adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
circumfluus
circumfluus (feminine circumflua, neuter circumfluum)
Classical[kɪrˈkũː.fɫu.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[t͡ʃirˈkum.flu.us]
Meaning
- adjectiveflowing around
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | circumfluus | circumflua | circumfluum |
| genitive | circumfluī | circumfluae | circumfluī |
| dative | circumfluō | circumfluae | circumfluō |
| accusative | circumfluum | circumfluam | circumfluum |
| ablative | circumfluō | circumfluā | circumfluō |
| vocative | circumflue | circumflua | circumfluum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | circumfluī | circumfluae | circumflua |
| genitive | circumfluōrum | circumfluārum | circumfluōrum |
| dative | circumfluīs | circumfluīs | circumfluīs |
| accusative | circumfluōs | circumfluās | circumflua |
| ablative | circumfluīs | circumfluīs | circumfluīs |
| vocative | circumfluī | circumfluae | circumflua |
circumflŭus, a, um, adj. circumfluo (poet. or in post-Aug. prose).
I. Act., flowing around, circumfluent:
umor, Ov. M. 1, 30: amnis, id. ib. 15, 739: mare, Plin. 2, 66, 66, § 166.—More freq., II. Pass., flowed around, surrounded with water:
insula, Ov. M. 15, 624: tellus Hadriaco ponto, Luc. 4, 407: Carthago pelago, Sil. 15, 220: urbs Ponto, Val. Fl. 5, 442: campi Euphrate et Tigre, * Tac. A. 6, 37: omnis circumfluo ambitu Pontus est, Amm. 22, 8, 46.—B. In gen., surrounded, encircled:
chlamys limbo Maeonio, Stat. Th. 6, 540: genitrix gemmis, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 138.—Fig.: mens luxu, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 40.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
circumfluus adj.
circumfluo, flowing around, circumfluent: amnis, O. — Flowed around, surrounded with water: insula, O.: campi Tigre, Ta.
Origins
From circumfluō (“to flow around”) or -us (adjective forming suffix).