circumfluo Latin · revision 9812

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''circumfluō''' (present infinitive circumfluere, perfect active circumflūxī, supine circumflūxum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|circum-|fluō|t1=around|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 Varro, of crowding round, and Cicero.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC and Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to flow round, as of rivers in Ovid; to crowd round, as in Varro; of a vessel or its contents, to overflow, as in Pliny, of what spills over filled cups; and with an ablative, to be surrounded or abundantly supplied with something, as in Cicero, of men abounding in resources or glory.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) It survives in Italian ''circonfluire'' and Portuguese ''circunfluir''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of crowding.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of flowing round.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To flow round.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To crowd round.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(of a vessel)'' To [[m|en|overflow]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(with ablative)'' To be surrounded or abundantly supplied with, [[m|en|abound]] in.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[circumfluus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[affluō]]

+ * [[cōnfluō]]

+ * [[dēfluō]]

+ * [[diffluō]]

+ * [[effluō]]

+ * [[fluō]]

+ * [[īnfluō]]

+ * [[interfluō]]

+ * [[perfluō]]

+ * [[praefluō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}