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-flŭo , xi, xum, 3, v. n.
I. To flow down.
A. Lit.: quod sanguen defluxerat, Cato ap. Gell. 3, 7, 19; cf.: “sanguis a renibus,Plin. 24, 18, 105, § 169: “defluit lapidosus rivus,Ov. F. 3, 273: “flamma ex Aetna monte,Liv. Fragm. 1, 116: flumen Lavida Tauro monte defluens, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 680 P.; cf.: “saxis umor,Hor. Od. 1, 12, 29; Plin. 33, 5, 26, § 86: “Anaxum quo Varamus defluit,Plin. 3, 18, 22, § 126: “potus defluit ad pulmonem,Gell. 17, 11, 1.—
2. Transf., of things not liquid, to move downwards softly or gradually; to glide or flow down, descend: “jam ipsae defluebant coronae,Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62.—Of clothing: “pedes vestis defluxit ad imos,Verg. A. 1, 404: “toga defluit male laxus,hangs carelessly, Hor. Sat. 1, 3, 31.—Of floating objects: “aries mersus secundo defluit amni,floats, swims down, Verg. G. 3, 447; id. A. 7, 495; 8, 549: “Ostiam Tiberi,to sail down, Suet. Ner. 27; Curt. 9, 8 fin. —Of riders: “tota cohors imitata relictis Ad terram defluxit equis,dismounted, Verg. A. 11, 501; cf.: “ex equo,Curt. 7, 7 fin.: in humum (ex equo), Furius poët. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4: “ad terram,Liv. 2, 20; “and, a dextro armo in latus,Ov. M. 6, 229.—
B. Trop., to flow, come, pass: “hoc totum e sophistarum fontibus defluxit in forum,Cic. Or. 27 fin.: “a necessariis artificiis ad elegantiora,id. Tusc. 1, 25, 62; cf.: “(adolescentes) tantum ab eo (sc. Seneca) defluebant, quantum, etc.,departed, deviated, Quint. 10, 1, 126 Frotsch., Cic. Lael. 26, 100: “a quibus duplex Octaviorum familia defluxit,are derived, descended, Suet. Aug. 2; cf. Vell. 1, 16, 4: “ne quid in terram defluat,be spilled on the ground, be lost, Cic. Lael. 16, 58: “multaque merces tibi defluat aequo ab Jove,flow to thee in abundance, Hor. Od. 1, 28, 28 (cf. Theocr. 1, 5: Ἔς τε καταῤῥεῖ): “a superis,Cic. N. D. 2, 31, 79; cf.: “si quid redundarit, ad illum defluxisse, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66. —
II. To flow or pass away so as to disappear, to cease flowing.
A. Lit.: “rusticus exspectat dum defluat amnis,Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 32; cf.: “cum hiberni defluxere torrentes,Sen. Q. N. 3, 3.—
B. Trop., to cease, vanish, pass away, disappear, be lost: “ex novem tribunis unus defluxit,has deserted, proved unfaithful, Cic. Sest. 32: “ubi salutatio defluxit,has ceased, is over, id. Fam. 9, 20 fin.: “ubi per socordiam vires, tempus, ingenium defluxere,Sall. J. 1, 4: “tenerae sucus Defluat praedae,Hor. Od. 3, 27, 55; id. Ep. 2, 1, 158.—So of the falling out of the hair, Plin. 11, 37, 56, § 154; 11, 39, 94, § 231: “comae,Ov. M. 6, 141.—In eccl. Lat. = defloresco: “folium,Vulg. Isa. 34, 4; 1, 30; id. Psa. 1, 3.
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