profluo

profluo

Latin

Etymology

    From prō- + fluō (flow).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    prōfluō (present infinitive prōfluere, perfect active prōflūxī, supine prōflūxum); third conjugation, no passive

    1. (intransitive) to flow or run forth or along; discharge
    2. (intransitive) to be relaxed
    3. (intransitive, figuratively) to flow or spring forth, issue, proceed
    4. (intransitive, figuratively) to glide, proceed imperceptibly

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    References

    • profluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • profluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • profluo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • the Rhine rises in the Alps: Rhenus oritur or profluit ex Alpibus