Latin

Verb

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

1. I diffuse
2. I spread or pour out

Inflection

Derived terms

• diffusus
• diffusio

Descendants

• Catalan: difondre
• English: diffuse
• Italian: diffondere
• Portuguese: difundir
• Spanish: difundir

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “diffundo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016