I.to flow out (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif. and in Cic.).
II. Trop.
A. To spring out of, to arise, proceed, emanate from: “alii quoque allo ex fonte praeceptores dicendi emanaverunt,” Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 7; cf. id. Cael. 8, 19: “ex quo (loco) vis omnis oportet emanet ratiocinationis,” id. Inv. 1, 37, 67; cf. id. de Or. 1, 42, 189: “hinc haec recentior Academia emanavit,” id. ib. 3, 18 fin.: “istinc mala,” id. Att. 7, 21: “singularem eloquii suavitatem ore ejus emanaturam,” Val. Max. 1, 6, 3 ext.—
B. To spread itself, be diffused: “emanabat latius malum,” Flor. 4, 9, 5.—Esp. freq.,
2. In partic., of things that are made public, to spread abroad, become known: “oratio in vulgus emanare poterit,” Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 3; cf. id. Att. 3, 12, 2; id. Brut. 65; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 1; id. Leg. 1, 14 fin.; Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 5, 17; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 2; Liv. 8, 3; 42, 16; 44, 35 et saep.; cf. with a subject acc. and inf.: “multis emanabat indiciis fratrem Volscii ne assurrexisse quidem ex morbo,” Liv. 3, 24, 4; Suet. Ner. 6.
