different between revelation vs afflatus

English

Etymology

From Middle English revelacioun, from Old French revelacion, from Latin rev?l?ti? (“disclosure”), from rev?l? (“to disclose”), re (“again”) + v?l? (“to cover”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??v??le???n/
• Hyphenation: rev?e?la?tion
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

revelation (plural revelations)

1. The act of revealing or disclosing.
2. Something that is revealed.
3. Something dramatically disclosed.
4. (theology) A manifestation of divine truth.
5. A great success.

Related terms

• reveal

Translations

Anagrams

• relevation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin affl?tus (“a breath, an act of breathing out or breathing upon; breeze, gust of air, vapour, wind; inspiration”), from affl?re (from affl? (“to blow, to breathe”), from ad- (“prefix meaning ‘to, towards’”) + fl? (“to blow, to breathe”)) + -tus (“suffix producing an action noun from a verb”). The related Latin word adfl?t? was first used in the “inspiration” sense by the Roman orator and philosopher Cicero (106–43 B.C.E.) in De Natura Deorum (The Nature of the Gods, 44 B.C.E.), book II, section 167.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??fle?t?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??fle?t?s/, /-??s/
• Rhymes: -e?t?s
• Hyphenation: af?fla?tus

Noun

afflatus (plural afflatuses)

1. 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

References

Further reading

• afflatus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of affl? (“I blow, breathe (on or towards)”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?af.fla.tus/, [?äf???ät??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?af.fla.tus/, [??f?l?t?us]

Noun

affl?tus m (genitive affl?t?s); fourth declension

1. breath (directed upon some object)
2. (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

Participle

affl?tus (feminine affl?ta, neuter affl?tum); first/second-declension participle

1. 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