(verb) : in-flŭo, xi, xum, 3
* To flow or run into.
* Lit.: Hypanis in Pontum influit,Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 94: in quem sanguis a jecore per venam illam cavam influit,id. N. D. 2, 55, 138: lacus qui in flumen Rhodanum influit,Caes. B. G. 1, 8; 3, 9, 1: palus influit in Sequanam flumen,id. ib. 7, 57.— With the simple acc.: Oceanum,Plin. 6, 24, 28, § 108.—With adv. of place: non longe a mari, quo Rhenus influit,Caes. B. G. 4, 1: huc Lycus, huc Sagaris influit,Ov. P. 4, 10, 48: influentes capilli,flowing down, hanging loose,Cels. 6, 1.—Absol.: amnis influens,Plin. 6, 7, 7, § 19.
* Transf., of things not fluid, to flow, stream, rush, or press into: influentes in Italiam Gallorum copiae,Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32: influxisse eo Scythas,Plin. 6, 7, 7, § 22; cf.: influentibus negotiis,Plin. Pan. 81: influens atque effluens divinus animus tamquam influere possumus,Cic. Univ. 13: in universorum animos, steal into, insinuate one's self into, id. Off. 2, 9, 31: in aures,id. Lael. 25, 96: oratio quam maxime in sensus eorum qui audiunt influat,id. de Or. 3, 24, 91: in animos teneros atque molles,id. Leg. 2, 15, 38: sermone Graeco in proximas Asiae civitates influente,Quint. 12, 10, 16: aliquid ex illa lenitate ad hanc vim acerrimam,Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 212: quis influentis dona fortunae abnuit,overflowing, abounding,Sen. Thyest. 536.

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