suffundo

Latin

Alternative forms

  • subfundō

Etymology

From sub- (under) +‎ fundō (to pour), from nasalized form of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- "to pour".[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

suffundō (present infinitive suffundere, perfect active suffūdī, supine suffūsum); third conjugation

  1. to pour (liquid) in or on
  2. to suffuse

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Italian: soffondere, suffondere (Latinized)
  • English: suffuse

References

  • suffundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • suffundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • suffundo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “suffuse”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.