profluens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of prōfluō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈproː.fɫu.ẽːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈprɔː.flu.ens]

Participle

prōfluēns (genitive prōfluentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. flowing or running forth or along, discharging
2. being relaxed
3. (figuratively) flowing or springing forth, issuing, proceeding
4. (figuratively) gliding, proceeding imperceptibly

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	prōfluēns			prōfluentēs	prōfluentia
genitive	prōfluentis			prōfluentium
dative	prōfluentī			prōfluentibus
accusative	prōfluentem	prōfluēns		prōfluentēs prōfluentīs	prōfluentia
ablative	prōfluente prōfluentī1			prōfluentibus
vocative	prōfluēns			prōfluentēs	prōfluentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

• prōfluentia

References

• “prōflŭens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “profluens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “profluens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • running water: aqua viva, profluens (opp. stagnum)