(adjective) : flŭĭdus (access. form, flŭvĭdus, Lucr. 2, 452; 464 sq.; Sedul. Carm. 4, 186; Sen. Ep. 58, 24), a, um, fluo
* Flowing, fluid, moist (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic. or Caes.).
* Lit.: corpus,Lucr. 2, 452: quid tam contrarium est quam terrenum fluido?Col. 8, 16, 1: liquor,Verg. G. 3, 484: cruor,id. A. 3, 663; Ov. M. 4, 482; cf.: aspiciam fluidos humano sanguine rictus,id. ib. 14, 168: alvus,Ser. Samm. 29 fin.
* Transf.
* In opposition to solid or firm, soft, slack, lax, languid (syn.: fluxus, languidus): lacerti,Ov. M. 15, 231; cf.: labor et aestus mollia et fluida Gallorum corpora decedere pugna coëgit,Liv. 34, 47, 5: caro,Plin. 9, 30, 50, § 95: vestis,flowing, loose,Just. 41, 2; Sen. Oed. 422.—*
* Act., dissolving: calor,Ov. M. 15, 362.

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