diffundo

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ fundō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /difˈfun.doː/, [d̪ɪfˈfʊn̪d̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /difˈfun.do/, [d̪ifˈfun̪d̪o]

Verb

diffundō (present infinitive diffundere, perfect active diffūdī, supine diffūsum); third conjugation

1. to diffuse, scatter

   Synonyms: fundō, effundō, confundō, dēfundō, differō, dissipō, indūcō, sternō

2. to decant, spread or pour out

Conjugation

Conjugation of diffundō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	diffundō	diffundis	diffundit	diffundimus	diffunditis	diffundunt
	imperfect	diffundēbam	diffundēbās	diffundēbat	diffundēbāmus	diffundēbātis	diffundēbant
	future	diffundam	diffundēs	diffundet	diffundēmus	diffundētis	diffundent
	perfect	diffūdī	diffūdistī	diffūdit	diffūdimus	diffūdistis	diffūdērunt, diffūdēre
	pluperfect	diffūderam	diffūderās	diffūderat	diffūderāmus	diffūderātis	diffūderant
	future perfect	diffūderō	diffūderis	diffūderit	diffūderimus	diffūderitis	diffūderint
passive	present	diffundor	diffunderis, diffundere	diffunditur	diffundimur	diffundiminī	diffunduntur
	imperfect	diffundēbar	diffundēbāris, diffundēbāre	diffundēbātur	diffundēbāmur	diffundēbāminī	diffundēbantur
	future	diffundar	diffundēris, diffundēre	diffundētur	diffundēmur	diffundēminī	diffundentur
	perfect	diffūsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	diffūsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	diffūsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	diffundam	diffundās	diffundat	diffundāmus	diffundātis	diffundant
	imperfect	diffunderem	diffunderēs	diffunderet	diffunderēmus	diffunderētis	diffunderent
	perfect	diffūderim	diffūderīs	diffūderit	diffūderīmus	diffūderītis	diffūderint
	pluperfect	diffūdissem	diffūdissēs	diffūdisset	diffūdissēmus	diffūdissētis	diffūdissent
passive	present	diffundar	diffundāris, diffundāre	diffundātur	diffundāmur	diffundāminī	diffundantur
	imperfect	diffunderer	diffunderēris, diffunderēre	diffunderētur	diffunderēmur	diffunderēminī	diffunderentur
	perfect	diffūsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	diffūsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	diffunde	—	—	diffundite	—
	future	—	diffunditō	diffunditō	—	diffunditōte	diffunduntō
passive	present	—	diffundere	—	—	diffundiminī	—
	future	—	diffunditor	diffunditor	—	—	diffunduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		diffundere	diffūdisse	diffūsūrum esse	diffundī	diffūsum esse	diffūsum īrī
participles		diffundēns	—	diffūsūrus	—	diffūsus	diffundendus, diffundundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		diffundendī	diffundendō	diffundendum	diffundendō	diffūsum	diffūsū

Derived terms

• diffūsiō
• diffūsor
• diffūsus

Descendants

• Old Occitan: defondre
• → Catalan: difondre
• → Dutch: diffunderen
• → English: diffuse (via Old French), diffund
• → French: diffuser, diffondre
• → Galician: difundir
• → German: diffundieren
• →? Italian: diffondere
• → Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: diffundere
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: diffundere
• → Portuguese: difundir
• Sicilian: diffùnniri
• → Spanish: difundir
• → Swedish: diffusera (via Old French), diffundera

References

• “diffundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “diffundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• diffundo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the twigs are shooting out, spreading: rami late diffunduntur
    
  • to spread over the whole body: per totum corpus diffundi
    
• diffundo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016