LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, no passive

prōfluō

prōfluō (present infinitive prōfluere, perfect active prōflūxī, supine prōflūxum)
Classical[ˈproː.fɫu.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈprɔː.flu.o]

Meaning

  1. intransitiveto flow or run forth or along; discharge
  2. intransitiveto be relaxed
  3. figurativelyintransitiveto flow or spring forth, issue, proceed
  4. figurativelyintransitiveto glide, proceed imperceptibly

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.prōfluōprōfluēbamprōfluamprōflūxīprōflūxeramprōflūxerō
2nd sg.prōfluisprōfluēbāsprōfluēsprōflūxistīprōflūxerāsprōflūxeris
3rd sg.prōfluitprōfluēbatprōfluetprōflūxitprōflūxeratprōflūxerit
1st pl.prōfluimusprōfluēbāmusprōfluēmusprōflūximusprōflūxerāmusprōflūxerimus
2nd pl.prōfluitisprōfluēbātisprōfluētisprōflūxistisprōflūxerātisprōflūxeritis
3rd pl.prōfluuntprōfluēbantprōfluentprōflūxērunt
prōflūxēre		prōflūxerantprōflūxerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.prōfluamprōflueremprōflūxerimprōflūxissem
2nd sg.prōfluāsprōfluerēsprōflūxerīsprōflūxissēs
3rd sg.prōfluatprōflueretprōflūxeritprōflūxisset
1st pl.prōfluāmusprōfluerēmusprōflūxerīmusprōflūxissēmus
2nd pl.prōfluātisprōfluerētisprōflūxerītisprōflūxissētis
3rd pl.prōfluantprōfluerentprōflūxerintprōflūxissent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.prōflue—
pres. 2nd pl.prōfluite—
fut. 2nd sg.prōfluitō—
fut. 3rd sg.prōfluitō—
fut. 2nd pl.prōfluitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.prōfluuntō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveprōfluere—
perfect infinitiveprōflūxisse—
future infinitiveprōflūxūrum esse—
present participleprōfluēns
prōfluente, prōfluentem, prōfluentēs, prōfluentī, prōfluentia, prōfluentibus, prōfluentis, prōfluentīs, prōfluentium		—
future participleprōflūxūrus—
gerundprōfluendī, prōfluendō, prōfluendumsupineprōflūxum, prōflūxū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

aqua viva, profluens (opp. stagnum)
running water.
Rhenus oritur or profluit ex Alpibus
the Rhine rises in the Alps.

prō-flŭo, xi, xum, 3, v. n.,
I. to flow forth or along (class.).
I. Lit.: Mosa profluit ex monte Vogeso, Caes. B. G. 4, 10: si lacrimae ab oculis et pituita a naribus profluent, Col. 6, 7, 11: umor profluit, Verg. G. 4, 25: sanguis profluens, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38: sudor, Just. 15, 4, 17: per fossas, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 76: ad mare, Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100.—
B. Transf.
1. To cause a running or flow: gravedo profluit, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 51.—
2. To be relaxed: videndum est an adstrictum corpus sit, an profluat, Cels. 3, 6: si venter profluit, id. 3, 6.—
II. Trop., to flow forth, issue, proceed (class.): quae ab hoc fonte profluant, Varr. L. L. 8, § 62 Müll.: cujus ore sermo melle dulcior profluebat, Auct. Her. 4, 33, 44: equidem ab his fontibus profluxi ad hominum famam, Cic. Cael. 3, 6: ad incognitas artes, to proceed to, to fall or hit upon, Tac. A. 11, 26.— Hence, prōflŭens, entis, P. a., flowing along (class.).
A. Lit.: aqua profluens, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2.—
2. Subst.: prōflŭens, entis, f. (sc. aqua), running water (class.): in profluentem deferri, Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 149; cf. Auct. Her. 1, 13, 23; Flor. 1, 1, 2; 4, 12, 9.—
B. Trop., of speech, flowing, fluent: genus sermonis affert non liquidum, non fusum ac profluens, sed exile, aridum, concisum, Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159: profluens et perennis loquacitas, id. ib. 3, 48, 185: profluens atque expedita celeritas, id. Brut. 61, 220: profluens quiddam habuit Carbo et canorum, id. de Or. 3, 7, 28: eloquentia, Tac. A. 13, 3.—Sup.: manuum suarum profluentissima largitas, Arn. in Psa. 104.— Hence, adv.: prōflŭenter, flowingly; trop., easily (class.): ergo omnia profluenter, absolute, prospere, Cic. Tusc. 5, 18, 53. —Comp., of speech, more fluently (postclass.): profluentius exsequi, Gell. 14, 1, 32.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  5. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  6. Proto-Italic*pro-
  7. Latinprōfluō

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Latin prōfluō From prō- + fluō (“flow”).

Quick answers

What does prōfluō mean in Latin?
prōfluō, a verb, means “to flow or run forth or along; discharge; to be relaxed”.
What are the principal parts of prōfluō?
prōfluō, prōfluere, prōflūxī, prōflūxum (third conjugation, no passive).
How do you pronounce prōfluō?
In classical Latin, [ˈproː.fɫu.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈprɔː.flu.o].
Where does prōfluō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *pér → Proto-Indo-European *pró → Proto-Indo-European *pro- → Proto-Italic *pro- → Latin prōfluō.