Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kirˈkum.flu.oː/, [kɪrˈkũː.fɫʊ.oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃirˈkum.flu.o/, [t͡ʃir.ˈkuɱ.flu̯o]

Verb

circumfluō ‎(present infinitive circumfluere, perfect active circumfluxī, supine circumfluxum); third conjugation

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

Inflection

Synonyms

• (abound in): affluō

Derived terms

• circumfluus

Related terms

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “circumfluo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be very rich; to be in a position of affluence: omnibus opibus circumfluere