noun · masculinethird declension
cōnfluēns
cōnfluēns m (genitive cōnfluentis)
Classical[ˈkõː.fɫu.ẽːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈkɔɱ.flu.ens]
Meaning
- a confluence (place where two rivers unite)
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cōnfluēns | cōnfluentēs |
| genitive | cōnfluentis | cōnfluentum |
| dative | cōnfluentī | cōnfluentibus |
| accusative | cōnfluentem | cōnfluentēs |
| ablative | cōnfluente | cōnfluentibus |
| vocative | cōnfluēns | cōnfluentēs |
conflŭens and conflŭentes, v. confluo, I. B.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
cōnfluēns entis, m
P. of confluo, a place of union, confluence, junction, forks: ad confluentem Mosae et Rheni, Cs.: ad confluentes conlocat, etc., L.
Origins
Present participle of cōnfluō (“to flow or run together”), from cōn- (“with, together”) + fluō (“to flow”).
Learned borrowings
- Englishconfluent
- Frenchconfluent
In English words that came into English from cōnfluēns
- confluencecōnfluentia
- confluentcōnfluēns