profluo Latin · revision 33037

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=la fluō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈproː.fɫu.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈprɔː.flu.o]^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Forms==

+ '''prōfluō''' (present infinitive prōfluere, perfect active prōflūxī, supine prōflūxum); third conjugation, no passive^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|prō-|fluō|t2=to flow]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Naevius has a man one of whose eyes ran from eating onions,^(OLD 2012) and Ennius, quoted by Cicero, blood flowing.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to flow forth or run out, of liquids: Cicero writes of a lake released flowing to the sea.^(OLD 2012) Of a river it is to rise, as Caesar's Meuse rising in the Vosges, and of water to flow freely, as Vitruvius' springs.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also to run or overflow with a liquid, and in Celsus of the bowels to be loose.^(OLD 2012) Of speech it is to flow readily: the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' has a man from whose mouth speech flowed sweeter than honey.^(OLD 2012) With ''ex'' or ''ab'' it is to spring or emanate from something, as in Cicero's ''De Oratore''.^(OLD 2012) Tacitus applies it to a person drifting into a course of conduct, as Messalina into unknown lusts.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it flow forth, run, issue.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius of a running eye.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of flowing blood.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a lake flowing to the sea.^(OLD 2012)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of the source of the Meuse.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus of drifting into lust.^(OLD 2012)

+

+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To flow forth, run out, [[m|en|discharge]]; of a river, to rise; to flow freely.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To run with a liquid; of the bowels, to be loose.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of speech, to flow readily.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To spring, [[m|en|emanate]], be derived.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of a person, to drift into a course of conduct.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Word family==

+ * [[prōfluentia]]

+ * [[profluus]]

+ * [[prōfluēns]]

+ * [[prōfluenter]]

+ * [[prōfluvium]]

+ * [[prōfluvius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fluo|alt=fluō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}