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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Cato|origins=ine-pro *bʰlewH-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈdeː.fɫu.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈdɛː.flu.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''dēfluō''' (present infinitive dēfluere, perfect active dēflūxī, supine dēflūxum); third conjugation, impersonal in the passive^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|dē-|fluō|t1=down|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==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cato, of flowing away, and Lewis & Short quote him on blood flowing down (''quod sanguen dēfluxerat'').^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant, of rivers, to flow down, as in Cicero and Sallust's ''flūmen monte dēfluēns''; to float or sail downstream, as in Virgil; to flow away, drain off; of things to fall to the ground, and of hair to fall out, as in Cicero; and figuratively to be derived, stem from, as in Suetonius.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to pass away, wither, fall, cease, vanish, flow from or away.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''defluire'' and Portuguese ''defluir''.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of rivers.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of sailing downstream.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it of being derived.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To flow down.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To float or sail downstream.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To flow away, [[m|en|drain]] off.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To fall to the ground, ''(of hair)'' to fall out.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To be derived, [[m|en|stem]] from.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[dēfluvium]]
+ * [[dēfluus]]
+ * [[defluxio]]
+ * [[dēfluxus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[affluō]]
+ * [[circumfluō]]
+ * [[cōnfluō]]
+ * [[diffluō]]
+ * [[effluō]]
+ * [[fluō]]
+ * [[īnfluō]]
+ * [[interfluō]]
+ * [[perfluō]]
+ * [[praefluō]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}