I.sup.: FLUCTUM, acc. to Prisc. p. 817 P.; cf.: fluo, fluctum, Not. Tir. From this form are derived fluctio and fluctus. In Lucr. 6, 800, the correct read. is laveris, not flueris, v. Lachm. ad h. l.), v. n. Gr. φλυ-, φλῦσαι, ἀναφλύω, etc.; Lat. fleo, fletus; flumen, fluctus, etc.; orig. one root with fla-, to blow, q. v. and cf. Georg Curtius Gr. Etym. p. 302, to flow (cf.: mano, labor, etc.).
I. Lit.: per amoenam urbem leni fluit agmine flumen, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 177 ed. Vahl.); cf.: “ut flumina in contrarias partes fluxerint,” Cic. Div. 1, 35, 78: “flumen quod inter eum et Domitii castra fluebat,” Caes. B. C. 3, 37, 1; cf. “also: aurea tum dicat per terras flumina vulgo Fluxisse,” Lucr. 5, 911: “fluvius Eurotas, qui propter Lacedaemonem fluit,” Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 96: “Helvetiorum inter fines et Allobrogum Rhodanus fluit,” Caes. B. G. 1, 6, 2: “Arar in utram partem fluat,” id. ib. 1, 12, 1: “ea, quae natura fluerent atque manarent, ut aqua,” Cic. N. D. 1, 15, 39: fluens unda, water from a stream (opp.: putealis unda, spring-water), Col. 1, 5, 1: “in foveam,” Lucr. 2, 475; cf. id. 5, 271: “fluxit in terram Remi cruor,” Hor. Epod. 7, 19; cf. Luc. 6, 61: “imber,” Ov. P. 4, 4, 2: “sanguis,” id. M. 12, 312: “fluit de corpore sudor,” id. ib. 9, 173; cf.: “sudor fluit undique rivis,” Verg. A. 5, 200: “aes rivis,” id. ib. 8, 445: “nudo sub pede musta fluunt,” Ov. R. Am. 190: “madidis fluit unda capillis,” drips, id. M. 11, 656: “cerebrum molle fluit,” id. ib. 12, 435: “fluunt lacrimae more perennis aquae,” id. F. 2, 820: “fluens nausea,” Hor. Epod. 9, 35; cf.: “alvus fluens,” Cels. 2, 6: “fluit ignibus aurum,” becomes fluid, melts, Ov. M. 2, 251.—
B. Transf.
1. Of bodies, to flow, overflow, run down, drip with any fluid.— With abl.: “cum fluvius Atratus sanguine fluxit,” Cic. Div. 1, 43, 98; Ov. M. 8, 400: “cruore fluens,” id. ib. 7, 343: “sudore fluentia brachia,” id. ib. 9, 57; cf.: “fluunt sudore et lassitudine membra,” Liv. 38, 17, 7; 7, 33, 14; cf. id. 10, 28, 4: “pingui fluit unguine tellus,” Val. Fl. 6, 360: “vilisque rubenti Fluxit mulctra mero,” overflows, Sil. 7, 190. —Without abl.: “madidāque fluens in veste Menoetes,” Verg. A. 5, 179: “fluentes cerussataeque buccae,” dripping with paint, Cic. Pis. 11, 25 (cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266, 2. b. infra): “Graeculae vites acinorum exiguitate minus fluunt,” i. e. yield but little wine, Col. 3, 2, 24; 3, 2, 5; 12, 52, 1.—With acc. of kin. signif.: “Oenotria vina fluens,” Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 264.—
2. To move in the manner of fluids, to flow, stream, pour: “inde alium (aëra) supra fluere,” to flow, Lucr. 5, 514 and 522: “unde fluens volvat varius se fluctus odorum,” id. 4, 675 sq.; cf.: “principio omnibus a rebus, quascumque videmus, Perpetuo fluere ac mitti spargique necesse est Corpora, quae feriant oculos visumque lacessant: Perpetuoque fluunt certis ab rebus odores, Frigus ut a fluviis, calor a sole, aestus ab undis Aequoris,” id. 6, 922 sq.: “aestus e lapide,” id. 6, 1002: “venti,” id. 1, 280: “fluit undique victor Mulciber,” Sil. 17, 102: “comae per levia colla fluentes,” flowing, spreading, Prop. 2, 3, 13; cf.: “blanditiaeque fluant per mea colla rosae,” id. 4 (5), 6, 72: “vestis fluens,” flowing, loose, id. 3, 17 (4, 16), 32: “tunicisque fluentibus,” Ov. A. A. 3, 301: “nodoque sinus collecta fluentes,” Verg. A. 1, 320; cf. “also: balteus nec strangulet nec fluat,” Quint. 11, 3, 140: “nec mersa est pelago, nec fluit ulla ratis,” floats, is tossed about, Mart. 4, 66, 14: “ramos compesce fluentes,” floating around, spreading out, Verg. G. 2, 370: “ad terram fluit devexo pondere cervix,” droops, id. ib. 3, 524: “omnisque relictis Turba fluit castris,” pour forth, id. A. 12, 444: “olli fluunt ad regia tecta,” id. ib. 11, 236; “so of a multitude or crowd of men: densatis ordinibus effuse fluentem in se aciem excepere,” Curt. 6, 1, 6.—
b. Pregn., of bodies, to pass away, fall away, to fall off or out, to vanish: “excident gladii, fluent arma de manibus,” Cic. Phil. 12, 3, 8: “capilli fluunt,” Cels. 6, 1; Plin. 27, 4, 5, § 17: “sponte fluent (poma) matura suā,” Ov. Am. 2, 14, 25: “quasi longinquo fluere omnia cernimus aevo,” Lucr. 2, 69; cf.: “cuncta fluunt omnisque vagans formatur imago,” Ov. M. 15, 178: dissolvuntur enim tum demum membra fluuntque, Lucr. 4, 919: “surae fluxere,” Luc. 9, 770: “buccae fluentes,” fallen in, lank, Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266.
II. Trop.
A. In gen., to flow, spring, arise, come forth; to go, proceed: “ex ejus (Nestoris) lingua melle dulcior fluebat oratio,” Cic. de Sen. 10, 31: “carmen vena pauperiore fluit,” Ov. Pont. 4, 2, 20: “Calidii oratio ita libere fluebat, ut nusquam adhaeresceret,” Cic. Brut. 79, 274: “in Herodoto omnia leniter fluunt,” Quint. 9, 4, 18; cf. “also: grammatice pleno jam satis alveo fluit,” id. 2, 1, 4: “quae totis viribus fluit oratio,” id. 9, 4, 7: “oratio ferri debet ac fluere,” id. 9, 4, 112.—Transf., of the writer himself: “alter (Herodotus) sine ullis salebris quasi sedatus amnis fluit,” Cic. Or. 12, 39; cf.: “(Lucilius) cum flueret lutulentus,” Hor. S. 1, 4, 11; 1, 10, 50; 1, 7, 28: “facetiis,” Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 12: “multa ab ea (luna) manant et fluunt, quibus animantes alantur augescantque,” Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50: “haec omnia ex eodem fonte fluxerunt,” id. ib. 3, 19, 48: “dicendi facultatem ex intimis sapientiae fontibus fluere,” Quint. 12, 2, 6; 5, 10, 19; 5, 9, 14: “omnia ex natura rerum hominumque fluere,” id. 6, 2, 13: “nomen ex Graeco fluxisse,” id. 3, 4, 12: “ab isto capite fluere necesse est omnem rationem bonorum et malorum,” Cic. Fin. 2, 11, 34; Quint. 1, 1, 12: “unde id quoque vitium fluit,” id. 11, 3, 109; 7, 3, 33: “Pythagorae doctrina cum longe lateque flueret,” spread itself, Cic. Tusc. 4, 1, 2: “multum fluxisse video de libris nostris variumque sermonem,” id. N. D. 1, 3, 6: “sic mihi tarda fluunt ingrataque tempora,” flow, pass, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 23: “in rebus prosperis et ad voluntatem nostram fluentibus,” going, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90: rebus supra votum fluentibus, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 2, 169 (Hist. 1, 101 Dietsch); Tac. H. 3, 48; Just. 23, 3; cf.: “rebus prospere fluentibus,” succeeding, prospering, Tac. Or. 5; id. A. 15, 5: illius rationes quorsum fluant, proceed, Attic. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 4; cf.: “res fluit ad interregnum,” Cic. Att. 4, 16, 11; “cuncta in Mithridatem fluxere,” Tac. A. 11, 9.—
B. In partic.
1. Of speech, etc., to flow uniformly, be monotonous: “efficiendum est ne fluat oratio, ne vagetur, etc.,” Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 190: “quod species ipsa carminum docet, non impetu et instinctu nec ore uno fluens,” Tac. A. 14, 16; cf. Cic. Brut. 79.—Pregn., to dissolve, vanish, perish: “qua (voluptate) cum liquescimus fluimusque mollitia,” Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52: “fluens mollitiis,” Vell. 1, 6, 2; 2, 88, 2: “cetera nasci, occidere, fluere, labi, nec diutius esse uno et eodem statu,” Cic. Or. 3, 10: “fluit voluptas corporis et prima quaeque avolat,” id. Fin. 2, 32, 106: “fluentem procumbentemque rem publicam populi Romani restituere,” Vell. 2, 16 fin.—Hence,
1. fluens , entis, P. a.
A. Lax, relaxed, debauched, enervated, effeminate: “inde soluti ac fluentes non accipiunt e scholis mala ista, sed in scholas afferunt,” Quint. 1, 2, 8: “Campani fluentes luxu,” Liv. 7, 29, 5: “incessu ipso ultra muliebrem mollitiem fluentes,” Sen. Tranq. 15: “fluentibus membris, incessu femineo,” Aug. Civ. D. 7, 26.—
B. Of speech,
1. Flowing, fluent: “sed in his tracta quaedam et fluens expetitur, non haec contorta et acris oratio,” Cic. Or. 20, 66: “lenis et fluens contextus,” Quint. 9, 4, 127.—
2. Lax, unrestrained: “ne immoderata aut angusta aut dissoluta aut fluens sit oratio,” Cic. Or. 58, 198: “dissipata et inculta et fluens oratio,” id. ib. 65, 220; “and transf. of the speaker: in locis ac descriptionibus fusi ac fluentes sumus,” Quint. 9, 4, 138.—Adv.: flŭenter , in a flowing, waving manner (very rare): “res quaeque fluenter fertur,” Lucr. 6, 935 (but not ib. 520, where the correct read. is cientur; “v. Lachm.): capillo fluenter undante,” App. M. 2, p. 122, 7. —
2. fluxus , a, um, P. a. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
A. Lit., flowing, fluid: “elementa arida atque fluxa, App. de Mundo: sucus,” Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 133: “vas fluxum pertusumque,” i. e. leaking, Lucr. 6, 20.—
2. Transf., flowing, loose, slack: “ipsa crine fluxo thyrsum quatiens,” Tac. A. 11, 31: “habena,” Liv. 38, 29, 6: “amictus,” Luc. 2, 362; cf.: “ut cingeretur fluxiore cinctura,” Suet. Caes. 45 fin.: “fluxa arma,” hanging slack, loose, Tac. H. 2, 99.—
(β).
Pregn., frail, perishable, weak: “corpora,” Tac. H. 2, 32; cf.: “spadone eviratior fluxo,” Mart. 5 41, 1, : “(murorum) aevo fluxa,” Tac. H. 2, 22. —
B. Trop.
1. Lax, loose, dissolute, careless: “animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,” Sall. C. 14, 5: cf.: “animi fluxioris esse,” Suet. Tib. 52: “duces noctu dieque fluxi,” Tac. H. 3, 76: “spectaculum non enerve nec fluxum,” Plin. Pan. 33, 1: “fluxa atque aperta securitas,” Gell. 4, 20, 8.—
2. Pregn., frail, weak, fleeting, transient, perishable: “res nostrae ut in secundis fluxae, ut in adversis bonae,” decayed, impaired, disordered, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 1: hujus belli fortuna, ut in secundis, fluxa; “ut in adversis, bona,” id. ad Brut. 1, 10, 2: “res humanae fluxae et mobiles,” Sall. J. 104, 2: “divitiarum et formae gloria fluxa atque fragilis est,” id. C. 1, 4; cf.: “instabile et fluxum,” Tac. A. 13, 19: “fluxa auctoritas,” id. H. 1, 21: “cave fidem fluxam geras,” Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 79: “fides,” Sall. J. 111, 2; Liv. 40, 50, 5; cf.: “fluxa et vana fides,” unreliable, unstable, id. 28, 6, 11; Tac. H. 2, 75; 4, 23: “studia inania et fluxa,” id. A. 3, 50 fin.: “fluxa senio mens,” id. ib. 6, 38.—Adv.: fluxē , remissly, negligently (post-class. and rare): “more vitae remissioris fluxius agens,” Amm. 18, 7.
