circumfluo

Latin

Etymology

From circum- (“circum-”) +‎ fluō (“I flow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kirˈkum.flu.oː/, [kɪrˈkũːfɫ̪uoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃirˈkum.flu.o/, [t͡ʃirˈkumfluo]

Verb

circumfluō (present infinitive circumfluere, perfect active circumflūxī, supine circumflūxum); third conjugation

1. (transitive) to flow around something
2. (intransitive) to flow around
3. (figuratively) to flock around, encompass, surround
4. (figuratively, with ablative) to be in rich in, abound in, overflow with

   Synonym: affluō

Conjugation

Conjugation of circumfluō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	circumfluō	circumfluis	circumfluit	circumfluimus	circumfluitis	circumfluunt
	imperfect	circumfluēbam	circumfluēbās	circumfluēbat	circumfluēbāmus	circumfluēbātis	circumfluēbant
	future	circumfluam	circumfluēs	circumfluet	circumfluēmus	circumfluētis	circumfluent
	perfect	circumflūxī	circumflūxistī	circumflūxit	circumflūximus	circumflūxistis	circumflūxērunt, circumflūxēre
	pluperfect	circumflūxeram	circumflūxerās	circumflūxerat	circumflūxerāmus	circumflūxerātis	circumflūxerant
	future perfect	circumflūxerō	circumflūxeris	circumflūxerit	circumflūxerimus	circumflūxeritis	circumflūxerint
passive	present	circumfluor	circumflueris, circumfluere	circumfluitur	circumfluimur	circumfluiminī	circumfluuntur
	imperfect	circumfluēbar	circumfluēbāris, circumfluēbāre	circumfluēbātur	circumfluēbāmur	circumfluēbāminī	circumfluēbantur
	future	circumfluar	circumfluēris, circumfluēre	circumfluētur	circumfluēmur	circumfluēminī	circumfluentur
	perfect	circumflūxus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	circumflūxus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	circumflūxus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	circumfluam	circumfluās	circumfluat	circumfluāmus	circumfluātis	circumfluant
	imperfect	circumfluerem	circumfluerēs	circumflueret	circumfluerēmus	circumfluerētis	circumfluerent
	perfect	circumflūxerim	circumflūxerīs	circumflūxerit	circumflūxerīmus	circumflūxerītis	circumflūxerint
	pluperfect	circumflūxissem	circumflūxissēs	circumflūxisset	circumflūxissēmus	circumflūxissētis	circumflūxissent
passive	present	circumfluar	circumfluāris, circumfluāre	circumfluātur	circumfluāmur	circumfluāminī	circumfluantur
	imperfect	circumfluerer	circumfluerēris, circumfluerēre	circumfluerētur	circumfluerēmur	circumfluerēminī	circumfluerentur
	perfect	circumflūxus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	circumflūxus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	circumflue	—	—	circumfluite	—
	future	—	circumfluitō	circumfluitō	—	circumfluitōte	circumfluuntō
passive	present	—	circumfluere	—	—	circumfluiminī	—
	future	—	circumfluitor	circumfluitor	—	—	circumfluuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		circumfluere	circumflūxisse	circumflūxūrum esse	circumfluī	circumflūxum esse	circumflūxum īrī
participles		circumfluēns	—	circumflūxūrus	—	circumflūxus	circumfluendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		circumfluendī	circumfluendō	circumfluendum	circumfluendō	circumflūxum	circumflūxū

Derived terms

• circumfluus

Related terms

• affluō
• cōnfluō
• dēfluō
• diffluō
• effluō
• fluō
• īnfluō
• interfluō
• perfluō
• praefluō
• praeterfluō
• prōfluō
• refluō
• subterfluō
• superfluō
• trānsfluō

Descendants

• Italian: circonfluire
• Portuguese: circunfluir

References

• “circumfluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “circumfluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• circumfluo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be very rich; to be in a position of affluence: omnibus opibus circumfluere