diffluo Latin · revision 9709

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Terence|origins=ine-pro *bʰlewH-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''diffluō''' (present infinitive diffluere, perfect active difflūxī, supine difflūxum); third conjugation, no passive^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dis-|fluō|t1=apart|t2=to flow]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(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 Terence and Lucretius.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Terence 190–159 BC and Lucretius 96–55 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to flow away in all directions, as repeatedly in Lucretius; to waste or wear away, dissolve; and to become enervated by luxury, or to dissolve in laughter, as in Terence and Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to flow freely, fall out, dissolve, melt.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in French ''diffluer'' and Spanish and Portuguese ''difluir''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of dissolving.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of flowing away.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To flow away in all directions.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To waste or wear away.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To become [[m|en|enervated]] by indulgence; to dissolve (in laughter).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[diffluus]]

+ * [[diffluxiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[affluō]]

+ * [[circumfluō]]

+ * [[cōnfluō]]

+ * [[dēfluō]]

+ * [[effluō]]

+ * [[fluō]]

+ * [[īnfluō]]

+ * [[interfluō]]

+ * [[perfluō]]

+ * [[praefluō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}