infundo

infundo

Latin

Etymology

    From in- + fundō.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    īnfundō (present infinitive īnfundere, perfect active īnfūdī, supine īnfūsum); third conjugation

    1. to pour in, into, on, upon, or down upon, forth, infuse
      • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.122:
        “[...] dēsuper īnfundam, et tonitrū caelum omne ciēbō.”
        “[...] I will pour down [heavy rain and hail] from above, and I will shake all the sky with thunder.”
        (Juno will send a thunderstorm to disrupt the hunting party.)

    Conjugation

    Descendants

    • Catalan: enfondre
    • Italian: infondere
    • Sicilian: nfùnniri
    • Catalan: infondre
    • English: infound, infuse
    • French: infondre
    • Portuguese: infundir
    • Spanish: infundir

    References

    • infundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • infundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • infundo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

    Portuguese

    Verb

    infundo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of infundir

    Spanish

    Verb

    infundo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of infundir