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fluō fluxī, fluxus, ere

FLV-, to flow, stream, in contrarias partīs: flumen quod inter eum et castra fluebat, Cs.: naturā: fluxit in terram Remi Cruor, H.: sudor fluit undique rivis, V.: fluunt lacrimae more perennis aquae, O.: fluit ignibus aurum, melts , O.To flow, overflow, run down, drip : madidāque fluens in veste Menoetes, V.: fluentes buccae, dripping : tantum, yield (of the grape), V.: cum fluvius sanguine fluxit: sudore, O.To flow, stream, pour, throng, glide : nodoque sinūs conlecta fluentīs, V.: ramos compesce fluentīs, spreading , V.: Ad terram fluit devexo pondere cervix, droops , V.: relictis Turba fluit castris, pour forth , V.: ad terram fluens, sinking , V.To pass away, fall away, fall off, vanish : fluent arma de manibus: poma, O.: Cuncta fluunt, are changing , O.—Fig., to flow, spring, arise, come forth, go, proceed : ex eius linguā melle dulcior fluebat oratio.— To roll, flow, move, spread : doctrina longe lateque: de libris nostris sermonem: Hoc fonte derivata clades In patriam fluxit, H.: res ad voluntatem nostram fluentes.—Of persons: (Herodotus) quasi sedatus amnis fluit.—Of speech, to be fluent, be verbose, be monotonous : efficiendum est ne fluat oratio: Cum flueret lutulentus (Lucilius), H.To pass away, dissolve, vanish, perish : tarda fluunt tempora, H.: mollitiā: lassitudine vires, L.: voluptas corporis: Spes Danaūm, V.

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