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aurĕus, a, um, adj. [id.].

Lit.

Of gold, golden (syn.:

aureolus, auratus, aurifer): patera,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 104 and 263:

vasa,

Vulg. Exod. 12, 35; ib. 2 Tim. 2, 20:

torulus,

Plaut. Am. prol. 144:

imber,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 37:

funis,

Lucr. 2, 1154: torques. Vulg. Gen. 41, 42:

simulacra,

Lucr. 2, 24:

mala Hesperidum,

id. 5, 33:

aurea mala,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6:

pelles,

id. ib.:

corona (a gift for distinction in war),

Liv. 7, 37, 1; Inscr. Orell. 363; 3453; 3475:

corona,

Vulg. Exod. 25, 11:

candelabra,

ib. Apoc. 1, 12: nummus, and absol.: aurĕus, i, m., the standard gold coin of Rome, a gold piece (first struck in the second Punic war), of the value of 25 denarii or 100 sestertii (weighing about 120 grains, and being about equal to £1, 1 s. 1 d. or $5.10), Cic. Phil. 12, 8: si (tibi) contigit aureus unus. Juv. 7, 122;

fully, aureus nummus,

Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 47; Suet. Calig. 42; id. Claud. 21; id. Vit. 16; id. Oth. 4; id. Dom. 7 al.—Of the Hebrew shekels (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. 4 Reg. 5, 5; ib. 2 Par. 9, 15; 9, 16.— Poet.:

vis aurea tinxit Flumen,

i. e. the power of changing every thing to gold, Ov. M. 11, 142.—

Furnished with gold, wrought, interwoven, or ornamented with gold, gilded:

victimam auream polcram immolabat,

i. e. with gilded horns, Naev. 1, 12 (cf. Hom. Od. 3, 426):

sella,

Cic. Phil. 2, 34, and Prop. 5, 10, 28:

cingula,

Verg. A. 1, 492:

Capitolia,

id. ib. 8, 347. templa, Prop. 5, 1, 5:

cuspis,

Ov. M. 7, 673:

Pactolus,

whose waters flowed with gold, id. ib. 11, 87; cf: Lucr 5, 911 sq.—

Of the color of gold, glittering like gold, golden:

liquidi color aureus ignis,

Lucr. 6, 205:

Barba erat incipiens, barbae color aureus,

Ov. M. 12, 395; Plin. 37, 5, 20, § 76; Gell. 2, 26, 5; Pall. Mart. 13, 4:

lumina solis,

Lucr. 5, 461; so,

aurea Phoebe,

Verg. G. 1, 431; Ov. M. 2, 723:

luna,

id. ib. 10, 448; Hor. Epod 17, 41:

aureus sol,

Verg. G 1, 232; 4, 51; so Ov. M. 7, 663: sidera, Verg A. 2, 488;

11, 832: caesaries,

golden locks, id. ib. 8, 659:

coma,

Cat. 61, 95, and Ov. M. 12, 395:

aurea mala,

Verg. E. 3, 71, and 8, 52: Aurea pavonum ridenti imbuta lepore Saecla, the golden species of peacock, full of laughing beauty, Lucr 2, 502.—

Trop., of physical and mental excellences or attractions, golden, beautiful, splendid:

aurea Venus,

Verg. A. 10, 16; Ov M. 10, 277;

15, 761: Amor,

id. Am. 2, 18, 36:

Copia,

Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 28:

Aurea Phoebi porticus,

Prop. 3, 29, 1:

litus,

Mart. 11, 80:

aether,

Ov. M. 13, 587:

medicamentum,

Col. 6, 14, 5 al.:

dicta, vita,

Lucr. 3, 12 and 13:

mores,

Hor. C 4, 2, 23:

Qui nunc te fruitur credulus aureā,

id. ib. 1, 5, 9:

tua mater Me movet atque iras aurea vincit anus,

Tib. 1, 6, 58:

mediocritas,

the golden mean, Hor. C. 2, 10, 5:

aetas,

the golden age, Ov. M. 1, 89:

tempus,

Hor. Epod. 16, 64.—Hence, Virgo = Astraea, Albin. 2, 23.

cănor, ōris, m. [cano], tune, sound, song, melody ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose; rare).

Lit.

Of living beings, Quint. 1, 10, 22:

cygni,

Lucr. 4, 182; 4, 911: res est blanda canor;

discant cantare puellae,

Ov. A. A. 3, 315:

mulcendas natus ad aures,

id. M. 5, 561.—

Of instruments, the tone:

Martius aeris rauci canor,

martial clang, Verg. G. 4, 71:

lyrae,

Ov. H. 16, 180.—

Trop.:

bella truci memorata canore,

in heroic poetry, Petr. 5, 19.

Cĕrĕālis ( Cĕrĭālis; cf. Serv.ad Verg. A. 1, 177; so Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2 and 4 Orell.), e, adj. [Ceres].

Pertaining to Ceres, devoted to her, and, meton., pertaining to the cultivation of land, grain, or agriculture:

nemus,

sacred to Ceres, Ov. M. 8, 741:

sacrum,

id. Am. 3, 10, 1:

Eleusin,

id. F. 4, 507; id. M. 7, 439 (cf. Mel. 2, 3, 4:

Eleusin Cereri consecrata): papaver (as her symbolic attribute),

Verg. G. 1, 212 Heyne; Col. 10, 314:

cenae,

i. e. splendid, like those at the festivals of Ceres, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 25:

sulci,

Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 11:

munera,

id. M. 11, 121; 13, 639:

dona,

id. ib. 11, 122; id. F. 1, 683; 6, 391 (cf.:

dona Cereris,

id. M. 5, 655):

herbae,

id. F. 4, 911:

libum,

id. ib. 1, 127:

semina,

id. M. 1, 123:

culmus,

Verg. G. 2, 517:

arma,

i. e. the implements for grinding and baking, id. A. 1, 177:

solum,

i. e. the cake laid on the ground, id. ib. 7, 111 (cf. id. ib. v. 109): aediles, who had the superintendence of provisions; v. aedilis fin. —Hence,

Subst.: Cĕrĕālĭa, ium, n. (also in appos.:

Cerealia ludi,

Liv. 30, 39, 8; cf.: Megalesia ludi, al.), the festival of Ceres, celebrated on the 10 th of April, Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2 and 4; Varr. L. L. 6, § 15 Müll.; Ov. F. 4, 619; cf. id. ib. 389 sq.—

A Roman cognomen, Mart. 4, 8; 12, 52.

Cĕrĕālis ( Cĕrĭālis; cf. Serv.ad Verg. A. 1, 177; so Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2 and 4 Orell.), e, adj. [Ceres].

Pertaining to Ceres, devoted to her, and, meton., pertaining to the cultivation of land, grain, or agriculture:

nemus,

sacred to Ceres, Ov. M. 8, 741:

sacrum,

id. Am. 3, 10, 1:

Eleusin,

id. F. 4, 507; id. M. 7, 439 (cf. Mel. 2, 3, 4:

Eleusin Cereri consecrata): papaver (as her symbolic attribute),

Verg. G. 1, 212 Heyne; Col. 10, 314:

cenae,

i. e. splendid, like those at the festivals of Ceres, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 25:

sulci,

Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 11:

munera,

id. M. 11, 121; 13, 639:

dona,

id. ib. 11, 122; id. F. 1, 683; 6, 391 (cf.:

dona Cereris,

id. M. 5, 655):

herbae,

id. F. 4, 911:

libum,

id. ib. 1, 127:

semina,

id. M. 1, 123:

culmus,

Verg. G. 2, 517:

arma,

i. e. the implements for grinding and baking, id. A. 1, 177:

solum,

i. e. the cake laid on the ground, id. ib. 7, 111 (cf. id. ib. v. 109): aediles, who had the superintendence of provisions; v. aedilis fin. —Hence,

Subst.: Cĕrĕālĭa, ium, n. (also in appos.:

Cerealia ludi,

Liv. 30, 39, 8; cf.: Megalesia ludi, al.), the festival of Ceres, celebrated on the 10 th of April, Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2 and 4; Varr. L. L. 6, § 15 Müll.; Ov. F. 4, 619; cf. id. ib. 389 sq.—

A Roman cognomen, Mart. 4, 8; 12, 52.

Cĕrĕālis ( Cĕrĭālis; cf. Serv.ad Verg. A. 1, 177; so Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2 and 4 Orell.), e, adj. [Ceres].

Pertaining to Ceres, devoted to her, and, meton., pertaining to the cultivation of land, grain, or agriculture:

nemus,

sacred to Ceres, Ov. M. 8, 741:

sacrum,

id. Am. 3, 10, 1:

Eleusin,

id. F. 4, 507; id. M. 7, 439 (cf. Mel. 2, 3, 4:

Eleusin Cereri consecrata): papaver (as her symbolic attribute),

Verg. G. 1, 212 Heyne; Col. 10, 314:

cenae,

i. e. splendid, like those at the festivals of Ceres, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 25:

sulci,

Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 11:

munera,

id. M. 11, 121; 13, 639:

dona,

id. ib. 11, 122; id. F. 1, 683; 6, 391 (cf.:

dona Cereris,

id. M. 5, 655):

herbae,

id. F. 4, 911:

libum,

id. ib. 1, 127:

semina,

id. M. 1, 123:

culmus,

Verg. G. 2, 517:

arma,

i. e. the implements for grinding and baking, id. A. 1, 177:

solum,

i. e. the cake laid on the ground, id. ib. 7, 111 (cf. id. ib. v. 109): aediles, who had the superintendence of provisions; v. aedilis fin. —Hence,

Subst.: Cĕrĕālĭa, ium, n. (also in appos.:

Cerealia ludi,

Liv. 30, 39, 8; cf.: Megalesia ludi, al.), the festival of Ceres, celebrated on the 10 th of April, Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2 and 4; Varr. L. L. 6, § 15 Müll.; Ov. F. 4, 619; cf. id. ib. 389 sq.—

A Roman cognomen, Mart. 4, 8; 12, 52.

Cisseus, ĕi, m., = Kisseus.

A king of Thrace; acc. to a later myth, father of Hecuba, Verg. A. 5, 537; Hyg. Fab. 91; 911; who is on this account called Cissēïs, Verg. A. 7, 320 Serv.; 10, 705.—

A companion of Turnus, acc. Cissea, Verg. A. 10, 317.

clāmor (old form clāmŏs, like arbos, labos, etc., Quint. 1, 4, 13), ōris, m. [clamo].

A loud call, a shout, cry; of men and ( poet.) of animals (very freq. in all periods and species of composition):

facere clamorem,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 33:

tollere,

id. Curc. 2, 2, 27; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94; id. Q. Fr. 2, 1. 3; Liv. 3, 28, 2; Quint. 5, 10, 46; Verg. A. 3, 672 al.:

tollere in caelum,

id. ib. 11, 745:

ad aethera,

id. ib. 2, 338; cf.:

clamorem mittere ad sidera,

Stat. Th. 12, 521:

edere,

Cic. Div. 2, 23, 50:

profundere,

id. Fl. 6, 15:

compesce,

Hor. C. 2, 20, 23:

clamorem audire,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 37:

magno clamore concurritur,

Sall. J. 53, 2:

clamor virūm,

Verg. A. 1, 87:

impium Lenite clamorem,

Hor. C. 1, 27, 7:

ingens clamor,

Verg. A. 12, 268:

laetus,

id. ib. 3, 524:

subitus,

id. ib. 11, 609:

nauticus,

id. ib. 3, 128:

dare clamorem,

id. ib. 3, 566:

it clamor caelo,

id. ib. 5, 451 al. —

In partic., a friendly call, acclamation, applause:

clamor secundus,

Verg. A. 5, 491:

dixi de te tanto clamore consensuque populi,

Cic. Fam. 12, 7, 1:

clamore coronae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 53;

militum gaudentium,

Tac. H. 1, 62 fin. al.—In plur., Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 152; id. Brut. 95, 326; id. Att. 1, 14, 4; Plin. Pan. 73, 1; 2, 6; Phaedr. 5, 5, 28; Quint. 12, 6, 4.—

A hostile call, clamor, shout: clamoribus maximis judices corripuerunt, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1; so Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 3; id. Verr. 2, 1, 5, § 12 al.—

Poet., of animals, a cry:

gruum,

Lucr. 4, 182; 4, 911:

mergorum,

Verg. G. 1, 362:

apum,

id. ib. 4, 76 al.—Of things, noise, sound, din:

nubis,

Lucr. 6, 147:

ter scopuli clamorem inter cava saxa dedere,

Verg. A. 3, 566:

montium silvaeque,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 39.

clāmor (old form clāmŏs, like arbos, labos, etc., Quint. 1, 4, 13), ōris, m. [clamo].

A loud call, a shout, cry; of men and ( poet.) of animals (very freq. in all periods and species of composition):

facere clamorem,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 33:

tollere,

id. Curc. 2, 2, 27; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94; id. Q. Fr. 2, 1. 3; Liv. 3, 28, 2; Quint. 5, 10, 46; Verg. A. 3, 672 al.:

tollere in caelum,

id. ib. 11, 745:

ad aethera,

id. ib. 2, 338; cf.:

clamorem mittere ad sidera,

Stat. Th. 12, 521:

edere,

Cic. Div. 2, 23, 50:

profundere,

id. Fl. 6, 15:

compesce,

Hor. C. 2, 20, 23:

clamorem audire,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 37:

magno clamore concurritur,

Sall. J. 53, 2:

clamor virūm,

Verg. A. 1, 87:

impium Lenite clamorem,

Hor. C. 1, 27, 7:

ingens clamor,

Verg. A. 12, 268:

laetus,

id. ib. 3, 524:

subitus,

id. ib. 11, 609:

nauticus,

id. ib. 3, 128:

dare clamorem,

id. ib. 3, 566:

it clamor caelo,

id. ib. 5, 451 al. —

In partic., a friendly call, acclamation, applause:

clamor secundus,

Verg. A. 5, 491:

dixi de te tanto clamore consensuque populi,

Cic. Fam. 12, 7, 1:

clamore coronae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 53;

militum gaudentium,

Tac. H. 1, 62 fin. al.—In plur., Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 152; id. Brut. 95, 326; id. Att. 1, 14, 4; Plin. Pan. 73, 1; 2, 6; Phaedr. 5, 5, 28; Quint. 12, 6, 4.—

A hostile call, clamor, shout: clamoribus maximis judices corripuerunt, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1; so Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 3; id. Verr. 2, 1, 5, § 12 al.—

Poet., of animals, a cry:

gruum,

Lucr. 4, 182; 4, 911:

mergorum,

Verg. G. 1, 362:

apum,

id. ib. 4, 76 al.—Of things, noise, sound, din:

nubis,

Lucr. 6, 147:

ter scopuli clamorem inter cava saxa dedere,

Verg. A. 3, 566:

montium silvaeque,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 39.

convexus, a, um, adj. [conveho], vaulted, arched, rounded, convex, concave.

Prop.: convexum id est ex omni parte declinatum, qualis est natura caeli, quod ex omni parte ad terram versus declinatum est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 58, 18 Müll. ( poet., and in post-Aug. prose;

not in Lucr., Quint., and Hor.): caelum,

Ov. M. 1, 26; cf.:

nutans convexo pondere mundus,

Verg. E. 4, 50;

and, mundus,

Plin. 2, 2, 2, § 5; Cic. Arat. ap. N. D. 2, 44, 112 Creuz. N. cr.:

foramina terrae,

Ov. M. 6, 697:

vallis,

Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 38:

cornua,

id. 11, 37, 45, § 125:

folia in terram,

id. 25, 10, 77, § 124.— Poet.:

vulgus,

i. e. sitting on the curved seats of the theatre, Claud. Cons. Hon. 6, 614.—

Subst.: convexum, i, and more freq. in plur.: convexa, ōrum, n., a vault, arch, concavity:

in convexo nemorum,

Verg. A. 1, 310:

taedet caeli convexa tueri,

the vaulted arch, id. ib. 4, 451; so,

vallium,

the hollows, cavities, Just. 2, 10; cf.:

dum montibus umbrae lustrabunt convexa,

Verg. A. 1, 608; and absol.:

talis sese halitus... supera ad convexa ferebat,

id. ib. 6, 241; so of the heavens, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olyb. 242; id. in Rufin. 1, 367; 2, 454 al.;

of a theatre,

id. Cons. Stil. 3, 190.—

Trop.: Enthumêma crebrum et coruscum et convexum, Gell. 17, 20, 4 Hertz.—

In gen., inclined, sloping downwards:

vertex ad aequora,

Ov. M. 13, 911; cf. Plin. 12, 22, 49, § 107:

iter,

Ov. M. 14, 154:

vallis repente convexa,

Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 38.

convexus, ūs, m., = periphereia, Gloss. Vet.

convexus, a, um, adj. [conveho], vaulted, arched, rounded, convex, concave.

Prop.: convexum id est ex omni parte declinatum, qualis est natura caeli, quod ex omni parte ad terram versus declinatum est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 58, 18 Müll. ( poet., and in post-Aug. prose;

not in Lucr., Quint., and Hor.): caelum,

Ov. M. 1, 26; cf.:

nutans convexo pondere mundus,

Verg. E. 4, 50;

and, mundus,

Plin. 2, 2, 2, § 5; Cic. Arat. ap. N. D. 2, 44, 112 Creuz. N. cr.:

foramina terrae,

Ov. M. 6, 697:

vallis,

Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 38:

cornua,

id. 11, 37, 45, § 125:

folia in terram,

id. 25, 10, 77, § 124.— Poet.:

vulgus,

i. e. sitting on the curved seats of the theatre, Claud. Cons. Hon. 6, 614.—

Subst.: convexum, i, and more freq. in plur.: convexa, ōrum, n., a vault, arch, concavity:

in convexo nemorum,

Verg. A. 1, 310:

taedet caeli convexa tueri,

the vaulted arch, id. ib. 4, 451; so,

vallium,

the hollows, cavities, Just. 2, 10; cf.:

dum montibus umbrae lustrabunt convexa,

Verg. A. 1, 608; and absol.:

talis sese halitus... supera ad convexa ferebat,

id. ib. 6, 241; so of the heavens, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olyb. 242; id. in Rufin. 1, 367; 2, 454 al.;

of a theatre,

id. Cons. Stil. 3, 190.—

Trop.: Enthumêma crebrum et coruscum et convexum, Gell. 17, 20, 4 Hertz.—

In gen., inclined, sloping downwards:

vertex ad aequora,

Ov. M. 13, 911; cf. Plin. 12, 22, 49, § 107:

iter,

Ov. M. 14, 154:

vallis repente convexa,

Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 38.

convexus, ūs, m., = periphereia, Gloss. Vet.

convexus, a, um, adj. [conveho], vaulted, arched, rounded, convex, concave.

Prop.: convexum id est ex omni parte declinatum, qualis est natura caeli, quod ex omni parte ad terram versus declinatum est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 58, 18 Müll. ( poet., and in post-Aug. prose;

not in Lucr., Quint., and Hor.): caelum,

Ov. M. 1, 26; cf.:

nutans convexo pondere mundus,

Verg. E. 4, 50;

and, mundus,

Plin. 2, 2, 2, § 5; Cic. Arat. ap. N. D. 2, 44, 112 Creuz. N. cr.:

foramina terrae,

Ov. M. 6, 697:

vallis,

Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 38:

cornua,

id. 11, 37, 45, § 125:

folia in terram,

id. 25, 10, 77, § 124.— Poet.:

vulgus,

i. e. sitting on the curved seats of the theatre, Claud. Cons. Hon. 6, 614.—

Subst.: convexum, i, and more freq. in plur.: convexa, ōrum, n., a vault, arch, concavity:

in convexo nemorum,

Verg. A. 1, 310:

taedet caeli convexa tueri,

the vaulted arch, id. ib. 4, 451; so,

vallium,

the hollows, cavities, Just. 2, 10; cf.:

dum montibus umbrae lustrabunt convexa,

Verg. A. 1, 608; and absol.:

talis sese halitus... supera ad convexa ferebat,

id. ib. 6, 241; so of the heavens, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olyb. 242; id. in Rufin. 1, 367; 2, 454 al.;

of a theatre,

id. Cons. Stil. 3, 190.—

Trop.: Enthumêma crebrum et coruscum et convexum, Gell. 17, 20, 4 Hertz.—

In gen., inclined, sloping downwards:

vertex ad aequora,

Ov. M. 13, 911; cf. Plin. 12, 22, 49, § 107:

iter,

Ov. M. 14, 154:

vallis repente convexa,

Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 38.

convexus, ūs, m., = periphereia, Gloss. Vet.

flūmen, ĭnis, n. [id.], a flowing of water; and concr., a flood, stream, flowing or running water (syn.: fluvius, amnis, rivus).

In gen. (mostly poet.): Romane, aquam Albanam cave lacu contineri, cave in mare manare suo flumine sinas, an old prophetic formula ap. Liv. 5, 16, 9:

rapidus montano flumine torrens,

Verg. A. 2, 305; cf. Ov. R. Am. 651:

visendus ater flumine languido Cocytos errans,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 17:

inde sequemur Ipsius amnis iter, donec nos flumine certo Perferat,

Val. Fl. 8, 189: et Tiberis flumen vomit in mare salsum, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 453 ed. Vahl.); cf.:

teque pater Tiberine tuo cum flumine sancto,

id. ib. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 55 ib.):

donec me flumine vivo Abluero,

in a living, running stream, Verg. A. 2, 719; cf.: quin tu ante vivo perfunderis flumine? Auct. ap. Liv. 1, 45, 6 (for which:

aqua viva,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 123 Müll.).—In plur.:

nymphae venas et flumina fontis Elicuere sui,

streams, Ov. M. 14, 788:

frigida Scamandri,

Hor. Epod. 13, 14:

Symaethia circum Flumina,

Verg. A. 9, 585:

limosa potat,

Ov. M. 1, 634; cf.:

Tantalus a labris sitiens fugientia captat Flumina,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 69:

maritima immittere in piscinas,

Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 9.

In partic., a river.

Lit. (the predominant signif. of the word both in prose and poetry): quod 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:

Scipio biduum moratus ad flumen, quod inter eum et Domitii castra fluebat,

Caes. B. C. 3, 37, 1:

aurea flumina,

Lucr. 5, 911:

habet non tantum venas aquarum terra, ex quibus corrivatis flumina effici possunt, sed et amnes magnitudinis vastae, etc.,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 19; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 5:

nec ullum hoc frigidius flumen attigi,

id. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

nos flumina arcemus, dirigimus, avertimus,

id. N. D. 2, 60, 152:

una pars (Galliae) initium capit a flumine Rhodano, continetur Garumna flumine... attingit etiam flumen Rhenum, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 6 sq.; 1, 2, 7:

inter montem Juram et flumen Rhodanum,

id. ib. 1, 6, 1:

flumen est Arar, quod, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 12, 1:

flumen Dubis,

id. ib. 1, 38, 4:

non Seres, non Tanain prope flumen orti,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 24:

Veliternos ad Asturae flumen Maenius fudit,

Liv. 8, 13, 5 Drak. N. cr.:

terrarum situs et flumina dicere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 252:

secundo flumine ad Lutetiam iter facere coepit,

with the stream, Caes. B. G. 7, 58, 5 (cf. secundus, 2. a.):

magnum ire agmen adverso flumine,

against the stream, Caes. B. G. 7, 60, 3; cf. Verg. G. 1, 201; Liv. 24, 40. —Prov.:

flumine vicino stultus sitit, like,

starves in the midst of plenty, Petr. Fragm. p. 899 Burm.—

Transf., of other things which flow in streams or like streams, a stream, flood ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

sanguinis,

Lucr. 2, 354; 4, 1029:

largoque humectat flumine vultum,

flood of tears, Verg. A. 1, 465:

laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis,

streams of milk, id. G. 3, 310:

flumina jam lactis, jam flumina nectaris,

Ov. M. 1, 111: rigido concussae flumine nubes Exonerabantur, a torrent of rain, Petr. poët. Sat. 123; cf.:

ut picis e caelo demissum flumen,

a stream of pitch, Lucr. 6, 257:

magnesia flumine saxa,

in the magnetic stream, id. 6, 1064:

effusaeque ruunt inopino flumine turbae,

i. e. in a vast stream, Sil. 12, 185; cf. Verg. A. 11, 236:

aëris,

a current of air, App. de Mund. p. 61, 33 Elm. p. 258 Bip.—

Trop., of expression, a flow, fluency, stream:

orationis flumine reprehensoris convicia diluuntur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20:

flumen orationis aureum,

id. Ac. 2, 38, 119:

orationis,

id. de Or. 2, 15, 62; cf.:

flumen verborum volubili tasque,

id. Or. 16, 53:

gravissimorum op timorumque verborum,

id. de Or. 2, 45, 188:

inanium verborum,

id. N. D. 2, 1, 1:

Lysias... puro fonti quam magno flumini propior,

Quint. 10, 1, 78; 9, 4, 61; cf. id. 10, 1, 61; Petr. 5 fin. —And fig.:

neque concipere neque edere partum mens potest, nisi ingenti flumine litterarum inundata,

Petr. 118.