flō

flō uit.-lat.

From Proto-Italic *flāō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to blow”). Cognate with English blow and more distantly with Old Armenian բեղուն (bełun, “fertile”) (< *bʰel-).

vgl. flāre

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /floː/, [fɫ̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /flo/, [flɔː]

Verb

flō (present infinitive flāre, perfect active flāvī, supine flātum); first conjugation

1. to breathe, blow