inflammo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.

Proto-Italic *flagmā

Latin flamma

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin flammō

Latin īnflammō

From in- + flammō (“blaze, burn”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ĩːˈfɫam.moː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iɱˈflam.mo]

Verb

īnflammō (present infinitive īnflammāre, perfect active īnflammāvī, supine īnflammātum); first conjugation

to ignite, inflame
Synonyms: ūrō, flammō, cōnflagrō, flagrō, incendō, accendō, ārdeō, cremō, adoleō
(figuratively) to excite, inflame, enkindle, set afire or on fire, ignite
Synonyms: excitō, īnstīgō, īnstinguō, exciō, irrītō, stimulō, sollicitō, percieō, concieō, cieō, concitō, impellō, urgeō, incendō, moveō, mōlior, adhortor, ērigō

Antonyms: domō, lēniō, sōpiō, sēdō, dēlēniō, restinguō, plācō, coërceō, mītigō, commītigō, ēlevō, levō, allevō, alleviō
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.54:
  Hīs dictīs incēnsum animum īnflammāvit amōre, [...].”
  [Anna] spoke these [words, and Dido’s] soul, [already] having been sparked, [was now] afire with love [for Aeneas], [...].

Conjugation

Conjugation of īnflammō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	īnflammō	īnflammās		īnflammat	īnflammāmus	īnflammātis		īnflammant
	imperfect	īnflammābam	īnflammābās		īnflammābat	īnflammābāmus	īnflammābātis		īnflammābant
	future	īnflammābō	īnflammābis		īnflammābit	īnflammābimus	īnflammābitis		īnflammābunt
	perfect	īnflammāvī	īnflammāvistī		īnflammāvit	īnflammāvimus	īnflammāvistis		īnflammāvērunt, īnflammāvēre
	pluperfect	īnflammāveram	īnflammāverās		īnflammāverat	īnflammāverāmus	īnflammāverātis		īnflammāverant
	future perfect	īnflammāverō	īnflammāveris		īnflammāverit	īnflammāverimus	īnflammāveritis		īnflammāverint
passive	present	īnflammor	īnflammāris, īnflammāre		īnflammātur	īnflammāmur	īnflammāminī		īnflammantur
	imperfect	īnflammābar	īnflammābāris, īnflammābāre		īnflammābātur	īnflammābāmur	īnflammābāminī		īnflammābantur
	future	īnflammābor	īnflammāberis, īnflammābere		īnflammābitur	īnflammābimur	īnflammābiminī		īnflammābuntur
	perfect	īnflammātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	īnflammātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	īnflammātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	īnflammem	īnflammēs		īnflammet	īnflammēmus	īnflammētis		īnflamment
	imperfect	īnflammārem	īnflammārēs		īnflammāret	īnflammārēmus	īnflammārētis		īnflammārent
	perfect	īnflammāverim	īnflammāverīs		īnflammāverit	īnflammāverīmus	īnflammāverītis		īnflammāverint
	pluperfect	īnflammāvissem	īnflammāvissēs		īnflammāvisset	īnflammāvissēmus	īnflammāvissētis		īnflammāvissent
passive	present	īnflammer	īnflammēris, īnflammēre		īnflammētur	īnflammēmur	īnflammēminī		īnflammentur
	imperfect	īnflammārer	īnflammārēris, īnflammārēre		īnflammārētur	īnflammārēmur	īnflammārēminī		īnflammārentur
	perfect	īnflammātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	īnflammātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	īnflammā		—	—	īnflammāte		—
active	future	—	īnflammātō		īnflammātō	—	īnflammātōte		īnflammantō
passive	present	—	īnflammāre		—	—	īnflammāminī		—
passive	future	—	īnflammātor		īnflammātor	—	—		īnflammantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		īnflammāre		īnflammārī		īnflammāns		—
future		īnflammātūrum esse		īnflammātum īrī		īnflammātūrus		īnflammandus
perfect		īnflammāvisse		īnflammātum esse		—		īnflammātus
future perfect		—		īnflammātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		īnflammātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		īnflammandī	īnflammandō		īnflammandum	īnflammandō	īnflammātum		īnflammātū

Derived terms

Related terms

flammō

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: infiammare
Gallo-Romance:
- >? Old French: enflamer (see there for further descendants)

Borrowings:

→ Catalan: inflamar
→ Galician: inflamar
→ Portuguese: inflamar
→ Romanian: inflama
→ Spanish: inflamar

References

“inflammo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“inflammo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“inflammo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to set fire to a city: inflammare urbem
- to kindle ambition in some one's mind: aliquem cupiditate honorum inflammare (or aliquem ad cupiditatem honorum inflammare)
- to make an impression on one's audience: animos audientium permovere, inflammare
- to kindle hatred in a person's heart; to fill some one with hatred (not implere, vid. sect. IX. 2, note gaudio...): odium alicuius inflammare
- to become furious: furore inflammari, incendi
- to rouse a person's interest, cupidity: aliquem cupiditate inflammare
- (ambiguous) to be fired with love: amore captum, incensum, inflammatum esse, ardere
- (ambiguous) to be fired with a passionate hatred: odio inflammatum, accensum esse
- (ambiguous) to be fired with rage: iracundia inflammatum esse
- (ambiguous) to be fired with desire of a thing: cupiditate alicuius rei accensum, inflammatum esse