refluo

Italian

Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Latin refluus.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈrɛ.flwo/
    • Rhymes: -ɛflwo
    • Hyphenation: rè‧fluo

    Adjective

    refluo (feminine reflua, masculine plural reflui, feminine plural reflue)

    1. refluent

    References

    • “refluo”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

    Anagrams

    Latin

    Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Italic *wre-
    Latin re-
    Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-?
    Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-
    Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
    Proto-Indo-European *bʰluHyéti?
    Proto-Italic [Term?]
    Latin fluō
    Latin refluō

      From re- (“back”) + fluō (“flow”).

      Pronunciation

      Verb

      refluō (present infinitive refluere, perfect active reflūxī, supine reflūxum); third conjugation, no passive

      1. (intransitive) to flow or run back or off; ebb; overflow

      Conjugation

         Conjugation of refluō (third conjugation, no passive)
      indicative singular plural
      first second third first second third
      active present refluō refluis refluit refluimus refluitis refluunt
      imperfect refluēbam refluēbās refluēbat refluēbāmus refluēbātis refluēbant
      future refluam refluēs refluet refluēmus refluētis refluent
      perfect reflūxī reflūxistī reflūxit reflūximus reflūxistis reflūxērunt,
      reflūxēre
      pluperfect reflūxeram reflūxerās reflūxerat reflūxerāmus reflūxerātis reflūxerant
      future perfect reflūxerō reflūxeris reflūxerit reflūxerimus reflūxeritis reflūxerint
      subjunctive singular plural
      first second third first second third
      active present refluam refluās refluat refluāmus refluātis refluant
      imperfect refluerem refluerēs reflueret refluerēmus refluerētis refluerent
      perfect reflūxerim reflūxerīs reflūxerit reflūxerīmus reflūxerītis reflūxerint
      pluperfect reflūxissem reflūxissēs reflūxisset reflūxissēmus reflūxissētis reflūxissent
      imperative singular plural
      first second third first second third
      active present — reflue — — refluite —
      future — refluitō refluitō — refluitōte refluuntō
      non-finite forms infinitive participle
      active passive active passive
      present refluere — refluēns —
      future reflūxūrum esse — reflūxūrus —
      perfect reflūxisse — — —
      perfect potential reflūxūrum fuisse — — —
      verbal nouns gerund supine
      genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
      refluendī refluendō refluendum refluendō reflūxum reflūxū

      Derived terms

      Descendants

      • → Catalan: refluir
      • → English: reflow, reflux
      • → French: refluer
      • → Italian: rifluire
      • → Portuguese: refluir
      • → Spanish: refluir

      References

      • “refluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
      • “refluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
      • “refluo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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