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Etymology

From dis- +‎ fundō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [dɪfˈfʊn.doː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d̪ifˈfun̪.d̪o]

Verb

diffundō (present infinitive diffundere, perfect active diffūdī, supine diffūsum); third conjugation

to diffuse, scatter
Synonyms: fundō, effundō, cōnfundō, dēfundō, differō, dissipō, indūcō, sternō
to decant, spread or pour out

Conjugation

More information indicative, singular ...

indicative	singular	plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	diffundō	diffundis	diffundit	diffundimus	diffunditis	diffundunt
imperfect	diffundēbam	diffundēbās	diffundēbat	diffundēbāmus	diffundēbātis	diffundēbant
future	diffundam	diffundēs	diffundet	diffundēmus	diffundētis	diffundent
perfect	diffūdī	diffūdistī	diffūdit	diffūdimus	diffūdistis	diffūdērunt, diffūdēre
pluperfect	diffūderam	diffūderās	diffūderat	diffūderāmus	diffūderātis	diffūderant
future perfect	diffūderō	diffūderis	diffūderit	diffūderimus	diffūderitis	diffūderint
passive	present	diffundor	diffunderis, diffundere	diffunditur	diffundimur	diffundiminī	diffunduntur
imperfect	diffundēbar	diffundēbāris, diffundēbāre	diffundēbātur	diffundēbāmur	diffundēbāminī	diffundēbantur
future	diffundar	diffundēris, diffundēre	diffundētur	diffundēmur	diffundēminī	diffundentur
perfect	diffūsus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect	diffūsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect	diffūsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive	singular	plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	diffundam	diffundās	diffundat	diffundāmus	diffundātis	diffundant
imperfect	diffunderem	diffunderēs	diffunderet	diffunderēmus	diffunderētis	diffunderent
perfect	diffūderim	diffūderīs	diffūderit	diffūderīmus	diffūderītis	diffūderint
pluperfect	diffūdissem	diffūdissēs	diffūdisset	diffūdissēmus	diffūdissētis	diffūdissent
passive	present	diffundar	diffundāris, diffundāre	diffundātur	diffundāmur	diffundāminī	diffundantur
imperfect	diffunderer	diffunderēris, diffunderēre	diffunderētur	diffunderēmur	diffunderēminī	diffunderentur
perfect	diffūsus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	diffūsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative	singular	plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	diffunde	—	—	diffundite	—
future	—	diffunditō	diffunditō	—	diffunditōte	diffunduntō
passive	present	—	diffundere	—	—	diffundiminī	—
future	—	diffunditor	diffunditor	—	—	diffunduntor
non-finite forms	infinitive	participle
active	passive	active	passive
present	diffundere	diffundī	diffundēns	—
future	diffūsūrum esse	diffūsum īrī	diffūsūrus	diffundendus, diffundundus
perfect	diffūdisse	diffūsum esse	—	diffūsus
future perfect	—	diffūsum fore	—	—
perfect potential	diffūsūrum fuisse	—	—	—
verbal nouns	gerund	supine
genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
diffundendī	diffundendō	diffundendum	diffundendō	diffūsum	diffūsū

Conjugation of diffundō (third conjugation)

Derived terms

Descendants

Old Occitan: defondre
→ Catalan: difondre
→ Dutch: diffunderen
→ English: diffuse (via Old French), diffund
→ French: diffuser, diffondre
→ Galician: difundir
→ German: diffundieren
→? Italian: diffondere
→ Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: diffundere
- Norwegian Nynorsk: diffundere
→ Portuguese: difundir
Sicilian: diffùnniri
→ Spanish: difundir
→ Swedish: diffusera (via Old French), diffundera

References

“diffundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“diffundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
diffundo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the twigs are shooting out, spreading: rami late diffunduntur
- to spread over the whole body: per totum corpus diffundi
diffundo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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