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ădauctus, a, um, Part. of adaugeo.

ădauctus, ūs, m. [adaugeo], an increasing, increase, growth:

quaecunque vides hilaro grandescere adauctu,

Lucr. 2, 1122:

lunae (opp. defectio),

Sol. 23 fin.

af-flŭo (better adf-), xi, xum, 3, v. a. and n., to flow or run to or toward; with ad or dat.

Lit., of water:

aestus bis adfluunt bisque remeant,

Plin. 2, 97, 99, § 212:

Rhenus ad Gallicam ripam placidior adfluens,

Tac. A. 4, 6.—In the lang. of the Epicurean philos., of the flow of atoms from an object, as the cause of perception (cf. aestus, II. C.), Cic. N. D. 1, 19, 49.— Poet., of time: Maecenas meus adfluentes Ordinat annos, flowing on, increasing, = accrescentes, Hor. C. 4, 11, 19.—

Transf.

Of persons, to come to in haste, to hasten to, to run or flock to or toward (only poet. and in the histt. from the Aug. per.):

ingentem comitum adfluxisse Invenio numerum,

Verg. A. 2, 796:

copiae adfluebant,

Liv. 39, 31:

adfluentibus auxiliis Gallorum,

Tac. H. 4, 25:

multitudo adfluens,

id. A. 4, 41.— Of food, to flow down:

cibo adfluente,

Suet. Claud. 44.— Trop.:

si ea sola voluptas esset, quae ad eos (sensus) cum suavitate adflueret et inlaberetur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 11:

nihil ex istis locis litterarum adfluxit,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 3:

incautis amor,

Ov. R. A. 148:

opes adfluunt subito, repente dilabuntur,

Val. Max. 6, 9 fin. —

Aliquā re, to flow with a thing in rich abundance, to overflow with, to abound in, to have in abundance (more elevated than abundo; hence adfluens in Cic. Oratt. is much more freq. than abundans):

frumento,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 57:

divitiis honore et laude,

Lucr. 6, 13:

voluptatibus,

Cic. Fin. 2, 28, 93:

cui cum domi otium atque divitiae adfluerent,

Sall. C. 36, 4:

ubi effuse adfluunt opes,

Liv. 3, 26.—Hence, afflŭ-ens ( adf-), entis, P. a., flowing abundantly with a thing, having in abundance or superfluity; abounding in; abundant, rich, copious, numerous: Asiatico ornatu, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. 1, 10:

unguentis,

Cic. Sest. 8:

urbs eruditissimis hominibus, liberalissimisque studiis adfluens,

id. Arch. 3; so id. Rosc. Com. 10; id. Verr. 2, 5, 54; id. Clu. 66; id. Agr. 2, 30; id. de Or. 3, 15; id. Off. 1, 43; id. Lael. 16 al.:

uberiores et adfluentiores aquae,

Vitr. 8, 1.— Poet.:

homo vestitu adfluens,

in ample, flowing robes, Phaedr. 5, 1, 22:

ex adfluenti,

in abundance, profusely, Tac. H. 1, 57 al. — Sup., Sol. c. 50; Aug. Conf. 2, 6.— Adv.: afflŭente ( adf-), richly, copiously, App. M. 4.— Comp., Cic. Tusc. 5, 6; Nep. Att. 14; Tac. A. 15, 54.

af-flŭo (better adf-), xi, xum, 3, v. a. and n., to flow or run to or toward; with ad or dat.

Lit., of water:

aestus bis adfluunt bisque remeant,

Plin. 2, 97, 99, § 212:

Rhenus ad Gallicam ripam placidior adfluens,

Tac. A. 4, 6.—In the lang. of the Epicurean philos., of the flow of atoms from an object, as the cause of perception (cf. aestus, II. C.), Cic. N. D. 1, 19, 49.— Poet., of time: Maecenas meus adfluentes Ordinat annos, flowing on, increasing, = accrescentes, Hor. C. 4, 11, 19.—

Transf.

Of persons, to come to in haste, to hasten to, to run or flock to or toward (only poet. and in the histt. from the Aug. per.):

ingentem comitum adfluxisse Invenio numerum,

Verg. A. 2, 796:

copiae adfluebant,

Liv. 39, 31:

adfluentibus auxiliis Gallorum,

Tac. H. 4, 25:

multitudo adfluens,

id. A. 4, 41.— Of food, to flow down:

cibo adfluente,

Suet. Claud. 44.— Trop.:

si ea sola voluptas esset, quae ad eos (sensus) cum suavitate adflueret et inlaberetur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 11:

nihil ex istis locis litterarum adfluxit,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 3:

incautis amor,

Ov. R. A. 148:

opes adfluunt subito, repente dilabuntur,

Val. Max. 6, 9 fin. —

Aliquā re, to flow with a thing in rich abundance, to overflow with, to abound in, to have in abundance (more elevated than abundo; hence adfluens in Cic. Oratt. is much more freq. than abundans):

frumento,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 57:

divitiis honore et laude,

Lucr. 6, 13:

voluptatibus,

Cic. Fin. 2, 28, 93:

cui cum domi otium atque divitiae adfluerent,

Sall. C. 36, 4:

ubi effuse adfluunt opes,

Liv. 3, 26.—Hence, afflŭ-ens ( adf-), entis, P. a., flowing abundantly with a thing, having in abundance or superfluity; abounding in; abundant, rich, copious, numerous: Asiatico ornatu, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. 1, 10:

unguentis,

Cic. Sest. 8:

urbs eruditissimis hominibus, liberalissimisque studiis adfluens,

id. Arch. 3; so id. Rosc. Com. 10; id. Verr. 2, 5, 54; id. Clu. 66; id. Agr. 2, 30; id. de Or. 3, 15; id. Off. 1, 43; id. Lael. 16 al.:

uberiores et adfluentiores aquae,

Vitr. 8, 1.— Poet.:

homo vestitu adfluens,

in ample, flowing robes, Phaedr. 5, 1, 22:

ex adfluenti,

in abundance, profusely, Tac. H. 1, 57 al. — Sup., Sol. c. 50; Aug. Conf. 2, 6.— Adv.: afflŭente ( adf-), richly, copiously, App. M. 4.— Comp., Cic. Tusc. 5, 6; Nep. Att. 14; Tac. A. 15, 54.

af-flŭo (better adf-), xi, xum, 3, v. a. and n., to flow or run to or toward; with ad or dat.

Lit., of water:

aestus bis adfluunt bisque remeant,

Plin. 2, 97, 99, § 212:

Rhenus ad Gallicam ripam placidior adfluens,

Tac. A. 4, 6.—In the lang. of the Epicurean philos., of the flow of atoms from an object, as the cause of perception (cf. aestus, II. C.), Cic. N. D. 1, 19, 49.— Poet., of time: Maecenas meus adfluentes Ordinat annos, flowing on, increasing, = accrescentes, Hor. C. 4, 11, 19.—

Transf.

Of persons, to come to in haste, to hasten to, to run or flock to or toward (only poet. and in the histt. from the Aug. per.):

ingentem comitum adfluxisse Invenio numerum,

Verg. A. 2, 796:

copiae adfluebant,

Liv. 39, 31:

adfluentibus auxiliis Gallorum,

Tac. H. 4, 25:

multitudo adfluens,

id. A. 4, 41.— Of food, to flow down:

cibo adfluente,

Suet. Claud. 44.— Trop.:

si ea sola voluptas esset, quae ad eos (sensus) cum suavitate adflueret et inlaberetur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 11:

nihil ex istis locis litterarum adfluxit,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 3:

incautis amor,

Ov. R. A. 148:

opes adfluunt subito, repente dilabuntur,

Val. Max. 6, 9 fin. —

Aliquā re, to flow with a thing in rich abundance, to overflow with, to abound in, to have in abundance (more elevated than abundo; hence adfluens in Cic. Oratt. is much more freq. than abundans):

frumento,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 57:

divitiis honore et laude,

Lucr. 6, 13:

voluptatibus,

Cic. Fin. 2, 28, 93:

cui cum domi otium atque divitiae adfluerent,

Sall. C. 36, 4:

ubi effuse adfluunt opes,

Liv. 3, 26.—Hence, afflŭ-ens ( adf-), entis, P. a., flowing abundantly with a thing, having in abundance or superfluity; abounding in; abundant, rich, copious, numerous: Asiatico ornatu, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. 1, 10:

unguentis,

Cic. Sest. 8:

urbs eruditissimis hominibus, liberalissimisque studiis adfluens,

id. Arch. 3; so id. Rosc. Com. 10; id. Verr. 2, 5, 54; id. Clu. 66; id. Agr. 2, 30; id. de Or. 3, 15; id. Off. 1, 43; id. Lael. 16 al.:

uberiores et adfluentiores aquae,

Vitr. 8, 1.— Poet.:

homo vestitu adfluens,

in ample, flowing robes, Phaedr. 5, 1, 22:

ex adfluenti,

in abundance, profusely, Tac. H. 1, 57 al. — Sup., Sol. c. 50; Aug. Conf. 2, 6.— Adv.: afflŭente ( adf-), richly, copiously, App. M. 4.— Comp., Cic. Tusc. 5, 6; Nep. Att. 14; Tac. A. 15, 54.

af-flŭo (better adf-), xi, xum, 3, v. a. and n., to flow or run to or toward; with ad or dat.

Lit., of water:

aestus bis adfluunt bisque remeant,

Plin. 2, 97, 99, § 212:

Rhenus ad Gallicam ripam placidior adfluens,

Tac. A. 4, 6.—In the lang. of the Epicurean philos., of the flow of atoms from an object, as the cause of perception (cf. aestus, II. C.), Cic. N. D. 1, 19, 49.— Poet., of time: Maecenas meus adfluentes Ordinat annos, flowing on, increasing, = accrescentes, Hor. C. 4, 11, 19.—

Transf.

Of persons, to come to in haste, to hasten to, to run or flock to or toward (only poet. and in the histt. from the Aug. per.):

ingentem comitum adfluxisse Invenio numerum,

Verg. A. 2, 796:

copiae adfluebant,

Liv. 39, 31:

adfluentibus auxiliis Gallorum,

Tac. H. 4, 25:

multitudo adfluens,

id. A. 4, 41.— Of food, to flow down:

cibo adfluente,

Suet. Claud. 44.— Trop.:

si ea sola voluptas esset, quae ad eos (sensus) cum suavitate adflueret et inlaberetur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 11:

nihil ex istis locis litterarum adfluxit,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 3:

incautis amor,

Ov. R. A. 148:

opes adfluunt subito, repente dilabuntur,

Val. Max. 6, 9 fin. —

Aliquā re, to flow with a thing in rich abundance, to overflow with, to abound in, to have in abundance (more elevated than abundo; hence adfluens in Cic. Oratt. is much more freq. than abundans):

frumento,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 57:

divitiis honore et laude,

Lucr. 6, 13:

voluptatibus,

Cic. Fin. 2, 28, 93:

cui cum domi otium atque divitiae adfluerent,

Sall. C. 36, 4:

ubi effuse adfluunt opes,

Liv. 3, 26.—Hence, afflŭ-ens ( adf-), entis, P. a., flowing abundantly with a thing, having in abundance or superfluity; abounding in; abundant, rich, copious, numerous: Asiatico ornatu, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. 1, 10:

unguentis,

Cic. Sest. 8:

urbs eruditissimis hominibus, liberalissimisque studiis adfluens,

id. Arch. 3; so id. Rosc. Com. 10; id. Verr. 2, 5, 54; id. Clu. 66; id. Agr. 2, 30; id. de Or. 3, 15; id. Off. 1, 43; id. Lael. 16 al.:

uberiores et adfluentiores aquae,

Vitr. 8, 1.— Poet.:

homo vestitu adfluens,

in ample, flowing robes, Phaedr. 5, 1, 22:

ex adfluenti,

in abundance, profusely, Tac. H. 1, 57 al. — Sup., Sol. c. 50; Aug. Conf. 2, 6.— Adv.: afflŭente ( adf-), richly, copiously, App. M. 4.— Comp., Cic. Tusc. 5, 6; Nep. Att. 14; Tac. A. 15, 54.

amplĭfĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. [amplifico], a widening; hence,

An extending, enlarging, increasing (perh. only in Cic.):

pecuniae,

Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33:

rei familiaris,

id. Off. 1, 8, 25.— Trop.:

honoris et gloriae,

Cic. Off. 2, 12, 42.—

In rhet. t. t., an exaggerated description of an object, an amplification, Auct. ad Her. 2, 30; Cic. Part. Or. 15; Quint. 2, 5, 9; 5, 10, 99; v. amplifico, II.

auctĭo, ōnis, f. [augeo].

An increasing, increase, auxêsis:

auctio frumenti et tributorum,

Tac. Agr. 19:

dierum,

Macr. S. 1, 14: rerum crescentium, Paul. ex Fest. p. 17 Müll.—

A sale by increase of bids, a public sale, auction. Auctions were held either in an open place, or in particular rooms or halls, called atria auctionaria (v. auctionarius), or simply atria (Juv. 7, 7). There was a spear (hasta) set up therein, as the legal sign of the sale, like our red flag; the price was called out by a crier (praeco), and the article sold was adjudged to the highest bidder by the magistrate who was present. A money-broker (argentarius) was also present to note down the price and receive the money or security for it;

v. Smith, Dict. Antiq. (this is the class. signif. of the word): auctionem facere,

Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 91 -94; so id. Poen. 1, 3, 2; 5, 6, 27; id. Stich. 2, 2, 60; Cic. Quinct. 4; id. Att. 12, 3 al.:

Dicam auctionis causam, ut animo gaudeant, Ipse egomet quam ob rem auctionem praedicem,

announce, Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 55; so,

auctionis diem obire,

Cic. Att. 13, 14:

proscribere,

id. ib. 13, 37;

and proponere,

Quint. 6, 3, 99:

proferre,

to defer, adjourn, Cic. Att. 13, 13: amplissima praedia ex auctionibus hastae minimo addixit, by the sales of the spear, i. e. by auctions (v. supra), Suet. Caes. 50 (cf.:

praebere caput dominā venale sub hastā,

Juv. 3, 33):

auctio hereditaria constituta,

Cic. Caecin. 5:

auctionis tabula,

id. Agr. 2, 25 (v. auctionalis):

auctio fortunae regiae,

Liv. 2, 14:

vendere aliquid in auctione,

by auction, Plin. 29, 4, 30, § 96:

res in auctione venit,

Gai. 4, 126:

ex auctione rem emere,

Dig. 31, 4, 2, § 8:

auctionem dimittere,

Quint. 11, 2, 24. —

Meton. (abstr. pro concr.), goods to be sold by auction:

cum auctionem venderet,

Cic. Quinct. 5, 19 (B. and K.; others, auctione).