verbfirst conjugation
flō
flō (present infinitive flāre, perfect active flāvī, supine flātum)
Classical[ˈfɫoː]Ecclesiastical[ˈflɔː]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- to breathe, blow
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
ventus flat: āera movet; zephyrus molliter flat.flō -āre — in Mille Verba, Caelum et Tempestātēs
(ventus) moveorflō -āre — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 6
ventus spīratflō -āre — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 5
blow
flō -āre — in De Bello Gallico II
Conjugation conjugation 1
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | flō | flābam | flābō | flāvī | flāveram | flāverō flārō |
| 2nd sg. | flās | flābās | flābis | flāvistī flāstī | flāverās flārās | flāveris |
| 3rd sg. | flat | flābat | flābit | flāvit | flāverat flārat | flāverit flārit |
| 1st pl. | flāmus | flābāmus | flābimus | flāvimus | flāverāmus | flāverimus flārimus |
| 2nd pl. | flātis | flābātis | flābitis | flāvistis flāstis | flāverātis flārātis | flāveritis flāritis |
| 3rd pl. | flant | flābant | flābunt | flāvērunt flāvēre, flārunt | flāverant flārant | flāverint flārint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | flem | flārem | flāverim flārim | flāvissem flāssem |
| 2nd sg. | flēs | flārēs | flāverīs | flāvissēs flāssēs |
| 3rd sg. | flet | flāret | flāverit flārit | flāvisset flāsset |
| 1st pl. | flēmus | flārēmus | flāverīmus flārīmus | flāvissēmus flāssēmus |
| 2nd pl. | flētis | flārētis | flāverītis flārītis | flāvissētis flāssētis |
| 3rd pl. | flent | flārent | flāverint flārint | flāvissent flāssent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | flor | flābar | flābor |
| 2nd sg. | flāris flāre | flābāris flābāre | flāberis flābere |
| 3rd sg. | flātur | flābātur | flābitur |
| 1st pl. | flāmur | flābāmur | flābimur |
| 2nd pl. | flāminī | flābāminī | flābiminī |
| 3rd pl. | flantur | flābantur | flābuntur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | fler | flārer |
| 2nd sg. | flēris flēre | flārēris flārēre |
| 3rd sg. | flētur | flārētur |
| 1st pl. | flēmur | flārēmur |
| 2nd pl. | flēminī | flārēminī |
| 3rd pl. | flentur | flārentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | flā | flāre |
| pres. 2nd pl. | flāte | flāminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | flātō | flātor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | flātō | flātor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | flātōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | flantō | flantor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | flāre | flārī |
| perfect infinitive | flāvisse flāsse | flātum esse |
| future infinitive | flātūrum esse | flātum īrī |
| present participle | flāns | — |
| perfect participle | — | flātus |
| future participle | flātūrus flātūra, flātūrā, flātūrae, flātūram, flātūrārum, flātūrās, flātūre, flātūrī, flātūrīs, flātūrō, flātūrōrum, flātūrōs, flātūrum | flandus flanda, flandā, flandae, flandam, flandārum, flandās, flande, flandīs, flandōrum, flandōs |
gerundflandī, flandō, flandumsupineflātum, flātū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- venti ab ortu solis flant
- the east winds are blowing.
- fortunae favore or prospero flatu fortunae uti (vid. sect. VI. 8., note uti...)
- to be favoured by Fortune; to bask in Fortune's smiles.
flo, flāvi, flātum, 1, v. n. and a.
I. [root fla-; Gr. ἐκ-φλαίνω, to stream forth; φλασμός, vain-glorying; hence, Lat. flatus, flabrum, etc., flos, flōreo, Flōra; Germ. blasen, blähen;
Eng. blow, bloom, blast, etc., Georg Curtius Gr. Etym. p. 301; cf. Grimm, Wörterb. s. v. blähen, blasen]. I. Neutr., to blow (class.; cf.:
spiro, halo): belle nobis flavit ab Epiro lenissimus ventus, Cic. Att. 7, 2, 1: corus ventus in his locis flare consuevit, Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 3; id. B. C. 3, 25, 1; 3, 26 fin.; Quint. 12, 10, 67; Ov. M. 7, 664: Etesiae contra fluvium flantes, Lucr. 6, 717: quinam flaturi sint venti, Plin. 3, 9, 14, § 94: inflexo Berecynthia tibia cornu Flabit, will blow, sound, Ov. F. 4, 181.—Prov.: simul flare sorbereque haud factu facile'st: ego hic esse et illic simitu hau potui, i. e. to do two opposite things at once, as we say, to blow hot and cold with the same breath, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 104.—II. Act., to blow, blow at, blow out, blow up, or blow away (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic.).
A. Lit.:
hieme anima, quae flatur, omnium apparet, which is emitted, Varr. L. L. 6, § 9 Müll.: Chimaera Ore foras acrem flaret de corpore flammam. Lucr. 5, 906: pulvis vento flatus, Auct. B. Afr. 52, 4: tibia flatur, is blown, Ov. F. 4, 341: Phrygius lapis flatur follibus, donec rubescat, is blown upon, Plin. 36, 19, 36, § 143.—2. Transf., to cast or coin metals by blowing:
aes antiquissimum, quod est flatum, pecore est notatum, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 9: flata signataque pecunia, Gell. 2, 10, 3.—Hence, the directors of the mint were called triumviri auro argento aeri flando feriundo (abbrev. III. VIRI A. A. A. F. F.), Inscr. Orell. 569; v. ferio.—B. Trop.:
omisso magna semper flandi tumore, of high-flown, bombastic talk, Quint. 12, 6, 5: spernere succina, flare rosas, Fulva monilia respuere, qs. to blow away, i. e. to despise, Prud. στεφ. 3, 21.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
flō flāvī, flātus, āre
FLA-, to blow : belle nobis Flavit ab Epiro ventus: scintillam flando accendere, L.: inflexo tibia cornu Flabit, sound , O.: classica, Pr.: tibia flatur, is blown , O.— To coin, mould, cast : ratio flandae pecuniae.
Origins
Possibly inherited from Proto-Italic *flāō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥h₁-yé-ti, from *bʰleh₁- (“to blow”). Cognate with English blow and more distantly with Old Armenian բեղուն (bełun, “fertile”) (< *bʰel-).