sufflo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *flāōder.

Latin flō

Latin sufflō

From sub- + flō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsʊf.fɫoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsuf.flo]

Verb

sufflō (present infinitive sufflāre, perfect active sufflāvī, supine sufflātum); first conjugation

1. to blow, puff up, inflate

Conjugation

   Conjugation of sufflō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	sufflō		sufflās		sufflat		sufflāmus		sufflātis		sufflant
	imperfect	sufflābam		sufflābās		sufflābat		sufflābāmus		sufflābātis		sufflābant
	future	sufflābō		sufflābis		sufflābit		sufflābimus		sufflābitis		sufflābunt
	perfect	sufflāvī		sufflāvistī		sufflāvit		sufflāvimus		sufflāvistis		sufflāvērunt, sufflāvēre
	pluperfect	sufflāveram		sufflāverās		sufflāverat		sufflāverāmus		sufflāverātis		sufflāverant
	future perfect	sufflāverō		sufflāveris		sufflāverit		sufflāverimus		sufflāveritis		sufflāverint
passive	present	sufflor		sufflāris, sufflāre		sufflātur		sufflāmur		sufflāminī		sufflantur
	imperfect	sufflābar		sufflābāris, sufflābāre		sufflābātur		sufflābāmur		sufflābāminī		sufflābantur
	future	sufflābor		sufflāberis, sufflābere		sufflābitur		sufflābimur		sufflābiminī		sufflābuntur
	perfect	sufflātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	sufflātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	sufflātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	sufflem		sufflēs		sufflet		sufflēmus		sufflētis		sufflent
	imperfect	sufflārem		sufflārēs		sufflāret		sufflārēmus		sufflārētis		sufflārent
	perfect	sufflāverim		sufflāverīs		sufflāverit		sufflāverīmus		sufflāverītis		sufflāverint
	pluperfect	sufflāvissem		sufflāvissēs		sufflāvisset		sufflāvissēmus		sufflāvissētis		sufflāvissent
passive	present	suffler		sufflēris, sufflēre		sufflētur		sufflēmur		sufflēminī		sufflentur
	imperfect	sufflārer		sufflārēris, sufflārēre		sufflārētur		sufflārēmur		sufflārēminī		sufflārentur
	perfect	sufflātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	sufflātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		sufflā		—		—		sufflāte		—
	future	—		sufflātō		sufflātō		—		sufflātōte		sufflantō
passive	present	—		sufflāre		—		—		sufflāminī		—
	future	—		sufflātor		sufflātor		—		—		sufflantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		sufflāre			sufflārī			sufflāns			—
future		sufflātūrum esse			sufflātum īrī			sufflātūrus			sufflandus
perfect		sufflāvisse			sufflātum esse			—			sufflātus
future perfect		—			sufflātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		sufflātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		sufflandī		sufflandō		sufflandum		sufflandō		sufflātum		sufflātū

Descendants

• Balkano-Romance:
  • Aromanian: suflu, suflari, suflit
  • Romanian: sufla, suflare, suflet
• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Corsican: suffià
  • Italian: soffiare
  • Neapolitan: sciosciare
  • Sicilian: ciusciari, susciari
  • Venetan: supiar, sufiar
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: soflâ
  • Romansh: sufflar, zuflar, sofflar
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: sofllar
  • Old French: sofler
    • French: souffler
      • → German: soufflieren
      • ⇒ English: soufflé
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Asturian: asollar
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *resufflō
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Asturian: resollar
    • Galician: resollar
    • Spanish: resollar
• Borrowings:
  • → Asturian: soplar (semi-learned)
  • → English: sufflate
  • → Ido: suflar
  • → Ladino: suflar
  • → Old Galician-Portuguese: soprar (semi-learned)
    • Galician: soprar
    • Portuguese: soprar
  • → Portuguese: suflar
  • → Spanish: soplar (semi-learned)

References

• “sufflo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sufflo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• sufflo in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016