verbthird conjugation, no passive
refluō
refluō (present infinitive refluere, perfect active reflūxī, supine reflūxum)
Classical[ˈrɛ.fɫu.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈrɛː.flu.o]
Meaning
- intransitiveto flow or run back or off; ebb; overflow
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | refluō | refluēbam | refluam | reflūxī | reflūxeram | reflūxerō |
| 2nd sg. | refluis | refluēbās | refluēs | reflūxistī | reflūxerās | reflūxeris |
| 3rd sg. | refluit | refluēbat | refluet | reflūxit | reflūxerat | reflūxerit |
| 1st pl. | refluimus | refluēbāmus | refluēmus | reflūximus | reflūxerāmus | reflūxerimus |
| 2nd pl. | refluitis | refluēbātis | refluētis | reflūxistis | reflūxerātis | reflūxeritis |
| 3rd pl. | refluunt | refluēbant | refluent | reflūxērunt reflūxēre | reflūxerant | reflūxerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | refluam | refluerem | reflūxerim | reflūxissem |
| 2nd sg. | refluās | refluerēs | reflūxerīs | reflūxissēs |
| 3rd sg. | refluat | reflueret | reflūxerit | reflūxisset |
| 1st pl. | refluāmus | refluerēmus | reflūxerīmus | reflūxissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | refluātis | refluerētis | reflūxerītis | reflūxissētis |
| 3rd pl. | refluant | refluerent | reflūxerint | reflūxissent |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | reflue | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | refluite | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | refluitō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | refluitō | — |
| fut. 2nd pl. | refluitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | refluuntō | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | refluere | — |
| perfect infinitive | reflūxisse | — |
| future infinitive | reflūxūrum esse | — |
| present participle | refluēns | — |
| future participle | reflūxūrus refluxūra, refluxūrā, refluxūrae, refluxūram, refluxūrārum, refluxūrās, refluxūre, refluxūrī, refluxūrīs, refluxūrō, refluxūrōrum, refluxūrōs, refluxūrum | — |
gerundrefluendī, refluendō, refluendumsupinereflūxum, reflūxū
rĕ-flŭo, ĕre, v. n.,
I. to flow or run back; to flow off, overflow (poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
Maeandros ambiguo lapsu refluitque fluitque, Ov. M. 8, 163: refluit amnis, Verg. A. 8, 240; cf. unda, id. ib. 8, 87; id. G. 4, 262: Nilus campis, id. A. 9, 32. — Of the tide, Plin. 2, 97, 99, § 213.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
re-fluō —, —, ere,
to flow back, flow off, overflow: Maeandros ambiguo lapsu refluitque fluitque, O.: refluit amnis, V.
Origins
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinrefluō
Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Latin refluō From re- (“back”) + fluō (“flow”).
Descendants
- Catalanrefluir
- Englishreflow
- Englishreflux
- Frenchrefluer
- Italianrifluire
- Portugueserefluir
- Spanishrefluir
In English words that came into English from refluō
- refluentrefluens