defloreo

Latin

Alternative forms

• dēflōriō (Late Latin)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈfloː.re.oː/, [d̪eːˈfɫ̪oːreoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈflo.re.o/, [d̪eˈflɔːreo]

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) to shed one's blossoms

Conjugation

Conjugation of dēflōreō (second conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēflōrēre	—	—	dēflōrērī	—	—
participles		dēflōrēns	—	—	—	—	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)