō	cōnflābis		cōnflābit	cōnflābimus	cōnflābitis		cōnflābunt
	perfect	cōnflāvī	cōnflāvistī		cōnflāvit	cōnflāvimus	cōnflāvistis		cōnflāvērunt, cōnflāvēre
	pluperfect	cōnflāveram	cōnflāverās		cōnflāverat	cōnflāverāmus	cōnflāverātis		cōnflāverant
	future perfect	cōnflāverō	cōnflāveris		cōnflāverit	cōnflāverimus	cōnflāveritis		cōnflāverint
passive	present	cōnflor	cōnflāris, cōnflāre		cōnflātur	cōnflāmur	cōnflāminī		cōnflantur
	imperfect	cōnflābar	cōnflābāris, cōnflābāre		cōnflābātur	cōnflābāmur	cōnflābāminī		cōnflābantur
	future	cōnflābor	cōnflāberis, cōnflābere		cōnflābitur	cōnflābimur	cōnflābiminī		cōnflābuntur
	perfect	cōnflātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnflātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnflātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	cōnflem	cōnflēs		cōnflet	cōnflēmus	cōnflētis		cōnflent
	imperfect	cōnflārem	cōnflārēs		cōnflāret	cōnflārēmus	cōnflārētis		cōnflārent
	perfect	cōnflāverim	cōnflāverīs		cōnflāverit	cōnflāverīmus	cōnflāverītis		cōnflāverint
	pluperfect	cōnflāvissem	cōnflāvissēs		cōnflāvisset	cōnflāvissēmus	cōnflāvissētis		cōnflāvissent
passive	present	cōnfler	cōnflēris, cōnflēre		cōnflētur	cōnflēmur	cōnflēminī		cōnflentur
	imperfect	cōnflārer	cōnflārēris, cōnflārēre		cōnflārētur	cōnflārēmur	cōnflārēminī		cōnflārentur
	perfect	cōnflātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōnflātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	cōnflā		—	—	cōnflāte		—
active	future	—	cōnflātō		cōnflātō	—	cōnflātōte		cōnflantō
passive	present	—	cōnflāre		—	—	cōnflāminī		—
passive	future	—	cōnflātor		cōnflātor	—	—		cōnflantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		cōnflāre		cōnflārī		cōnflāns		—
future		cōnflātūrum esse		cōnflātum īrī		cōnflātūrus		cōnflandus
perfect		cōnflāvisse		cōnflātum esse		—		cōnflātus
future perfect		—		cōnflātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		cōnflātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		cōnflandī	cōnflandō		cōnflandum	cōnflandō	cōnflātum		cōnflātū

Derived terms

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Corsican: gunfià
- Italian: gonfiare, cuffiare (archaic)
- Sicilian: vunchiari, vunciari
Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: confllar, gonfllar
- French: gonfler
  - → Romanian: gonfla
Borrowings:
- → English: conflate, gumfiate
- → Italian: conflare

References

“conflo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“conflo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“conflo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to endanger, imperil a person or thing: alicui periculum creare, conflare
- to incur ignominy: infamiam concipere, subire, sibi conflare
- to incur a person's hatred: alicuius odium subire, suscipere, in se convertere, sibi conflare
- to make a person odious, unpopular: invidiam alicui conflare (Catil. 1. 9. 23)
- to incur debts on a large scale: grande, magnum (opp. exiguum) aes alienum conflare
- to kindle a war: bellum conflare (Fam. 5. 2. 8)