(verb) : sŭper-fundo, füdi, fūsum, 3
* To pour over or upon (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic. or Caes.).
* Lit.: hanc misturam cum composueris, oleum superfundito,Col. 12, 57, 1; 4, 8, 3: unguentum,Plin. Ep. 9, 33, 9: magnam vim telorum,Tac. Agr. 36.—Absol.: potius mare superfunderet adversus terrarum ereptores,Tac. A. 13, 55 fin.— Mid., to pour itself out, overflow; to spread out, scatter, extend: Tiberis ripis superfunditur,Plin. Ep. 8, 17, 1: Circus Tiberi superfuso irrigatus,Liv. 7, 3, 2: nuda superfusis tingamus corpora lymphis,Ov. M. 2, 459; cf.: superfusa umoris copia,Quint. 1, 2, 28: jacentem hostes superfusi oppresserunt,rushing upon him in numbers,Liv. 39, 49, 5: Albani gens superfusa montibus Caucasiis, spreading or scattered over, Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 39: Callias hanc habuisse causam superfundendi se Italiae,id. 12, 1, 2, § 5: superfusis undis, Sen. Thyest. 584; Luc. 7, 365: instar fluminis hostibus superfusi,Amm. 15, 4, 11; 25, 6, 12.
* To pour or spread one thing over another (very rare): compositum oleo superfundito,Col. 12, 57, 3: terra superfusa scamnis,id. 2, 4, 3: sedecim alarum conjuncta signa nube ipsā operient ac superfundent equites equosque,Tac. H. 3, 2 fin.; Scrib. Comp. 73; 257.