verbthird conjugation, no supine stem, third person-only in the passive
effluō
effluō (present infinitive effluere, perfect active efflūxī)
Classical[ˈɛf.fɫu.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛf.flu.o]
Meaning
- intransitiveto flow or run forth or out; escape
- intransitiveusuallyto go out, issue forth
- intransitiveto vanish, disappear, melt away
- figurativelyintransitiveto pass away, vanish, disappear
- intransitiveto leak out, become known, transpire
- transitiveto cause to flow; to cause to escape
In the readers how our graded readers gloss it
flows away
effluit — in Seneca, ch. XXII
Conjugation conjugation 3 no-supine
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | effluō | effluēbam | effluam | efflūxī | efflūxeram | efflūxerō |
| 2nd sg. | effluis | effluēbās | effluēs | efflūxistī | efflūxerās | efflūxeris |
| 3rd sg. | effluit | effluēbat | effluet | efflūxit | efflūxerat | efflūxerit |
| 1st pl. | effluimus | effluēbāmus | effluēmus | efflūximus | efflūxerāmus | efflūxerimus |
| 2nd pl. | effluitis | effluēbātis | effluētis | efflūxistis | efflūxerātis | efflūxeritis |
| 3rd pl. | effluunt | effluēbant | effluent | efflūxērunt efflūxēre | efflūxerant | efflūxerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | effluam | effluerem | efflūxerim | efflūxissem |
| 2nd sg. | effluās | effluerēs | efflūxerīs | efflūxissēs |
| 3rd sg. | effluat | efflueret | efflūxerit | efflūxisset |
| 1st pl. | effluāmus | effluerēmus | efflūxerīmus | efflūxissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | effluātis | effluerētis | efflūxerītis | efflūxissētis |
| 3rd pl. | effluant | effluerent | efflūxerint | efflūxissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | effluitur | effluēbātur | effluētur |
| 1st pl. | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | effluuntur | effluēbantur | effluentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | effluātur | effluerētur |
| 1st pl. | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | effluantur | effluerentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | efflue | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | effluite | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | effluitō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | effluitō | effluitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | effluitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | effluuntō | effluuntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | effluere | effluī |
| perfect infinitive | efflūxisse | — |
| present participle | effluēns | — |
| future participle | — | effluendum |
gerundeffluendī, effluendō, effluendum
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- aliquid excidit e memoria, effluit, excidit ex animo
- a thing escapes, vanishes from the memory.
ef-flŭo, xi, 3, v. n. (and very rarely
I. a.), to flow or run out, to flow forth (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense).
I. Lit.:
facit effluere imbres, Lucr. 6, 512: una cum sanguine vita, Cic. Tusc. 2, 24 fin.: umor e cavis populi nigrae, Plin. 24, 8, 32, § 47: sucina petris, id. 37, 2, 11, § 35: amnis in oceanum, id. ib.: ne qua levis effluat aura, escape, Ov. M. 6, 233.—Poet.: ambrosiae et nectari' linctus, Lucr. 6, 971, v. Lachm. ad h. l.—B. Act.:
ne (amphorae) effluant vinum, Petr. 71, 11; cf. Claud. Prob. et Olyb. 52.—C. Transf., of non-fluid bodies, to go out, issue forth (poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
Epicuri figurae, quas e summis corporibus dicit effluere, Quint. 10, 2, 15 Spald.; cf. Gell. 5, 16, 3: effluit effuso cui toga laxa sinu, *Tib. 1, 6, 40 (dub.—Müll. et fluit); cf. Claud. IV. Cons. Honor. 208: manibus opus effluit, slips from, drops from, Lucr. 6, 795; cf. Ov. M. 3, 39; Curt. 8, 14.— 2. To vanish, disappear:
de pectore caedis notae, Ov. M. 6, 670; cf. * Suet. Aug. 97; Plin. 27, 13, 111, § 138.—II. Trop.: utrumque hoc falsum est: effluet, i. e. it will go abroad, become known = emanabit, * Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 41; cf.
Auct. Or. pro Domo, 46, 121: impropria interim effluunt, slip out, Quint. 10, 3, 20: tanta est intimorum multitudo, ut ex iis aliquis potius effluat, quam novo sit aditus, Cic. Fam. 6, 19, 2: ne effluant haec ab oculis tuis, Vulg. Prov. 3, 21.—2. To pass away, disappear, vanish (cf. I. B. 2.):
praeterita aetas quamvis longa cum effluxisset, Cic. de Sen. 2, 4; cf. id. ib. 19, 69; id. Att. 12, 43 fin.; Quint. 11, 2, 44: viso mens aegra effluxit hiatu, Sil. 6, 245; cf.: effluet in lacrimas, to melt, dissolve, Luc. 9, 106.—So esp. to escape from the memory: ut istuc veniam ante quam plane ex animo tuo effluo, am forgotten, Cic. Fam. 7, 14, 1; cf. id. Fin. 1, 12, 41; id. Brut. 61, 219; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 26; Ov. R. Am. 646.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
effluō (ecf-) fluxī, —, ere
ex + fluo, to flow out, flow forth, run out : cum sanguine vita: ne quā levis effluat aura, escape , O.: Effluxere urnae manibus, slipped from , O.—Fig., to transpire, become known : Utrumque hoc falsum est; effluet, T.: effluunt multa ex vestrā disciplinā.— To drop out, pass away, disappear, vanish : ex iis (intimis), be excluded : ex animo tuo, to be forgotten : quod totum effluxerat (sc. ex memoriā meā).
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latineffluō
Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Latin effluō From ex- (“out of”) + fluō (“flow”).
Descendants
- Catalanefluir
- Englisheffluent
- Frencheffluer
- Italianeffluire
- Portugueseefluir
- Spanishefluir
- Galicianefluír