verbthird conjugation, no passive
diffluō
diffluō (present infinitive diffluere, perfect active difflūxī, supine difflūxum)
Classical[ˈdɪf.fɫu.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈdif.flu.o]
Meaning
- intransitiveto flow or run or shed away or in different directions
- intransitiveto dissolve, melt away, disappear
- figurativelyintransitiveto be dissolved in, abandoned to, waste away
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | diffluō | diffluēbam | diffluam | difflūxī | difflūxeram | difflūxerō |
| 2nd sg. | diffluis | diffluēbās | diffluēs | difflūxistī | difflūxerās | difflūxeris |
| 3rd sg. | diffluit | diffluēbat | diffluet | difflūxit | difflūxerat | difflūxerit |
| 1st pl. | diffluimus | diffluēbāmus | diffluēmus | difflūximus | difflūxerāmus | difflūxerimus |
| 2nd pl. | diffluitis | diffluēbātis | diffluētis | difflūxistis | difflūxerātis | difflūxeritis |
| 3rd pl. | diffluunt | diffluēbant | diffluent | difflūxērunt difflūxēre | difflūxerant | difflūxerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | diffluam | diffluerem | difflūxerim | difflūxissem |
| 2nd sg. | diffluās | diffluerēs | difflūxerīs | difflūxissēs |
| 3rd sg. | diffluat | difflueret | difflūxerit | difflūxisset |
| 1st pl. | diffluāmus | diffluerēmus | difflūxerīmus | difflūxissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | diffluātis | diffluerētis | difflūxerītis | difflūxissētis |
| 3rd pl. | diffluant | diffluerent | difflūxerint | difflūxissent |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | difflue | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | diffluite | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | diffluitō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | diffluitō | — |
| fut. 2nd pl. | diffluitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | diffluuntō | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | diffluere | — |
| perfect infinitive | difflūxisse | — |
| future infinitive | difflūxūrum esse | — |
| present participle | diffluēns | — |
| future participle | difflūxūrus | — |
gerunddiffluendī, diffluendō, diffluendumsupinedifflūxum, difflūxū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- otio diffluere
- to grow slack with inactivity, stagnate.
- deliciis diffluere
- to wanton in the pleasures of sense.
- flumen extra ripas diffluit
- the river is over its banks, is in flood.
- omnium rerum copia diffluere
- to be abandoned to a life of excess.
- luxuria diffluere (Off. 1. 30. 106)
- to be abandoned to a life of excess.
dif-flŭo, ĕre,
I. v. n., to flow in different directions, to flow away (class.; repeatedly in Lucr.—cf.: laxo, rescindo, solvo).
I. Lit.:
diffluere humorem cernis, Lucr. 3, 436; cf.: ut nos quasi extra ripas diffluentes coerceret, Cic. Brut. 91 fin.; cf.: in plures partes (Rhenus), divides itself, Caes. B. G. 4, 10, 4: ut ab summo tibi diffluat altus acervus, Lucr. 3, 198.—Poet., of that from which any thing flows: duo juvenes, Sudore multo diffluentes, dripping with perspiration, Phaedr. 4, 25, 23; so, sudore, Plin. 21, 13, 44, § 75.—2. Transf., to dissolve, melt away, disappear:
privata cibo natura animantum Diffluit amittens corpus, Lucr. 1, 1038: juga montium diffluunt, Sen. Ep. 91, p. 19 Bip.; so, to be wasted, Amm. 15, 8, 18.—II. Trop., to be dissolved in, abandoned to:
luxuriā et lasciviā, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 72: luxuriā, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106: luxu et inertia, Col. 12 prooem. § 9, for which, in luxum, Prud: Symm. 1, 125: deliciis, Cic. Lael. 15; cf.: otio diffluentes, id. de Or. 3, 32 fin.: luxu, id. Tusc. 2, 22, 52; cf. risu, App. M. 3, p. 132.—In rhet.: diffluens ac solutum, loose, not periodic, Cic. Or. 70; 233; cf.: verbis humidis et lapsantibus diffluere, Gell. 1, 15.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
diffluō fluxī, —, ere
dis- + fluo, to flow in different directions, flow away : in plurīs partīs (Rhenus), branches , Cs.; cf. nos quasi extra ripas diffluentīs coercere.— To be dissolved : iecur, L.: sudore, Ph.— To be abandoned to : luxuriā et lasciviā, T.: deliciis: vires tempus ingenium diffluxere, wasted away , S. — In rhet.: diffluens ac solutum, loose, not periodic .
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Latindiffluō
Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Latin diffluō From dis- + fluō (“flow”).
Descendants
- Catalandifluir
- Frenchdiffluer
- Portuguesedifluir
- Spanishdifluir