LAT
defluo
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Lewis Short
(verb) : dē-flŭo, xi, xum, 3
* To flow down.
* Lit.: quod sanguen defluxerat, Cato ap. Gell. 3, 7, 19; cf.: sanguis a renibus,Plin. 24, 18, 105, § 169: defluit lapidosus rivus,Ov. F. 3, 273: flamma ex Aetna monte,Liv. Fragm. 1, 116: flumen Lavida Tauro monte defluens, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 680 P.; cf.: saxis umor,Hor. Od. 1, 12, 29; Plin. 33, 5, 26, § 86: Anaxum quo Varamus defluit,Plin. 3, 18, 22, § 126: potus defluit ad pulmonem,Gell. 17, 11, 1.
* To flow or pass away so as to disappear, to cease flowing.
* Trop., to flow, come, pass: hoc totum e sophistarum fontibus defluxit in forum,Cic. Or. 27 fin.: a necessariis artificiis ad elegantiora,id. Tusc. 1, 25, 62; cf.: (adolescentes) tantum ab eo (sc. Seneca) defluebant, quantum, etc.,departed, deviated,Quint. 10, 1, 126 Frotsch., Cic. Lael. 26, 100: a quibus duplex Octaviorum familia defluxit,are derived, descended,Suet. Aug. 2; cf. Vell. 1, 16, 4: ne quid in terram defluat,be spilled on the ground, be lost,Cic. Lael. 16, 58: multaque merces tibi defluat aequo ab Jove,flow to thee in abundance,Hor. Od. 1, 28, 28 (cf. Theocr. 1, 5: Ἔς τε καταῤῥεῖ): a superis,Cic. N. D. 2, 31, 79; cf.: si quid redundarit, ad illum defluxisse, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66.
* Lit.: rusticus exspectat dum defluat amnis,Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 32; cf.: cum hiberni defluxere torrentes,Sen. Q. N. 3, 3.
* Trop., to cease, vanish, pass away, disappear, be lost: ex novem tribunis unus defluxit,has deserted, proved unfaithful,Cic. Sest. 32: ubi salutatio defluxit,has ceased, is over,id. Fam. 9, 20 fin.: ubi per socordiam vires, tempus, ingenium defluxere,Sall. J. 1, 4: tenerae sucus Defluat praedae,Hor. Od. 3, 27, 55; id. Ep. 2, 1, 158.—So of the falling out of the hair, Plin. 11, 37, 56, § 154; 11, 39, 94, § 231: comae,Ov. M. 6, 141.—In eccl. Lat. = defloresco: folium,Vulg. Isa. 34, 4; 1, 30; id. Psa. 1, 3.
* To flow down.
* Lit.: quod sanguen defluxerat, Cato ap. Gell. 3, 7, 19; cf.: sanguis a renibus,Plin. 24, 18, 105, § 169: defluit lapidosus rivus,Ov. F. 3, 273: flamma ex Aetna monte,Liv. Fragm. 1, 116: flumen Lavida Tauro monte defluens, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 680 P.; cf.: saxis umor,Hor. Od. 1, 12, 29; Plin. 33, 5, 26, § 86: Anaxum quo Varamus defluit,Plin. 3, 18, 22, § 126: potus defluit ad pulmonem,Gell. 17, 11, 1.
* To flow or pass away so as to disappear, to cease flowing.
* Trop., to flow, come, pass: hoc totum e sophistarum fontibus defluxit in forum,Cic. Or. 27 fin.: a necessariis artificiis ad elegantiora,id. Tusc. 1, 25, 62; cf.: (adolescentes) tantum ab eo (sc. Seneca) defluebant, quantum, etc.,departed, deviated,Quint. 10, 1, 126 Frotsch., Cic. Lael. 26, 100: a quibus duplex Octaviorum familia defluxit,are derived, descended,Suet. Aug. 2; cf. Vell. 1, 16, 4: ne quid in terram defluat,be spilled on the ground, be lost,Cic. Lael. 16, 58: multaque merces tibi defluat aequo ab Jove,flow to thee in abundance,Hor. Od. 1, 28, 28 (cf. Theocr. 1, 5: Ἔς τε καταῤῥεῖ): a superis,Cic. N. D. 2, 31, 79; cf.: si quid redundarit, ad illum defluxisse, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66.
* Lit.: rusticus exspectat dum defluat amnis,Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 32; cf.: cum hiberni defluxere torrentes,Sen. Q. N. 3, 3.
* Trop., to cease, vanish, pass away, disappear, be lost: ex novem tribunis unus defluxit,has deserted, proved unfaithful,Cic. Sest. 32: ubi salutatio defluxit,has ceased, is over,id. Fam. 9, 20 fin.: ubi per socordiam vires, tempus, ingenium defluxere,Sall. J. 1, 4: tenerae sucus Defluat praedae,Hor. Od. 3, 27, 55; id. Ep. 2, 1, 158.—So of the falling out of the hair, Plin. 11, 37, 56, § 154; 11, 39, 94, § 231: comae,Ov. M. 6, 141.—In eccl. Lat. = defloresco: folium,Vulg. Isa. 34, 4; 1, 30; id. Psa. 1, 3.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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