afflatus

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin afflātus (“breath, blowing or breathing on, spiritual inspiration”), from afflō (“to blow, breathe on or towards”) +‎ -tus (forming action nouns), from ad- (“to, towards”) +‎ flō (“breathe, blow”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈfleɪtəs/ (General American) IPA(key): /əˈfleɪtəs/, /-ɾəs/ Rhymes: -eɪtəs Hyphenation: af‧fla‧tus === Noun === afflatus (plural afflatuses) A sudden rush of creative impulse or inspiration, often attributed to divine influence. ==== Synonyms ==== afflation ==== Related terms ==== afflate deflate, deflation flatulence, flatus inflate, inflation ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === afflatus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaf.fɫa.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaf.fla.tus] === Etymology 1 === From afflō +‎ -tus (forming action nouns). ==== Noun ==== afflātus m (genitive afflātūs); fourth declension breath (directed upon some object) (poetry, religion) afflation (from an inspiring spirit from an unknown source in Cicero; from a divine spirit in a pagan context or from the Holy Spirit in later Christian contexts) ===== Declension ===== Fourth-declension noun. ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === Perfect passive participle of afflō (“to blow, breathe (on or towards)”). ==== Participle ==== afflātus (feminine afflāta, neuter afflātum); first/second-declension participle blown, breathed on, having been blown or breathed on ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “afflatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “afflatus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.