circumfluo

Latin

Etymology

From circum- (circum-) +‎ fluō (I flow).

Pronunciation

Verb

circumfluō (present infinitive circumfluere, perfect active circumflūxī, supine circumflūxum); third conjugation

  1. (transitive) to flow around something
  2. (intransitive) to flow around
  3. (figuratively) to flock around, encompass, surround
  4. (figuratively, with ablative) to be in rich in, abound in, overflow with
    Synonym: affluō

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: circonfluire
  • Portuguese: circunfluir

References

  • circumfluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • circumfluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • circumfluo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be very rich; to be in a position of affluence: omnibus opibus circumfluere