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1 circum-fluō
circum-fluō fluxī, —, ere, to flow around: latus circumfluit unda, O.: Spuma circumfluit rictūs, O. — Fig., to overflow, have abundance, be rich: omnibus copiis: gloriā: circumfluere atque abundare.—Of diction: circumfluens oratio, too copious. -
2 circumfluo
(α).Neutr.:(β).in poculis repletis circumfluere quod supersit,
flows over all around, Plin. 2, 65, 68, § 163; cf. Curt. 8, 8, 12.—Act.:II.utrumque latus circumfluit aequoris unda,
Ov. M. 13, 779:Cariam circumfluunt Maeander et Orsinus,
Plin. 5, 29, 29, § 108; cf.:cum aliae aquae subterfluant terras, aliae circumfluant,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 30, 4; Dig. 41, 1, 30, § 2; Ov. M. 3, 74:cum (oceanus) omnis terras circumfluat,
Gell. 12, 13, 20:Smyrna, quam circumfluit Meles fluvius,
Mart. Cap. 6, § 686; Sen. Suas. 1, 4; 2, 5.—Trop.A.In gen., to flock around, encompass, surround:B.mulos circumfluxisse (lupum) et ungulis caedendo eum occidisse,
Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 2:circumfluxit nos cervorum, aprorum, etc., multitudo,
id. ib. 3, 13, 3; cf.robora (dracones),
Luc. 3, 421.—To be present or exist in rich abundance, to abound, overflow: circumfluentibus undique eloquentiae copiis, * Quint. 12, 10, 78:C.circumfluentibus quietae felicitatis insignibus,
Just. 18, 7, 10.—Also with acc. pers.:secundis rebus, quae circumfluunt vos, insanire coepistis,
Curt. 10, 2, 2.—Circumfluere aliquā re, like abundare, to overflow with, to have an abundance, to be rich in:omnibus copiis, atque in omnium rerum abundantiā vivere,
Cic. Lael. 15, 52:circumfluens gloriā,
id. Att. 2, 21, 3:Catilina circumfluens Arretinorum exercitu,
id. Mur. 24, 49.—Also absol.:circumfluere atque abundare,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 4, § 9:insatiabilis avaritiae est, adhuc inplere velle, quod jam circumfluit,
Curt. 8, 8, 12.—Of too great copiousness of diction:nec redundans, nec circumfluens oratio,
too copious, Cic. Brut. 55, 203.
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