(v. a.P. a.) : suf-fundo (subf-), fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a.
* To pour below or underneath; to pour into or among; to pour over or upon; to overspread, suffuse (mostly ante-class. and postAug.).
* Lit.
* In gen.: animum esse cordi suffusum sanguinem,Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 19: aqua suffunditur,flows underneath, diffuses itself,Sen. Q. N. 3, 26, 1 (al. adfunditur): intumuit suffusā venter ab undā,i. e. from dropsy,Ov. F. 1, 215: mane suffundam aquolam,Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 3: mare (i. e. aquam marinam) vinis,id. Rud. 2, 7, 30: jus,Col. 12, 9, 2: acetum,Vitr. 7, 12: merum in os mulae,Col. 6, 38, 4.
* Trop.: (metus) omnia suffundens mortis nigrore,covering, overspreading,Lucr. 3, 39: cibo vires ad feturam,to supply,Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 4: animus in aliquem malevolentiā suffusus,overspread, filled,Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 22. — Hence, * suffūsus, a, um, P. a., blushing, bashful, modest: suffusior sexus,Tert. Anim. 38 med.
* Of tears, etc., to suffuse, fill, etc.: lacrimis oculos suffusa nitentes,Verg. A. 1, 228: tepido suffundit lumina rore (i. e. lacrimis),Ov. M. 10, 360; cf.: lupus suffusus lumina flammā,id. ib. 11, 368: oculi, qui ad alienam lippitudinem et ipsi suffunduntur, become suffused (with tears), Sen. Clem. 2, 6 med.; cf.: ad quas ille voces lacrimis et multo pudore suffunditur,Plin. Pan. 2, 8.
* Of other fluids, etc., to tinge, imbue, to stain, color: agricola et minio suffusus rubenti,stained,Tib. 2, 1, 55: si cruore suffunduntur oculi,become bloodshot,Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 49; so, suffusi cruore oculi,id. 29, 6, 38, § 126; and in a reverse construction: sanguis oculis suffusus,id. 20, 13, 51, § 142: prodest felle suffusis,for those affected with jaundice,id. 22, 21, 30, § 65: ulcera alte suffusa medullis,Claud. in Eutr. 2, 13; cf.: suffusa bilis,jaundice,Plin. 22, 21, 26, § 54: lingua est suffusa veneno, Ov. M. 2, 777: sales suffusi felle,id. Tr. 2, 565: (nebulae) suffundunt suā caelum caligine,Lucr. 6, 479: calore suffusus aether,suffused, intermingled,Cic. N. D. 2, 21, 54: Hyperionis orbem Suffundi maculis,Stat. Th. 11, 121.
* Of blushes, etc., to redden, suffuse, color, blush, etc.; cf.: littera suffusas quod habet maculosa lituras,blurred,Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 15.— Of a blush: (Luna) si virgineum suffuderit ore ruborem,Verg. G. 1, 430: suffunditur ora rubore,Ov. M. 1, 484: roseo suffusa rubore,id. Am. 3, 3, 5: Masinissae rubore suffusus,Liv. 30, 15, 1: vultum rubore suffundere,Pacat. Pan. Theod. 4, 4.—Absol.: sancti viri est suffundi, si virginem viderit,Tert. Virg. Vel. 2; Hier. adv. Jovin. 1, 48.
* Prov.: aquam frigidam suffundere, to throw cold water upon, i.e. to calumniate, inveigh against, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 36.