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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *bʰlewH-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkõː.fɫu.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkɔɱ.flu.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''cōnfluō''' (present infinitive cōnfluere, perfect active cōnflūxī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)
+ Lucretius has ''confluxet'' for ''confluxisset'', and an inscription ''comfluont''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|con-|fluō|t1=together|t2=to flow]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨fluō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*flow-e/o-]], from [[ine-pro|*bʰlewH-|t=to flow]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Among the OLD's earliest citations are Plautus and Lucretius.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC and Lucretius 96–55 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ Of rivers and liquids it meant to flow together, meet, as of two rivers joining before falling into another, and of other things to come together, gather, as in Lucretius; of persons and animals, to flock together, assemble, as in Varro, Cicero and Caesar.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to flow together, resort to.^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of flowing together.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of people flocking.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # ''(of rivers, liquids)'' To flow together, meet, ''(of things)'' to gather.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(of people, animals)'' To [[m|en|flock]] together, assemble.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[cōnfluentia]]
+ * [[cōnfluvium]]
+ * [[cōnfluus]]
+ * [[cōnfluēns]]
+ * [[cōnflūgēs]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[affluō]]
+ * [[circumfluō]]
+ * [[dēfluō]]
+ * [[diffluō]]
+ * [[effluō]]
+ * [[fluō]]
+ * [[īnfluō]]
+ * [[interfluō]]
+ * [[perfluō]]
+ * [[praefluō]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}