(v. a.P. a.) : in-fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a.
* To pour in, upon, or into (syn. invergere).
* Lit.: aliquid in aliquod vas,Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 61: vinum reticulo aut cribro,Sen. Ben. 7, 19: aliquid in nares,Plin. 20, 17, 69, § 180: sine riguis mare in salinas infundentibus,id. 31, 7, 39, § 81: rex Mithridates Aquilio duci capto aurum in os infudit, id. 33, 3, 14, § 48: animas formatae terrae,Ov. M. 1, 364; Plin. 3, 1, 1, § 5: sibi resinam et nardum, to anoint one's self with, Auct. B. H. 33; Plin. 10, 46, 63, § 129.
* Transf.
* Trop., to pour into, spread over, communicate, impart: orationem in aures tuas,Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 355: aliquid ejusmodi auribus ejus,Amm. 14, 9, 2: imperatoris auribus,id. 15, 3, 5: magorum sensibus,id. 23, 6, 33: per aures cantum,Sil. 11, 433: vitia in civitatem,Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32: nihil ex illius animo quod semel esset infusum, umquam effluere potuisse,id. de Or. 2, 47, 300: rebus lumen,Sen. Hipp. 154: civitati detrimenta (acc. to others, infligere),Just. 3, 5.— Hence, in-fūsus, a, um, P. a., poured over or into.
* To wet, moisten: olivam aceto non acerrimo,Col. 12, 47: si uvam nimius imber infuderit,Pall. 11, 9.
* To pour out, cast, hurl anywhere: nimbum desuper alicui,Verg. A. 4, 122: gemmas margaritasque mare littoribus infundit,Curt. 8, 9: vim sagittarum ratibus,id. 9, 7: agmen urbi,Flor. 3, 21, 6: agmina infusa Graecis,Curt. 5, 7, 1; cf. 7, 9, 8.
* To mix itself, mingle with any thing: cum homines humiliores in alienum ejusdem nominis infunderentur genus,Cic. Brut. 16, 62; id. Fam. 9, 15, 2.
* Lit.: sucus infusus auribus,Plin. 20, 8, 27, § 69: cinis in aurem,id. 30, 3, 8, § 24: sucus per nares,id. 25, 13, 92, § 144: vino,drunk with wine,Macr. S. 7, 5: infusam vomitu egerere aquam,swallowed,Curt. 7, 5, 8.
* Transf., of things not fluid: nudos umeris infusa capillos,falling down on,Ov. M. 7, 183: canitiem infuso pulvere foedans,Cat. 64, 224: si qua concurrerat, obruebatur (navis) infuso igni,Liv. 37, 30, 5: sole infuso (terris),at daybreak,Verg. A. 9, 461: conjugis gremio,resting on her bosom,id. ib. 8, 406: collo infusa amantis,Ov. H. 2, 93: populus circo,Verg. A. 5, 552: totamque infusa per artus Mens agitat molem,id. ib. 6, 726: infusa tranquilla per aethera pace,Sil. 7, 258: cera in eam formam gypsi infusa,Plin. 35, 12, 4, § 153: imago senis cadaveri infusa,Quint. 6, 1, 40.

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