defloreo

Latin

Alternative forms

• dēflōriō (Late Latin)

Etymology

From dē- +‎ flōreō (“to bloom, blossom, flower”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deːˈfɫoː.re.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [deˈflɔː.re.o]

Verb

dēflōreō (present infinitive dēflōrēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

1. (intransitive) to shed one's blossoms

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dēflōreō (second conjugation, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dēflōreō		dēflōrēs		dēflōret		dēflōrēmus		dēflōrētis		dēflōrent
	imperfect	dēflōrēbam		dēflōrēbās		dēflōrēbat		dēflōrēbāmus		dēflōrēbātis		dēflōrēbant
	future	dēflōrēbō		dēflōrēbis		dēflōrēbit		dēflōrēbimus		dēflōrēbitis		dēflōrēbunt
passive	present	dēflōreor		dēflōrēris, dēflōrēre		dēflōrētur		dēflōrēmur		dēflōrēminī		dēflōrentur
	imperfect	dēflōrēbar		dēflōrēbāris, dēflōrēbāre		dēflōrēbātur		dēflōrēbāmur		dēflōrēbāminī		dēflōrēbantur
	future	dēflōrēbor		dēflōrēberis, dēflōrēbere		dēflōrēbitur		dēflōrēbimur		dēflōrēbiminī		dēflōrēbuntur
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dēflōream		dēflōreās		dēflōreat		dēflōreāmus		dēflōreātis		dēflōreant
	imperfect	dēflōrērem		dēflōrērēs		dēflōrēret		dēflōrērēmus		dēflōrērētis		dēflōrērent
passive	present	dēflōrear		dēflōreāris, dēflōreāre		dēflōreātur		dēflōreāmur		dēflōreāminī		dēflōreantur
	imperfect	dēflōrērer		dēflōrērēris, dēflōrērēre		dēflōrērētur		dēflōrērēmur		dēflōrērēminī		dēflōrērentur
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		dēflōrē		—		—		dēflōrēte		—
	future	—		dēflōrētō		dēflōrētō		—		dēflōrētōte		dēflōrentō
passive	present	—		dēflōrēre		—		—		dēflōrēminī		—
	future	—		dēflōrētor		dēflōrētor		—		—		dēflōrentor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		dēflōrēre			dēflōrērī			dēflōrēns			—
future		—			—			—			dēflōrendus
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		dēflōrendī		dēflōrendō		dēflōrendum		dēflōrendō		—		—

Synonyms

• (shed blossoms, efflower): dēflōrēscō

Related terms

• afflōreō
• auflōreō
• disflōreō
• efflōreō
• flōrēns
• flōrenter
• flōrentēs
• flōreō
• flōridus
• inflōreō
• praeflōreō
• reflōreō

References

• “dēflōrĕo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dēflōrĕo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 483.
• “dēflōreō” on page 502/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)