(verb) : circum-flŭo, xi, 3, and
* A., to flow round (class. in prose and poetry).
* Neutr.: in poculis repletis circumfluere quod supersit,flows over all around,Plin. 2, 65, 68, § 163; cf. Curt. 8, 8, 12.
* Trop.
* In gen., to flock around, encompass, surround: mulos circumfluxisse (lupum) et ungulis caedendo eum occidisse,Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 2: circumfluxit nos cervorum, aprorum, etc., multitudo,id. ib. 3, 13, 3; cf. robora (dracones),Luc. 3, 421.
* To be present or exist in rich abundance, to abound, overflow: circumfluentibus undique eloquentiae copiis, * Quint. 12, 10, 78: circumfluentibus quietae felicitatis insignibus,Just. 18, 7, 10.—Also with acc. pers.: secundis rebus, quae circumfluunt vos, insanire coepistis,Curt. 10, 2, 2.
* Circumfluere aliquā re, like abundare, to overflow with, to have an abundance, to be rich in: omnibus copiis, atque in omnium rerum abundantiā vivere,Cic. Lael. 15, 52: circumfluens gloriā,id. Att. 2, 21, 3: Catilina circumfluens Arretinorum exercitu,id. Mur. 24, 49.—Also absol.: circumfluere atque abundare,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 4, § 9: insatiabilis avaritiae est, adhuc inplere velle, quod jam circumfluit,Curt. 8, 8, 12.—Of too great copiousness of diction: nec redundans, nec circumfluens oratio,too copious,Cic. Brut. 55, 203.

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