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inflo
inflo
See also: infló
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈiːn.floː/
Verb
īnflō (present infinitive īnflāre, perfect active īnflāvī, supine īnflātum); first conjugation
- I inflate; I blow into.
- I play a wind instrument.
- (figuratively) I puff up, swell; I am proud, haughty.
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Descendants
References
- inflo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- inflo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “inflo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to play the flute: tibias inflare
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(ambiguous) a bombastic style: inflatum orationis genus
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(ambiguous) to be proud, arrogant by reason of something: inflatum, elatum esse aliqua re
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(ambiguous) to be puffed up with pride: insolentia, superbia inflatum esse
- to play the flute: tibias inflare