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I. Neutr., to run over, overflow (mostly postAug.; only once in Cic.; syn. redundo).
A. Lit.: “in aeneo vase leniter coquuntur, ne superfluant,” Cels. 6, 18, 2: “fons superfluit,” Plin. 31, 4, 28, § 51: “superfluentis Nili receptacula,” Tac. A. 2, 61: “si (Nilus) immodicus superfluxit,” Sen. Ben. 6, 7, 3. —
B. Trop.
1. To be superabundant, to superabound: “pecunia non superfluens,” Sen. Ben. 1, 11, 5: “virgines,” id. Contr. 1, 3, 4: “populus,” id. ad Helv. 6, 11: “claritas,” Plin. 4, 7, 11, § 24.—
b. Transf., to be superfluous: “nihil neque desit, neque superfluat,” Quint. 8, 2, 22; so (opp. deesse) id. 12, 10, 16; cf. id. 10, 7, 13; Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 115.—
2. To have a superabundance of a thing: “cum Venetis Aquileia superfluit armis,” Sil. 8, 606: “redundantes nos et superfluentes juvenili quādam dicendi impunitate et licentiā, etc.,” Cic. Brut. 91, 316; cf.: “orator non satis pressus sed supra modum exsultans et superfluens,” extravagant, Tac. Or. 18.—Absol.: “superbus et superfluens (sc. divitiis),” Cat. 29, 7.— *
II. Act., to flow by or past: “nec quae dicentur, superfluent aures,” Quint. 2, 5, 13 Spald.
