dē-fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3
* V. a., to pourdown, pour out (in the ante-Aug. per. very rare; not in Cic. and Caes.).
* In gen.: aquam,Cato R. R. 156, 5: vinum (sc. ex dolio in amphoram),Hor. S. 2, 2, 58: late sanguinem,Sil. 5, 453 et saep.: ovi album in vas,Cels. 6, 6, 1; cf.: aliquid in fictilia labra,Col. 12, 50, 10 al.—Poet. transf.: fruges pleno cornu,pours forth,Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 29: verba pectore,Petr. 5, 22; cf.: voces pectore,id. 121, 102.
* Esp., a religious t. t., to pour out, as a libation: te prosequitur mero Defuso pateris,Hor. Od. 4, 5, 34; so, libamenta Mercurio,Val. Max. 2, 6, 8.

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