perflo Latin · revision 35996

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=la flō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈpɛr.fɫoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈpɛr.flo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''perflō''' (present infinitive perflāre, perfect active perflāvī, supine perflātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|per-|flō|t2=to blow]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan lists ⟨perflāre⟩ “to blow through” among the derivatives of the simple verb, which he traces, with a question mark, to [[ine-pro|*bʰleh₁-|t=to blow]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL records it from Lucretius, Cicero and Varro on.^(TLL) Lucretius uses it of winds blowing through the clouds: ''cum venti nubila perflant''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is mostly said of winds that sweep over land or sea: Cicero speaks of hills that are swept by the wind and give shade to the valleys, and Virgil of winds that sweep the lands with a whirlwind.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Writers on farming use it of air currents blowing through a building or the soil: Varro, Columella and Pliny the Elder want granaries open to the wind.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Lucan uses it once of carrying something by blowing,^(OLD 2012) and Celsus and Columella use it intransitively of a wind that blows steadily, such as the west wind in summer.^(OLD 2012) Silius Italicus applies it figuratively to a braggart who blasts the ears of the ignorant.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of winds blowing through clouds.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of hills swept by the wind.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of air passing through farm buildings.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of winds sweeping the lands.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus uses it intransitively of steady summer winds.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # ''(transitive, of wind)'' To blow across or over, [[m|en|sweep]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(transitive, of air)'' To blow through;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) ''(passive)'' to be [[m|en|ventilate|alt=ventilated]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(transitive)'' To carry by blowing.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(intransitive, of wind)'' To blow steadily.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[perflābilis]]

+ * [[perflamen]]

+ * [[perflatilis]]

+ * [[perflātus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}