conflagro

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈfla.ɡro/
• Rhymes: -aɡro
• Hyphenation: con‧flà‧gro

Verb

conflagro

1. first-person singular present indicative of conflagrare

Latin

Etymology

From con- (“with”) +‎ flagrō (“burn”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkõː.fɫa.ɡroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔɱ.fla.ɡro]

Verb

cōnflagrō (present infinitive cōnflagrāre, perfect active cōnflagrāvī, supine cōnflagrātum); first conjugation

1. (intransitive) to be on fire or in flames, be consumed; to burn

   Synonyms: ūror, ārdeō, flagrō, īnflammō, flammō, incendō, accendō, cremō, adoleō

   • 45 BCE, Cicero, De Natura Deorum 2.36.92:

     Atque hi tanti ignes tamque multi non modo nihil nocent terris rebusque terrestribus, sed ita prosunt, ut, si moti loco sint, conflagrare terras necesse sit a tantis ardoribus moderatione et temperatione sublata

     And these fiery bodies, which are so great and numerous, not only do no harm to the earth and what is upon the earth, but are beneficial in this way, that if they were moved from their place the earth would inevitably be consumed by their intense heat, when it had ceased to be controlled and moderated.

2. (intransitive, figuratively) to be destroyed, ruined, exhausted
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 7.30.12:

     […] ubi conflagrassent Sidicini, ad nos traiecturum illud incendium esse

     […] we knew that when the Sidicines had been destroyed the fire would sweep on to us.

3. (intransitive, figuratively) to be inflamed or impassioned; to burn
   • 70 BCE, Cicero, In Verrem 2.5.35.92:

     una atque eadem nox erat qua praetor amoris turpissimi flamma, classis populi Romani praedonum incendio conflagrabat

     On one and the same night, the praetor was burning with the flame of the most disgraceful love, a fleet of the Roman people with the fire of pirates.

4. (transitive, rare) to burn

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cōnflagrō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōnflagrō		cōnflagrās		cōnflagrat		cōnflagrāmus		cōnflagrātis		cōnflagrant
	imperfect	cōnflagrābam		cōnflagrābās		cōnflagrābat		cōnflagrābāmus		cōnflagrābātis		cōnflagrābant
	future	cōnflagrābō		cōnflagrābis		cōnflagrābit		cōnflagrābimus		cōnflagrābitis		cōnflagrābunt
	perfect	cōnflagrāvī		cōnflagrāvistī		cōnflagrāvit		cōnflagrāvimus		cōnflagrāvistis		cōnflagrāvērunt, cōnflagrāvēre
	pluperfect	cōnflagrāveram		cōnflagrāverās		cōnflagrāverat		cōnflagrāverāmus		cōnflagrāverātis		cōnflagrāverant
	future perfect	cōnflagrāverō		cōnflagrāveris		cōnflagrāverit		cōnflagrāverimus		cōnflagrāveritis		cōnflagrāverint
passive	present	cōnflagror		cōnflagrāris, cōnflagrāre		cōnflagrātur		cōnflagrāmur		cōnflagrāminī		cōnflagrantur
	imperfect	cōnflagrābar		cōnflagrābāris, cōnflagrābāre		cōnflagrābātur		cōnflagrābāmur		cōnflagrābāminī		cōnflagrābantur
	future	cōnflagrābor		cōnflagrāberis, cōnflagrābere		cōnflagrābitur		cōnflagrābimur		cōnflagrābiminī		cōnflagrābuntur
	perfect	cōnflagrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnflagrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnflagrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōnflagrem		cōnflagrēs		cōnflagret		cōnflagrēmus		cōnflagrētis		cōnflagrent
	imperfect	cōnflagrārem		cōnflagrārēs		cōnflagrāret		cōnflagrārēmus		cōnflagrārētis		cōnflagrārent
	perfect	cōnflagrāverim		cōnflagrāverīs		cōnflagrāverit		cōnflagrāverīmus		cōnflagrāverītis		cōnflagrāverint
	pluperfect	cōnflagrāvissem		cōnflagrāvissēs		cōnflagrāvisset		cōnflagrāvissēmus		cōnflagrāvissētis		cōnflagrāvissent
passive	present	cōnflagrer		cōnflagrēris, cōnflagrēre		cōnflagrētur		cōnflagrēmur		cōnflagrēminī		cōnflagrentur
	imperfect	cōnflagrārer		cōnflagrārēris, cōnflagrārēre		cōnflagrārētur		cōnflagrārēmur		cōnflagrārēminī		cōnflagrārentur
	perfect	cōnflagrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōnflagrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		cōnflagrā		—		—		cōnflagrāte		—
	future	—		cōnflagrātō		cōnflagrātō		—		cōnflagrātōte		cōnflagrantō
passive	present	—		cōnflagrāre		—		—		cōnflagrāminī		—
	future	—		cōnflagrātor		cōnflagrātor		—		—		cōnflagrantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cōnflagrāre			cōnflagrārī			cōnflagrāns			—
future		cōnflagrātūrum esse			cōnflagrātum īrī			cōnflagrātūrus			cōnflagrandus
perfect		cōnflagrāvisse			cōnflagrātum esse			—			cōnflagrātus
future perfect		—			cōnflagrātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		cōnflagrātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		cōnflagrandī		cōnflagrandō		cōnflagrandum		cōnflagrandō		cōnflagrātum		cōnflagrātū

Derived terms

• cōnflagrātiō

Related terms

• circumflagrō
• dēflagrō
• flagrō
• īnflagrō

Descendants

• Italian: conflagrare
• Portuguese: conflagrar
• Spanish: conflagrar

References

• “conflagro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “conflagro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “conflagro”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be on fire, in flames: incendio flagrare, or simply conflagrare, ardere (Liv. 30. 7)