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circum-flŭo , xi, 3, v. n. and
I.a., to flow round (class. in prose and poetry).
(α). Neutr.: “in poculis repletis circumfluere quod supersit,flows over all around, Plin. 2, 65, 68, § 163; cf. Curt. 8, 8, 12.—
II. Trop.
A. In gen., to flock around, encompass, surround: “mulos circumfluxisse (lupum) et ungulis caedendo eum occidisse,Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 2: “circumfluxit nos cervorum, aprorum, etc., multitudo,id. ib. 3, 13, 3; cf. “robora (dracones),Luc. 3, 421.—
B. To be present or exist in rich abundance, to abound, overflow: circumfluentibus undique eloquentiae copiis, * Quint. 12, 10, 78: “circumfluentibus quietae felicitatis insignibus,Just. 18, 7, 10.—Also with acc. pers.: “secundis rebus, quae circumfluunt vos, insanire coepistis,Curt. 10, 2, 2.—
C. Circumfluere aliquā re, like abundare, to overflow with, to have an abundance, to be rich in: “omnibus copiis, atque in omnium rerum abundantiā vivere,Cic. Lael. 15, 52: “circumfluens gloriā,id. Att. 2, 21, 3: “Catilina circumfluens Arretinorum exercitu,id. Mur. 24, 49.—Also absol.: “circumfluere atque abundare,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 4, § 9: “insatiabilis avaritiae est, adhuc inplere velle, quod jam circumfluit,Curt. 8, 8, 12.—Of too great copiousness of diction: “nec redundans, nec circumfluens oratio,too copious, Cic. Brut. 55, 203.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (14):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 2.21.3
    • Cicero, For Lucius Murena, 24.49
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.3.9
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 13.779
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 3.74
    • Lucan, Civil War, 3.421
    • Cicero, De Amicitia, 15
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 12, 10.78
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 12.13.20
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 10.2.2
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 8.8.12
    • Cicero, Brutus, 55.203
    • Seneca the Elder, Suasoriae, 1.4
    • Seneca the Elder, Suasoriae, 2.5
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