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dē-flŭo, xi, xum, 3, v. n.

To flow down.

Lit.: quod sanguen defluxerat, Cato ap. Gell. 3, 7, 19; cf.:

sanguis a renibus,

Plin. 24, 18, 105, § 169:

defluit lapidosus rivus,

Ov. F. 3, 273:

flamma ex Aetna monte,

Liv. Fragm. 1, 116: flumen Lavida Tauro monte defluens, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 680 P.; cf.:

saxis umor,

Hor. Od. 1, 12, 29; Plin. 33, 5, 26, § 86:

Anaxum quo Varamus defluit,

Plin. 3, 18, 22, § 126:

potus defluit ad pulmonem,

Gell. 17, 11, 1.—

Transf., of things not liquid, to move downwards softly or gradually; to glide or flow down, descend:

jam ipsae defluebant coronae,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62.—Of clothing:

pedes vestis defluxit ad imos,

Verg. A. 1, 404:

toga defluit male laxus,

hangs carelessly, Hor. Sat. 1, 3, 31.—Of floating objects:

aries mersus secundo defluit amni,

floats, swims down, Verg. G. 3, 447; id. A. 7, 495; 8, 549:

Ostiam Tiberi,

to sail down, Suet. Ner. 27; Curt. 9, 8 fin. —Of riders:

tota cohors imitata relictis Ad terram defluxit equis,

dismounted, Verg. A. 11, 501; cf.:

ex equo,

Curt. 7, 7 fin.: in humum (ex equo), Furius poët. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4:

ad terram,

Liv. 2, 20;

and, a dextro armo in latus,

Ov. M. 6, 229.—

Trop., to flow, come, pass:

hoc totum e sophistarum fontibus defluxit in forum,

Cic. Or. 27 fin.:

a necessariis artificiis ad elegantiora,

id. Tusc. 1, 25, 62; cf.:

(adolescentes) tantum ab eo (sc. Seneca) defluebant, quantum, etc.,

departed, deviated, Quint. 10, 1, 126 Frotsch., Cic. Lael. 26, 100:

a quibus duplex Octaviorum familia defluxit,

are derived, descended, Suet. Aug. 2; cf. Vell. 1, 16, 4:

ne quid in terram defluat,

be spilled on the ground, be lost, Cic. Lael. 16, 58:

multaque merces tibi defluat aequo ab Jove,

flow to thee in abundance, Hor. Od. 1, 28, 28 (cf. Theocr. 1, 5: Es te katarrhei):

a superis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 31, 79; cf.:

si quid redundarit, ad illum defluxisse, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66. —

To flow or pass away so as to disappear, to cease flowing.

Lit.:

rusticus exspectat dum defluat amnis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 32; cf.:

cum hiberni defluxere torrentes,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 3.—

Trop., to cease, vanish, pass away, disappear, be lost:

ex novem tribunis unus defluxit,

has deserted, proved unfaithful, Cic. Sest. 32:

ubi salutatio defluxit,

has ceased, is over, id. Fam. 9, 20 fin.:

ubi per socordiam vires, tempus, ingenium defluxere,

Sall. J. 1, 4:

tenerae sucus Defluat praedae,

Hor. Od. 3, 27, 55; id. Ep. 2, 1, 158.—So of the falling out of the hair, Plin. 11, 37, 56, § 154; 11, 39, 94, § 231:

comae,

Ov. M. 6, 141.—In eccl. Lat. = defloresco:

folium,

Vulg. Isa. 34, 4; 1, 30; id. Psa. 1, 3.

fluctŭo, āvi, ātum, or (perh. not anteAug.) fluctŭor, ātus, 1 (pleraque utroque modo efferuntur:

fluctuatur, fluctuat,

Quint. 9, 3, 7), v. n. [fluctus], to move in the manner of waves, i. e. to wave, rise in waves, undulate, to move to and fro, be driven hither and thither (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.; cf.: fluo, fluito).

Lit.

Form fluctuo:

nunc valide fluctuat mare,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 14:

ita fluctuare video vehementer mare,

id. ib. 4, 1, 12;

4, 2, 11: quadriremem in salo fluctuantem reliquerat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 91:

quid tam commune quam mare fluctuantibus, litus ejectis?

id. Rosc. Am. 26, 72:

agebatur huc illuc Galba vario turbae fluctuantis impulsu,

Tac. H. 1, 40; cf. Gell. 10, 6, 2:

fluctuet aër,

Lucr. 6, 367: directaeque acies ac late fluctuat omnis Aere renidenti tellus, waves (in the light) with gleaming brass, Verg. G. 2, 281:

fluctuant insulae,

Plin. 2, 95, 96, § 209:

seges,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 699.—In mal. part., Arn. 2, 73; Auct. Priap. 19, 4; cf. fluctus, I. —

Form fluctuor:

deprehensi in mari Syrtico modo in sicco relinquuntur, modo fluctuantur,

are driven about by the waves, Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:

Delos diu fluctuata,

Plin. 4, 12, 22, § 66:

quaedam insulae semper fluctuantur,

id. 2, 94, 95, § 209 Jan.:

lignum in longitudinem fluctuatur,

i. e. floats about, id. 16, 38, 73, § 186:

lapidem e Scyro insula integrum fluctuari tradunt, eundem comminutum mergi,

id. 36, 16, 26, § 130.—

Trop., to be restless, unquiet, uncertain, doubtful; to rage, swell; to waver, hesitate, vacillate, fluctuate.

Form fluctuo: Eu. Potin, ut animo sis tranquillo? Ch. Quid si animus fluctuat? Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 49; cf.:

animo nunc huc, nunc fluctuat illuc,

Verg. A. 10, 680:

mens animi tantis fluctuat ipsa malis,

Cat. 65, 4:

magnis curarum fluctuat undis,

id. 64, 62; cf.:

magnoque irarum fluctuat aestu,

Verg. A. 4, 532; Anthol. Lat. 1, 178, 150:

fluctuat ira intus,

Verg. A. 12, 527:

irarum fluctuat aestu,

id. ib. 4, 564; so, curarum, 8, 19; Lucr. 4, 1077; Cat. 64, 62:

ingenti Telamon fluctuat ira,

Val. Fl. 3, 637:

fluctuante rege inter spem metumque,

Liv. 42, 59, 8:

totam aciem suo pavore fluctuantem, etc.,

Curt. 3, 10, 6:

in suo decreto,

Cic. Ac. 2, 9, 29:

fluctuantem sententiam confirmare,

id. Att. 1, 20, 2:

genus orationis, quod appellamus fluctuans et dissolutum, eo quod sine nervis et articulis fluctuat huc et illuc,

Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16:

omnia et citata et fluctuantia,

Sen. Contr. 3, 19.—

Form fluctuor:

utrius populi mallet victoriam esse, fluctuatus animo fuerat,

Liv. 23, 33, 3:

fluctuatus animo est, utrum, etc.,

id. 32, 13, 4; 36, 10, 4; Curt. 4, 12, 21; Val. Max. 8, 1, 2: vita fluctuatur per adversa et difficilia, Sen. Ep. [p. 762] 111: semper inter spem et metum fluctuari, Aug. ap. Suet. Claud. 4:

ambrosia (herba) vagi nominis est et circa alias herbas fluctuati,

Plin. 27, 4, 11, § 28.

fluctŭo, āvi, ātum, or (perh. not anteAug.) fluctŭor, ātus, 1 (pleraque utroque modo efferuntur:

fluctuatur, fluctuat,

Quint. 9, 3, 7), v. n. [fluctus], to move in the manner of waves, i. e. to wave, rise in waves, undulate, to move to and fro, be driven hither and thither (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.; cf.: fluo, fluito).

Lit.

Form fluctuo:

nunc valide fluctuat mare,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 14:

ita fluctuare video vehementer mare,

id. ib. 4, 1, 12;

4, 2, 11: quadriremem in salo fluctuantem reliquerat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 91:

quid tam commune quam mare fluctuantibus, litus ejectis?

id. Rosc. Am. 26, 72:

agebatur huc illuc Galba vario turbae fluctuantis impulsu,

Tac. H. 1, 40; cf. Gell. 10, 6, 2:

fluctuet aër,

Lucr. 6, 367: directaeque acies ac late fluctuat omnis Aere renidenti tellus, waves (in the light) with gleaming brass, Verg. G. 2, 281:

fluctuant insulae,

Plin. 2, 95, 96, § 209:

seges,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 699.—In mal. part., Arn. 2, 73; Auct. Priap. 19, 4; cf. fluctus, I. —

Form fluctuor:

deprehensi in mari Syrtico modo in sicco relinquuntur, modo fluctuantur,

are driven about by the waves, Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:

Delos diu fluctuata,

Plin. 4, 12, 22, § 66:

quaedam insulae semper fluctuantur,

id. 2, 94, 95, § 209 Jan.:

lignum in longitudinem fluctuatur,

i. e. floats about, id. 16, 38, 73, § 186:

lapidem e Scyro insula integrum fluctuari tradunt, eundem comminutum mergi,

id. 36, 16, 26, § 130.—

Trop., to be restless, unquiet, uncertain, doubtful; to rage, swell; to waver, hesitate, vacillate, fluctuate.

Form fluctuo: Eu. Potin, ut animo sis tranquillo? Ch. Quid si animus fluctuat? Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 49; cf.:

animo nunc huc, nunc fluctuat illuc,

Verg. A. 10, 680:

mens animi tantis fluctuat ipsa malis,

Cat. 65, 4:

magnis curarum fluctuat undis,

id. 64, 62; cf.:

magnoque irarum fluctuat aestu,

Verg. A. 4, 532; Anthol. Lat. 1, 178, 150:

fluctuat ira intus,

Verg. A. 12, 527:

irarum fluctuat aestu,

id. ib. 4, 564; so, curarum, 8, 19; Lucr. 4, 1077; Cat. 64, 62:

ingenti Telamon fluctuat ira,

Val. Fl. 3, 637:

fluctuante rege inter spem metumque,

Liv. 42, 59, 8:

totam aciem suo pavore fluctuantem, etc.,

Curt. 3, 10, 6:

in suo decreto,

Cic. Ac. 2, 9, 29:

fluctuantem sententiam confirmare,

id. Att. 1, 20, 2:

genus orationis, quod appellamus fluctuans et dissolutum, eo quod sine nervis et articulis fluctuat huc et illuc,

Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16:

omnia et citata et fluctuantia,

Sen. Contr. 3, 19.—

Form fluctuor:

utrius populi mallet victoriam esse, fluctuatus animo fuerat,

Liv. 23, 33, 3:

fluctuatus animo est, utrum, etc.,

id. 32, 13, 4; 36, 10, 4; Curt. 4, 12, 21; Val. Max. 8, 1, 2: vita fluctuatur per adversa et difficilia, Sen. Ep. [p. 762] 111: semper inter spem et metum fluctuari, Aug. ap. Suet. Claud. 4:

ambrosia (herba) vagi nominis est et circa alias herbas fluctuati,

Plin. 27, 4, 11, § 28.

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.).

Lit.: 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:

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.

Of bodies, to flow, overflow, run down, drip with any fluid.— With abl.:

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:

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:

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.

In gen., to flow, spring, arise, come forth; to go, proceed:

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.

Of speech, etc., to flow uniformly, be monotonous:

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.

Lax, relaxed, debauched, enervated, effeminate:

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,

Flowing, fluent:

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:

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).

Lit., flowing, fluid:

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:

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:

corpora,

Tac. H. 2, 32; cf.:

spadone eviratior fluxo,

Mart. 5, 41, 1:

(murorum) aevo fluxa,

Tac. H. 2, 22. —

Trop.

Lax, loose, dissolute, careless:

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.

năto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [no], to swim, to float.

Lit.:

qui neque in Oceano natare volueris studiosissimus homo natandi,

Cic. Fam. 7, 10, 2:

natant pisces aequore,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 28: canis, per flumen, carnem dum ferret, natans, Phaedr. 1, 4, 2:

natat uncta carina,

floats, Verg. A. 4, 398:

crura natantia,

palmated feet, Ov. M. 14, 551; cf.:

apta natando crura,

id. ib. 15, 376.—Of storm-tossed or shipwrecked persons, to float about, be tossed about:

naufragus natans,

Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 163; cf.

trop.: et natat exuviis Graecia pressa tuis,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 115:

cum saepe in portu fracta carina natet,

id. 2, 25, 24 (3, 20, 24):

Ithacum lugere natantem,

Juv. 10, 257.—

Poet., with acc.:

nocte natat caecā serus freta,

swims across, Verg. G. 3, 260:

aquas,

to swim in, Mart. 14, 196, 2:

Tiberinum,

to swim across, Juv. 8, 265.—Hence, also, pass.:

quot piscibus unda natatur,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 25. —

Transf.

To swim or spread about ( poet.):

quā Tiberinus campo liberiore natat,

Ov. F. 4, 291:

natantibus radicibus,

Col. Arb. 6; Prop. 2, 12, 52 (3, 7, 52):

ingens medio natat umbra profundo,

Stat. Th. 2, 42:

niveo natat ignis in ore,

id. Achill. 1, 161.—

To swim or overflow with any thing, to be overflowed (mostly poet.).

With abl.:

natabant pavimenta vino,

Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 105:

plenis Rura natant fossis,

are inundated, Verg. G. 1, 372:

sanieque aspersa natarent Limina,

id. A. 3, 625:

fletibus ora natant,

Stat. Th. 2, 337:

carmina in ipse ore natant,

id. S. 2, 1, 18.—

Absol.:

exspectant imbres, quorum modo cuncta natabant Impulsu,

Luc. 4, 330:

plana natant,

Sil. 4, 751.—

Of the eyes, to swim (of drunken or dying persons), to be feeble, failing ( poet.):

vinis oculique animique natabant,

Ov. F. 6, 673:

moriens oculis natantibus Circumspexit Athin,

id. M. 5, 72; Sil. 2, 122; cf.:

ante oculos natant tenebrae,

Ov. M. 12, 136:

oculi natantes et quādam voluptate suffusi,

Quint. 4, 3, 76.—

To move to and fro, not stand still:

nec vagus in laxā pes tibi pelle (i. e. calceo) natet,

Ov. A. A. 1, 516; Calp. Ecl. 6, 43; Nemes. Cyn. 170.—

Of birds, to fly:

ardea sublimis pennae confisa natanti,

Luc. 5, 554.—

Trop., to fluctuate, waver, be uncertain ( = titubare, huc atque illuc ferri):

in quo quidem magis tu mihi natare visus es quam ipse Neptunus,

Cic. N. D. 3, 24, 62:

mutatio voluntatis indicat animum natare,

Sen. Ep. 35, 4:

pars multa (hominum) natat, modo recta capessens, Interdum pravis obnoxia,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 6; Sil. 7, 726; Manil. 4, 256: vitreoque natant praetoria ponto, float or waver reflected in the water, Stat. S. 2, 2, 49.—Hence, nătans, antis, P. a., swimming; hence, nătantes, ūm, poet. for fishes:

genus omne natantum,

Verg. G. 3, 541; Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 2, § 31.

năto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [no], to swim, to float.

Lit.:

qui neque in Oceano natare volueris studiosissimus homo natandi,

Cic. Fam. 7, 10, 2:

natant pisces aequore,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 28: canis, per flumen, carnem dum ferret, natans, Phaedr. 1, 4, 2:

natat uncta carina,

floats, Verg. A. 4, 398:

crura natantia,

palmated feet, Ov. M. 14, 551; cf.:

apta natando crura,

id. ib. 15, 376.—Of storm-tossed or shipwrecked persons, to float about, be tossed about:

naufragus natans,

Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 163; cf.

trop.: et natat exuviis Graecia pressa tuis,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 115:

cum saepe in portu fracta carina natet,

id. 2, 25, 24 (3, 20, 24):

Ithacum lugere natantem,

Juv. 10, 257.—

Poet., with acc.:

nocte natat caecā serus freta,

swims across, Verg. G. 3, 260:

aquas,

to swim in, Mart. 14, 196, 2:

Tiberinum,

to swim across, Juv. 8, 265.—Hence, also, pass.:

quot piscibus unda natatur,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 25. —

Transf.

To swim or spread about ( poet.):

quā Tiberinus campo liberiore natat,

Ov. F. 4, 291:

natantibus radicibus,

Col. Arb. 6; Prop. 2, 12, 52 (3, 7, 52):

ingens medio natat umbra profundo,

Stat. Th. 2, 42:

niveo natat ignis in ore,

id. Achill. 1, 161.—

To swim or overflow with any thing, to be overflowed (mostly poet.).

With abl.:

natabant pavimenta vino,

Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 105:

plenis Rura natant fossis,

are inundated, Verg. G. 1, 372:

sanieque aspersa natarent Limina,

id. A. 3, 625:

fletibus ora natant,

Stat. Th. 2, 337:

carmina in ipse ore natant,

id. S. 2, 1, 18.—

Absol.:

exspectant imbres, quorum modo cuncta natabant Impulsu,

Luc. 4, 330:

plana natant,

Sil. 4, 751.—

Of the eyes, to swim (of drunken or dying persons), to be feeble, failing ( poet.):

vinis oculique animique natabant,

Ov. F. 6, 673:

moriens oculis natantibus Circumspexit Athin,

id. M. 5, 72; Sil. 2, 122; cf.:

ante oculos natant tenebrae,

Ov. M. 12, 136:

oculi natantes et quādam voluptate suffusi,

Quint. 4, 3, 76.—

To move to and fro, not stand still:

nec vagus in laxā pes tibi pelle (i. e. calceo) natet,

Ov. A. A. 1, 516; Calp. Ecl. 6, 43; Nemes. Cyn. 170.—

Of birds, to fly:

ardea sublimis pennae confisa natanti,

Luc. 5, 554.—

Trop., to fluctuate, waver, be uncertain ( = titubare, huc atque illuc ferri):

in quo quidem magis tu mihi natare visus es quam ipse Neptunus,

Cic. N. D. 3, 24, 62:

mutatio voluntatis indicat animum natare,

Sen. Ep. 35, 4:

pars multa (hominum) natat, modo recta capessens, Interdum pravis obnoxia,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 6; Sil. 7, 726; Manil. 4, 256: vitreoque natant praetoria ponto, float or waver reflected in the water, Stat. S. 2, 2, 49.—Hence, nătans, antis, P. a., swimming; hence, nătantes, ūm, poet. for fishes:

genus omne natantum,

Verg. G. 3, 541; Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 2, § 31.