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1 circumfundo
circum-fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a., lit. to pour out around, i.e. as in circumdo, either with the acc. of that which is poured, to pour around; or, with the acc. of that around which something is poured, to surround with a liquid (class. in prose and poetry).I.Lit.A.With acc. of the liquid poured (with or without dat. of the object around which):B.amurcam ad oleam circumfundito,
Cato, R. R. 93:Tigris urbi circumfunditur,
surrounds, flows round the town, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 132.— More freq. in part. perf. pass.:mare circumfusum urbi,
the sea flowing around the town, Liv. 30, 9, 12:gens circumfusis invia fluminibus,
Ov. F. 5, 582:circumfusus nobis spiritus,
Quint. 12, 11, 13:nec circumfuso pendebat in aëre tellus,
circumambient, Ov. M. 1, 12; imitated by Tib. 4, 1, 151.—Reflex.: circumfudit se repente nubes,
Lact. 4, 21, 1.—Once mid.: cum fervet (lac), ne circumfundatur, etc., pour itself out around, i. e. run over, Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 126; cf.:circumfusa nubes,
Verg. A. 1, 586.—With acc. of the object around which, etc., with or without abl. of the fluid:II.(mortuum) cerā circumfuderunt,
Nep. Ages. 8, 7:terram crassissimus circumfundit aër,
encompasses, envelops, Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 17:terra circumfusa illo mari, quem oceanum appellatis,
id. Rep. 6, 20, 21:et multo nebulae circum dea fudit amictu (tmesis),
Verg. A. 1, 412:quas circumfuderat atra tempestas,
Sil. 7, 723.—Transf. to objects that do not flow, esp. if there is a great multitude, as it were, heaped upon a thing.A.(Acc. to I. 1.) Mid., to press upon, crowd around, embrace closely, cling to (freq. in the histt.):(β).circumfunduntur ex reliquis hostes partibus,
Caes. B. G. 6, 37; 7, 28; id. B. C. 3. 63:equites infestis cuspidibus circumfunduntur,
Liv. 10, 36, 9; 25, 34, 9; 27, 19, 3;44, 23, 8: (Nymphae) circumfusae Dianam Corporibus texere suis,
surrounding, Ov. M. 3, 180:multitudo circumfusa,
Caes. B. G. 6, 34; Liv. 2, 28, 6; 4, 46, 6; Curt. 8, 14, 31; Quint. 4, 2, 37.—With the dat. of that upon which a multitude presses:circumfundebantur obviis sciscitantes,
Liv. 22, 7, 11; 22, 14, 15; 26, 27, 10;29, 34, 14 al.: circumfusa turba lateri meo,
id. 6, 15, 9: ut lateribus circumfundi posset equitatus. Curt. 3, 9, 12. —With acc. (depending on circum): Pacidiussuos equites exporrigere coepit... uthaberent facultatem turmas Julianas circumfundi, to surround, encompass them, Auct. B. Afr. 78 Oud. N. cr. — Poet. also of a single person: et nunc hac juveni, nunc circumfunditur illac, i. e. clings to, or closely embraces him, Ov. M. 4, 360; 14, 354; cf. with acc.:hunc (sc. Mavortem), tu, diva, tuo recubantem corpore sancto circumfusa super,
Lucr. 1, 40.—So once in the active voice, absol.:2.circumfudit eques,
Tac. A. 3, 46.—Trop.:B.undique circumfusae molestiae,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 121:non est tantum ab hostibus aetati nostrae periculum, quantum ab circumfusis undique voluptatibus, Liv 30, 14, 6: circumfuso nitore,
Quint. 4, 1, 59.—(Acc. to I. 2.) To enclose, environ, surround, overwhelm:2.circumfusus publicorum praesidiorum copiis,
Cic. Mil. 26, 71:praefectum castrorum circumfundunt,
Tac. A. 12, 38; so id. H. 2, 19; 4, 20; id. A. 13, 40; Plin. [p. 339] 5, 12, 13, § 67; Sil. 7, 306:circumfusus hostium concursu,
Nep. Chabr. 4, 2:M. Catonem vidi in bibliothecā sedentem, multis circumfusum Stoicorum libris,
Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 7; Quint. 9, 4, 91, Curt. 3, 11, 4:amplexibus alicujus,
Vell. 2, 123, 3:X. milia Bojorum alio latere quam exspectabatur missis legionibus circumfudit,
Front. 1, 2, 7.—Trop.:cum has terras incolentes circumfusi erant caligine,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 45:latent ista omnia crassis occultata et circumfusa tenebris,
id. Ac. 2, 39, 122:ut, quantā luce ea circumfusa sunt, possint agnoscere,
id. ib. 2, 15, 46:eos stultitiā obruit, tenebris circumfundit,
Lact. 3, 29, 14:circumfundit, aliquem multo splendore,
Sen. Tranq. 1, 9. -
2 circum-fundō
circum-fundō fūdī, fūsus, ere, to pour around: mare circumfusum urbi, flowing around, L.: gens circumfusis invia fluminibus, O.: circumfuso in aere, circumambient, O.: circumfusa nubes, V.— To surround, encompass, cover, envelop: terram circumfundit aër: (mortuum) cerā, N.: terra circumfusa mari, encompassed by.—In tmesis: circum dea fudit amictu, V.—Pass. or reflex., of a throng, to press, crowd around, throng, surround, cling: a tergo se, L.: circumfunduntur hostes, Cs.: equites ab lateribus circumfusi, L.: hostes undique circumfusi erant, S.: (Nymphae) circumfusae Dianam Corporibus texere suis, surrounding, O.: circumfusa turba lateri meo, L.: circumfundit eques (sc. se), Ta. — Poet.: iuveni circumfunditur, i. e. clings to him, O.—Fig.: undique circumfusae molestiae: periculum, ab circumfusis undique voluptatibus, L. — To enclose, environ, surround, overwhelm: circumfusus praesidiorum copiis: circumfusus hostium concursu, N. — Fig.: circumfusi caligine. -
3 circumtero
circum-tĕro, ĕre, v. a., to rub around, poet. for, to stand close around, crowd around:aliquem,
Tib. 1, 2, 95. -
4 circumfundo
Icircumfundere, circumfudi, circumfusus V TRANSIIcircumfundere, circumfundi, circumfusus V TRANSpour/drape/crowd around; cause (water) to go round/part; surround; distribute -
5 circum - terō
circum - terō —, —, ere, to crowd around: hunc, Tb. -
6 circumsto
circumstare, circumsteti, circumstatus Vstand/gather/crowd around, surround, beset; be on either side -
7 stipatio
I.Lit.:* II.latrones dicti ab latere, qui circum latera erant regi, quos postea a stipatione stipatores appellarunt,
Varr. L. L. 7, § 52 Müll. fin.: concursatio, stipatio, greges hominum perditorum, * Cic. Sull. 23, 66; cf. Sen. Q. N. 5, 3, 3; Plin. Ep. 4, 16, 1; Auct. Pan. ad Maxim. et Const. 8 fin. —Of geese swarming together, Plin. 10, 22, 27, § 53.— -
8 circumfluo
circumfluere, circulfluxi, circulfluxus Vflow/crowd/flock around; overflow; have/be in abundance, be rich/well supplied -
9 circumsisto
circumsistere, circumstiti, circumstatus V TRANSstand/gather/crowd/take a stand around; surround, beset; be on either side -
10 circumtero
circumterere, circumtrivi, circumtritus V TRANSrub/press/stand close/crowd on all sides; wear/rub away all around -
11 volgo
Igenerally, universally, everywhere; publicly, in/to the crowd/multitude/worldIIvolgare, volgavi, volgatus Vspread around/among the multitude; publish, divulge, circulate; prostitute -
12 vulgo
Igenerally, ususlly; universally; publicly, in/to the crowd/multitude/worldIIvulgare, vulgavi, vulgatus Vspread around/among the multitude; publish, divulge, circulate; prostitute -
13 cohors
cŏhors (or cors; cf. Non. p. 83, 14 sq.; later aspirated orthog. of MSS. chors; cf. the letter C, and Schneid. ad Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 3), rtis, f. [Sanscr. root har, rapio; cf. [p. 364] Gr. choros].I. (α).Cohors, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 2 sq.; 2, 2, 9; Cato ap. Fest. p. 146, 29 Müll.; Col. 8, 3, 8; 7, 3, 8; Ov. F. 4, 704.—(β).Cors, Varr. ap. Non. l. l.; Glaucia ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 65 fin.; Col. 2, 14, 18; Vitr. 6, 9; Mart. 3, 58, 12; 13, 45, 2; Pall. 1, 22.—II.Meton. (cf. chorus).A.Lit., the multitude enclosed, fenced in; hence, in milit. lang., a company of soldiers, a division of an army, a cohort, the tenth part of a legion, comprising three manipuli or six centuriae (always written cohors), Varr. L. L. 5, § 88; Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 4, 6; Veg. Mil. 2, 6; so Caes. B. G. 3, 1; id. B. C. 1, 73; Sall. J. 90, 2; 105, 2; Verg. G. 2, 279; id. A. 11, 500 al.: praetoria, the prœtorian or bodyguard of the general, Caes. B. G. 1, 40; Sall. C. 61, 3 al.—Hence, trop.:2.habere scortorum cohortem praetoriam,
Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24.—Opp. legiones, auxiliary troops, allies, Sall. J. 46, 7; Vell. 2, 112, 5; Tac. H. 4, 19; Flor. 3, 21, 18.—3.A troop of cavalry:4.centurio cohortis sextae equestris,
Plin. Ep. 10, 106 (107) sq.—Per synecdochen, an army in gen.:B.cohors Inachiae servatrix,
Stat. Th. 5, 672.—Specif., the train or retinue of the prœtor in a province:C.praetoria,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 14, § 36; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 27, § 66; Cat. 10, 10; Tib. 1, 3, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 6; 1, 8, 14.—In gen., a crowd, multitude, company, throng, attendants (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose):vaga,
Cat. 63, 25:gigantum,
Hor. C. 2, 19, 22:fratrum stipata,
Verg. A. 10, 328; cf. Ov. M. 11, 89; Hor. Epod. 16, 60; Tac. A. 6, 9:amicarum,
of courtiers, Suet. Calig. 19; id. Ner. 5; id. Galb. 7 al.:canum,
Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 143:oratorum,
Gell. 19, 8, 15:sectatorum,
id. 13, 5, 1.—Of things:febrium,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 31. -
14 fluo
flŭo, xi, xum, 3 (archaic form of the sup.: FLUCTUM, acc. to Prisc. p. 817 P.; cf.: fluo, fluctum, Not. Tir. From this form are derived fluctio and fluctus. In Lucr. 6, 800, the correct read. is laveris, not flueris, v. Lachm. ad h. l.), v. n. [Gr. phlu-, phlusai, anaphluô, etc.; Lat. fleo, fletus; flumen, fluctus, etc.; orig. one root with fla-, to blow, q. v. and cf. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 302], to flow (cf.: mano, labor, etc.).I.Lit.: per amoenam urbem leni fluit agmine flumen, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 177 ed. Vahl.); cf.:B.ut flumina in contrarias partes fluxerint,
Cic. Div. 1, 35, 78:flumen quod inter eum et Domitii castra fluebat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 37, 1; cf.also: aurea tum dicat per terras flumina vulgo Fluxisse,
Lucr. 5, 911:fluvius Eurotas, qui propter Lacedaemonem fluit,
Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 96:Helvetiorum inter fines et Allobrogum Rhodanus fluit,
Caes. B. G. 1, 6, 2:Arar in utram partem fluat,
id. ib. 1, 12, 1:ea, quae natura fluerent atque manarent, ut aqua,
Cic. N. D. 1, 15, 39: fluens unda, water from a stream (opp.: putealis unda, spring-water), Col. 1, 5, 1:in foveam,
Lucr. 2, 475; cf. id. 5, 271:fluxit in terram Remi cruor,
Hor. Epod. 7, 19; cf. Luc. 6, 61:imber,
Ov. P. 4, 4, 2:sanguis,
id. M. 12, 312:fluit de corpore sudor,
id. ib. 9, 173; cf.:sudor fluit undique rivis,
Verg. A. 5, 200:aes rivis,
id. ib. 8, 445:nudo sub pede musta fluunt,
Ov. R. Am. 190:madidis fluit unda capillis,
drips, id. M. 11, 656:cerebrum molle fluit,
id. ib. 12, 435:fluunt lacrimae more perennis aquae,
id. F. 2, 820:fluens nausea,
Hor. Epod. 9, 35; cf.:alvus fluens,
Cels. 2, 6:fluit ignibus aurum,
becomes fluid, melts, Ov. M. 2, 251.—Transf.1.Of bodies, to flow, overflow, run down, drip with any fluid.— With abl.:2.cum fluvius Atratus sanguine fluxit,
Cic. Div. 1, 43, 98; Ov. M. 8, 400:cruore fluens,
id. ib. 7, 343:sudore fluentia brachia,
id. ib. 9, 57; cf.:fluunt sudore et lassitudine membra,
Liv. 38, 17, 7; 7, 33, 14; cf. id. 10, 28, 4:pingui fluit unguine tellus,
Val. Fl. 6, 360:vilisque rubenti Fluxit mulctra mero,
overflows, Sil. 7, 190. —Without abl.:madidāque fluens in veste Menoetes,
Verg. A. 5, 179:fluentes cerussataeque buccae,
dripping with paint, Cic. Pis. 11, 25 (cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266, 2. b. infra):Graeculae vites acinorum exiguitate minus fluunt,
i. e. yield but little wine, Col. 3, 2, 24; 3, 2, 5; 12, 52, 1.—With acc. of kin. signif.:Oenotria vina fluens,
Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 264.—To move in the manner of fluids, to flow, stream, pour:b.inde alium (aëra) supra fluere,
to flow, Lucr. 5, 514 and 522:unde fluens volvat varius se fluctus odorum,
id. 4, 675 sq.; cf.:principio omnibus a rebus, quascumque videmus, Perpetuo fluere ac mitti spargique necesse est Corpora, quae feriant oculos visumque lacessant: Perpetuoque fluunt certis ab rebus odores, Frigus ut a fluviis, calor a sole, aestus ab undis Aequoris,
id. 6, 922 sq.:aestus e lapide,
id. 6, 1002:venti,
id. 1, 280:fluit undique victor Mulciber,
Sil. 17, 102:comae per levia colla fluentes,
flowing, spreading, Prop. 2, 3, 13; cf.:blanditiaeque fluant per mea colla rosae,
id. 4 (5), 6, 72:vestis fluens,
flowing, loose, id. 3, 17 (4, 16), 32:tunicisque fluentibus,
Ov. A. A. 3, 301:nodoque sinus collecta fluentes,
Verg. A. 1, 320; cf.also: balteus nec strangulet nec fluat,
Quint. 11, 3, 140:nec mersa est pelago, nec fluit ulla ratis,
floats, is tossed about, Mart. 4, 66, 14:ramos compesce fluentes,
floating around, spreading out, Verg. G. 2, 370:ad terram fluit devexo pondere cervix,
droops, id. ib. 3, 524:omnisque relictis Turba fluit castris,
pour forth, id. A. 12, 444:olli fluunt ad regia tecta,
id. ib. 11, 236;so of a multitude or crowd of men: densatis ordinibus effuse fluentem in se aciem excepere,
Curt. 6, 1, 6.—Pregn., of bodies, to pass away, fall away, to fall off or out, to vanish:II.excident gladii, fluent arma de manibus,
Cic. Phil. 12, 3, 8:capilli fluunt,
Cels. 6, 1; Plin. 27, 4, 5, § 17:sponte fluent (poma) matura suā,
Ov. Am. 2, 14, 25:quasi longinquo fluere omnia cernimus aevo,
Lucr. 2, 69; cf.:cuncta fluunt omnisque vagans formatur imago,
Ov. M. 15, 178: dissolvuntur enim tum demum membra fluuntque, Lucr. 4, 919:surae fluxere,
Luc. 9, 770:buccae fluentes,
fallen in, lank, Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266.Trop.A.In gen., to flow, spring, arise, come forth; to go, proceed:B.ex ejus (Nestoris) lingua melle dulcior fluebat oratio,
Cic. de Sen. 10, 31:carmen vena pauperiore fluit,
Ov. Pont. 4, 2, 20:Calidii oratio ita libere fluebat, ut nusquam adhaeresceret,
Cic. Brut. 79, 274:in Herodoto omnia leniter fluunt,
Quint. 9, 4, 18; cf.also: grammatice pleno jam satis alveo fluit,
id. 2, 1, 4:quae totis viribus fluit oratio,
id. 9, 4, 7:oratio ferri debet ac fluere,
id. 9, 4, 112.— Transf., of the writer himself:alter (Herodotus) sine ullis salebris quasi sedatus amnis fluit,
Cic. Or. 12, 39; cf.:(Lucilius) cum flueret lutulentus,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 11; 1, 10, 50; 1, 7, 28:facetiis,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 12:multa ab ea (luna) manant et fluunt, quibus animantes alantur augescantque,
Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50:haec omnia ex eodem fonte fluxerunt,
id. ib. 3, 19, 48:dicendi facultatem ex intimis sapientiae fontibus fluere,
Quint. 12, 2, 6; 5, 10, 19; 5, 9, 14:omnia ex natura rerum hominumque fluere,
id. 6, 2, 13:nomen ex Graeco fluxisse,
id. 3, 4, 12:ab isto capite fluere necesse est omnem rationem bonorum et malorum,
Cic. Fin. 2, 11, 34; Quint. 1, 1, 12:unde id quoque vitium fluit,
id. 11, 3, 109; 7, 3, 33:Pythagorae doctrina cum longe lateque flueret,
spread itself, Cic. Tusc. 4, 1, 2:multum fluxisse video de libris nostris variumque sermonem,
id. N. D. 1, 3, 6:sic mihi tarda fluunt ingrataque tempora,
flow, pass, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 23:in rebus prosperis et ad voluntatem nostram fluentibus,
going, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90: rebus supra votum fluentibus, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 2, 169 (Hist. 1, 101 Dietsch); Tac. H. 3, 48; Just. 23, 3; cf.:rebus prospere fluentibus,
succeeding, prospering, Tac. Or. 5; id. A. 15, 5: illius rationes quorsum fluant, proceed, Attic. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 4; cf.:res fluit ad interregnum,
Cic. Att. 4, 16, 11;cuncta in Mithridatem fluxere,
Tac. A. 11, 9.—In partic.1.Of speech, etc., to flow uniformly, be monotonous:1.efficiendum est ne fluat oratio, ne vagetur, etc.,
Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 190:quod species ipsa carminum docet, non impetu et instinctu nec ore uno fluens,
Tac. A. 14, 16; cf. Cic. Brut. 79.—Pregn., to dissolve, vanish, perish:qua (voluptate) cum liquescimus fluimusque mollitia,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52:fluens mollitiis,
Vell. 1, 6, 2; 2, 88, 2:cetera nasci, occidere, fluere, labi, nec diutius esse uno et eodem statu,
Cic. Or. 3, 10:fluit voluptas corporis et prima quaeque avolat,
id. Fin. 2, 32, 106:fluentem procumbentemque rem publicam populi Romani restituere,
Vell. 2, 16 fin. —Hence,fluens, entis, P. a.A.Lax, relaxed, debauched, enervated, effeminate:B.inde soluti ac fluentes non accipiunt e scholis mala ista, sed in scholas afferunt,
Quint. 1, 2, 8:Campani fluentes luxu,
Liv. 7, 29, 5:incessu ipso ultra muliebrem mollitiem fluentes,
Sen. Tranq. 15:fluentibus membris, incessu femineo,
Aug. Civ. D. 7, 26.—Of speech,1.Flowing, fluent:2.sed in his tracta quaedam et fluens expetitur, non haec contorta et acris oratio,
Cic. Or. 20, 66:lenis et fluens contextus,
Quint. 9, 4, 127.—Lax, unrestrained:2.ne immoderata aut angusta aut dissoluta aut fluens sit oratio,
Cic. Or. 58, 198:dissipata et inculta et fluens oratio,
id. ib. 65, 220;and transf. of the speaker: in locis ac descriptionibus fusi ac fluentes sumus,
Quint. 9, 4, 138.— Adv.: flŭenter, in a flowing, waving manner (very rare):res quaeque fluenter fertur,
Lucr. 6, 935 (but not ib. 520, where the correct read. is cientur;v. Lachm.): capillo fluenter undante,
App. M. 2, p. 122, 7. —fluxus, a, um, P. a. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).A.Lit., flowing, fluid:2.elementa arida atque fluxa, App. de Mundo: sucus,
Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 133:vas fluxum pertusumque,
i. e. leaking, Lucr. 6, 20.—Transf., flowing, loose, slack:(β).ipsa crine fluxo thyrsum quatiens,
Tac. A. 11, 31:habena,
Liv. 38, 29, 6:amictus,
Luc. 2, 362; cf.:ut cingeretur fluxiore cinctura,
Suet. Caes. 45 fin.:fluxa arma,
hanging slack, loose, Tac. H. 2, 99.—Pregn., frail, perishable, weak:B.corpora,
Tac. H. 2, 32; cf.:spadone eviratior fluxo,
Mart. 5, 41, 1:(murorum) aevo fluxa,
Tac. H. 2, 22. —Trop.1.Lax, loose, dissolute, careless:2.animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,
Sall. C. 14, 5: cf.:animi fluxioris esse,
Suet. Tib. 52:duces noctu dieque fluxi,
Tac. H. 3, 76:spectaculum non enerve nec fluxum,
Plin. Pan. 33, 1:fluxa atque aperta securitas,
Gell. 4, 20, 8.—Pregn., frail, weak, fleeting, transient, perishable:res nostrae ut in secundis fluxae, ut in adversis bonae,
decayed, impaired, disordered, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 1: hujus belli fortuna, ut in secundis, fluxa;ut in adversis, bona,
id. ad Brut. 1, 10, 2:res humanae fluxae et mobiles,
Sall. J. 104, 2:divitiarum et formae gloria fluxa atque fragilis est,
id. C. 1, 4; cf.:instabile et fluxum,
Tac. A. 13, 19:fluxa auctoritas,
id. H. 1, 21:cave fidem fluxam geras,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 79:fides,
Sall. J. 111, 2; Liv. 40, 50, 5; cf.:fluxa et vana fides,
unreliable, unstable, id. 28, 6, 11; Tac. H. 2, 75; 4, 23:studia inania et fluxa,
id. A. 3, 50 fin.:fluxa senio mens,
id. ib. 6, 38.— Adv.: fluxē, remissly, negligently (post-class. and rare):more vitae remissioris fluxius agens,
Amm. 18, 7.
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