effluo Latin · revision 9786

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''effluō''' (present infinitive effluere, perfect active efflūxī); third conjugation, no supine stem, third person-only in the passive^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''ecfluō'' and ''exfluō''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ex-|fluō|t1=out|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 Cato and Terence.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Of fluids it meant to flow out or away, as in Cato; of other things, to stream out, issue; of solid objects, to slip out of one's grasp, and especially of time, to slip away, as in Lucretius; to pass out of one's mind, be forgotten, as in Cicero; and transitively, in Petronius, to let a fluid escape.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short note it is especially frequent in figurative senses.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to flow out, issue.^(Stelten 1995) Its present participle gave English ''effluent'' (mid-15th century).^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of fluids.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of forgetting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – English ''effluent'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # ''(of fluids)'' To flow out or away.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To slip out of one's grasp, ''(of time)'' to slip away.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To pass out of the mind, be [[m|en|forget|alt=forgotten]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(transitive)'' To let (a fluid) escape.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[effluesco]]

+ * [[effluvium]]

+ * [[effluus]]

+ * [[pereffluō]]

+ * [[supereffluō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[affluō]]

+ * [[circumfluō]]

+ * [[cōnfluō]]

+ * [[dēfluō]]

+ * [[diffluō]]

+ * [[fluō]]

+ * [[īnfluō]]

+ * [[interfluō]]

+ * [[perfluō]]

+ * [[praefluō]]

+ * [[en|effluent]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}