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verbfirst conjugation

cōnflō

cōnflō (present infinitive cōnflāre, perfect active cōnflāvī, supine cōnflātum)
Classical[ˈkõː.fɫoː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkɔɱ.flo]

Meaning

  1. to kindle (a fire)
  2. to forge, fuse or melt (metal)
  3. to refine or purify
  4. to inflame (passions)
  5. to bring together

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.cōnflōcōnflābamcōnflābōcōnflāvīcōnflāveramcōnflāverō
cōnflārō
2nd sg.cōnflāscōnflābāscōnflābiscōnflāvistī
cōnflāstī		cōnflāverās
cōnflārās		cōnflāveris
3rd sg.cōnflatcōnflābatcōnflābitcōnflāvitcōnflāverat
cōnflārat		cōnflāverit
cōnflārit
1st pl.cōnflāmuscōnflābāmuscōnflābimuscōnflāvimuscōnflāverāmuscōnflāverimus
cōnflārimus
2nd pl.cōnflātiscōnflābātiscōnflābitiscōnflāvistis
cōnflāstis		cōnflāverātis
cōnflārātis		cōnflāveritis
cōnflāritis
3rd pl.cōnflantcōnflābantcōnflābuntcōnflāvērunt
cōnflāvēre, cōnflārunt		cōnflāverant
cōnflārant		cōnflāverint
cōnflārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.cōnflemcōnflāremcōnflāverim
cōnflārim		cōnflāvissem
cōnflāssem
2nd sg.cōnflēscōnflārēscōnflāverīscōnflāvissēs
cōnflāssēs
3rd sg.cōnfletcōnflāretcōnflāverit
cōnflārit		cōnflāvisset
cōnflāsset
1st pl.cōnflēmuscōnflārēmuscōnflāverīmus
cōnflārīmus		cōnflāvissēmus
cōnflāssēmus
2nd pl.cōnflētiscōnflārētiscōnflāverītis
cōnflārītis		cōnflāvissētis
cōnflāssētis
3rd pl.cōnflentcōnflārentcōnflāverint
cōnflārint		cōnflāvissent
cōnflāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.cōnflorcōnflābarcōnflābor
2nd sg.cōnflāris
cōnflāre		cōnflābāris
cōnflābāre		cōnflāberis
cōnflābere
3rd sg.cōnflāturcōnflābāturcōnflābitur
1st pl.cōnflāmurcōnflābāmurcōnflābimur
2nd pl.cōnflāminīcōnflābāminīcōnflābiminī
3rd pl.cōnflanturcōnflābanturcōnflābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.cōnflercōnflārer
2nd sg.cōnflēris
cōnflēre		cōnflārēris
cōnflārēre
3rd sg.cōnflēturcōnflārētur
1st pl.cōnflēmurcōnflārēmur
2nd pl.cōnflēminīcōnflārēminī
3rd pl.cōnflenturcōnflārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.cōnflācōnflāre
pres. 2nd pl.cōnflātecōnflāminī
fut. 2nd sg.cōnflātōcōnflātor
fut. 3rd sg.cōnflātōcōnflātor
fut. 2nd pl.cōnflātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.cōnflantōcōnflantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivecōnflārecōnflārī
perfect infinitivecōnflāvisse
cōnflāsse, cōnflisse		cōnflātum esse
future infinitivecōnflātūrum essecōnflātum īrī
present participlecōnflāns—
perfect participle—cōnflātus
cōnflāta, cōnflātā, cōnflātae, cōnflātam, cōnflātārum, cōnflātās, cōnflātī, cōnflātōrum, cōnflātōs
future participlecōnflātūrus
cōnflātūra, cōnflātūrā, cōnflātūrae, cōnflātūram, cōnflātūrārum, cōnflātūrās, cōnflātūre, cōnflātūrī, cōnflātūrīs, cōnflātūrō, cōnflātūrōrum, cōnflātūrōs, cōnflātūrum		cōnflandus
cōnflanda, cōnflandā, cōnflandae, cōnflandam, cōnflandārum, cōnflandās, cōnflande, cōnflandīs, cōnflandōrum, cōnflandōs
gerundcōnflandī, cōnflandō, cōnflandumsupinecōnflātum, cōnflātū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

bellum conflare (Fam. 5. 2. 8)
to kindle a war.
alicui periculum creare, conflare
to endanger, imperil a person or thing.
infamiam concipere, subire, sibi conflare
to incur ignominy.
invidiam alicui conflare (Catil. 1. 9. 23)
to make a person odious, unpopular.
grande, magnum (opp. exiguum) aes alienum conflare
to incur debts on a large scale.
alicuius odium subire, suscipere, in se convertere, sibi conflare
to incur a person's hatred.

con-flo, āvi, ātum, 1,
I. v. a., to blow together, to blow up, stir up.
I. Of fire, to kindle, light.
A. Prop.: ignem, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 59; Plin. 35, 11, 40, §§ 138 and 143: incendium, Liv. 26, 27, 6.—In medic. lang.: intestina conflata, inflamed, Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 2, 18.—
B. Trop.
1. Of the passions, to kindle, inflame: conflatus amore Ignis, Lucr. 1, 474: invidiam inimico, Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 23; id. Cael. 12, 29; Sall. C. 49, 4: conjurationem, Suet. Ner. 36: cf.: ingens ac terribile bellum, Vell. 2, 55; cf. Flor. 1, 24, 1.—
2. In gen., to bring about, effect, accomplish, bring together, raise, procure; to produce, cause, occasion, etc. (a favorite trope in Cic. and the histt.): quibus ex rebus conflatur et efficitur id, quod quaerimus, honestum, Cic. Off. 1, 4, 14; cf. id. Cael. 5, 12: ut una ex duabus naturis conflata videatur, id. N. D. 2, 39, 100: saepe ex Malo principio magna familiaritas Conflata est, Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 36: rem divitiasque sanguine civili, Lucr. 3, 70: sensum communibus motibus, id. 3, 335; cf.: consensus conspirans et paene conflatus, melted together, united, Cic. Lig. 12, 34: testes odio, invidiā, gratiā, pecuniā, Quint. 5, 7, 23: injuriam novo scelere, Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 1: exercitum, id. Phil. 4, 6, 15; Vell. 2, 74, 2; Flor. 3, 19, 10: pecuniam, Cic. Sest. 30, 66: aes alienum grande, Sall. C. 14, 2; 24, 3: accusationem et judicium, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 47, § 116; cf. judicia, Liv. 3, 36, 8: egestatem rei familiaris luxuriā, Flor. 4, 1, 1: cladem hominum generi, Lucr. 6, 1091: alicui periculum, Cic. Sull. 4, 13: alicui negotium, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 135: in se tantum crimen, id. ib. 2, 2, 29, § 73.—
II. Meton. (causa pro effectu), to melt, fuse metals, etc., to melt down (most freq. after the Aug. per.): argentum, aes Cyprium et sulphur in fictili, Plin. 33, 9, 46, § 131; 7, 56, 57, § 197: argentum (fulmine), Sen. Q. N. 2, 31, 1; Dig. 41, 1, 7, § 8: simulacra ex argento et auro fabricata, Suet. Ner. 32: argenteas statuas, id. Aug. 52; Plin. 34, 6, 14, § 30: vasa aurea, Suet. Aug. 71: coronam auream, id. Galb. 12: falces in ensem, Verg. G. 1, 508: victorias aureas in usum belli, Quint. 9, 2, 92: vitrum, i. e. make glass, Hadr. Imp. ap. Vop. Saturn. 8, 6.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincōnflō

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”).

Borrowings
  • Englishconflate
  • Englishgumfiate
  • Italianconflare
Italo-Romance
  • Italiangonfiare
  • Italiancuffiare
  • Corsicangunfià
  • Sicilianvunchiari
  • Sicilianvunciari
Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchgonfler
  • Romaniangonflafrom French gonfler
  • Franco-Provençalconfllar, gonfllar

Quick answers

What does cōnflō mean in Latin?
cōnflō, a verb, means “to kindle (a fire); to forge, fuse or melt (metal); to refine or purify”.
What are the principal parts of cōnflō?
cōnflō, cōnflāre, cōnflāvī, cōnflātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce cōnflō?
In classical Latin, [ˈkõː.fɫoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkɔɱ.flo].
Where does cōnflō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Italic *kom- → Latin cōnflō.