in a scattered manner

dif-fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a., to spread by pouring, to pour out, pour forth (very freq. and class.).

Lit.:

(glacies) liquefacta se diffunderet,

Cic. N. D. 2, 10:

sanguis per venas in omne corpus diffunditur,

id. ib. 2, 55, 138:

(unda) diffunditur Hellesponto,

Cat. 64, 359; cf.:

tum freta diffundi jussit,

to pour themselves forth, Ov. M. 1, 36:

vinum de doliis,

to draw off, bottle off; to fill, Col. 12, 28, 3; so of racking off wine, id. 3, 2, 26; Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 4 Krüg. ad loc.; Ov. F. 5, 517; Juv. 5, 30; Plin. 14, 14, 16, § 94 et saep.—

Transf., of objects not liquid, to spread, scatter, diffuse:

nitet diffuso lumine caelum,

Lucr. 1, 9; 3, 22; cf.:

luce diffusa toto caelo,

Cic. N. D. 2, 37 fin.; 2, 10, 26: ab ejus summo rami late diffunduntur, * Caes. B. G. 6, 26 fin.; cf. under P. a.:

dederatque comam diffundere ventis,

Verg. A. 1, 319; so,

comam,

Ov. F. 3, 538; cf.

capillos,

id. H. 10, 47:

signa (i. e. astra) caelo,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 10:

equitem latis campis,

Verg. A. 11, 465.—Mid.:

modo via coartatur, modo latissimis pratis diffunditur et patescit,

opens, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 3 et saep.:

cibus in totas usque ab radicibus imis, per truncos ac per ramos, diffunditur,

Lucr. 1, 354; cf.:

partem vocum per aures,

id. 4, 571:

vim mali Herculeos per artus,

Ov. M. 9, 162:

medicamentum se diffudit in venas,

Curt. 3, 6, 16:

aethera late in omnes partes,

Lucr. 5, 470:

flammam in omne latus,

Ov. M. 9, 239; 10, 24 et saep.

Trop., to spread, diffuse, scatter:

di vim suam longe lateque diffundunt,

Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79; cf. in the part. perf.:

error longe lateque diffusus,

id. Fin. 2, 34, 115; so,

late longeque,

id. Leg. 1, 12, 34:

laus alicujus late longeque diffusa,

id. Balb. 5, 13:

late et varie diffusus,

id. Sest. 45, 97:

flendo diffundimus iram,

we moderate, temper, Ov. H. 8, 61:

dolorem suum flendo,

to give vent to, id. M. 9, 143:

tantam oblivionem sensibus,

Hor. Epod. 14, 1 et saep.—Mid.:

Claudia nunc a quo diffunditur et tribus et gens Per Latium,

spreads itself out, branches out, Verg. A. 7, 703:

diffunditur mare iterumque contrahitur,

Mart. Cap. 6, § 606:

crede animam quoque diffundi multoque perire Ocius, et citius dissolvi in corpora,

Lucr. 3, 437:

affectus per totam actionem,

Quint. 7, 10, 12:

bella et paces longum in aevum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 8:

haec in ora virum,

Verg. A. 4, 195:

animam in arma cruore,

id. ib. 10, 908:

crimen paucarum in omnes,

Ov. A. A. 3, 9:

prope in immensum oratio mea,

Plin. Pan. 56, 2 et saep.:

inde doctrina se diffudit per ceteras Graeciae partes,

August. Serm. 150, 2.—

In partic. (like dissolvere, solvere, remittere, etc., and opp. contrahere, adducere, etc.), with the accessory idea of non-restraint, freedom, qs, to let the heart, countenance, etc., flow freely, without constraint, i. e. to cheer up, gladden, exhilarate: diffundet animos omnibus ista dies, Ov. A. A. 1, 218; so,

animos,

id. M. 4, 766:

vultum,

id. Pont. 4, 4, 9; id. M. 14, 272; Sen. Ep. 106.—

Of the persons themselves: ut ex bonis amici quas diffundantur et incommodis contrahantur. Cic. Lael. 13 fin.:

Jovem memorant, diffusum nectare, curas Seposuisse graves,

Ov. M. 3, 318, imitated by Stat. S. 4, 2, 54; cf.:

diffusus in risum,

Petr. 10, 3; id. 71, 1 al.— Hence, diffūsus, a, um, P. a., spread abroad, spread out, extended, wide (a favorite expression of the post-Aug. prosaists).

Lit.:

platanus patulis diffusa ramis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 28; cf.:

diffusiora consepta,

Col. 1, 4, 7; Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 70; Mart. 3, 31:

latior scena et corona diffusior,

Plin. Ep. 7, 17, 9:

sus (opp. angusta),

stout, fat, Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 25.—

Trop.:

jus civile, quod nunc diffusum et dissipatum est, in certa genera coacturum,

diffuse, prolix, Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 142; cf. Col. 11, 1, 10:

opus diffusum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 6;

and transf. to the writers: Diophanes totum Dionysium, per multa diffusum volumina, sex epitomis circumscripsit,

id. 1, 1, 10:

amplius ac diffusius meritum,

Plin. Pan. 53, 3.— Adv.: diffūsē, in a scattered manner; copiously:

res disperse et diffuse dictae unum in locum coguntur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 52, 98; cf.:

haec latius aliquando dicenda sunt et diffusius,

more amply, more in full, id. Tusc. 3, 10, 22.— Sup. of the adj. and adv. do not occur.

dif-fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a., to spread by pouring, to pour out, pour forth (very freq. and class.).

Lit.:

(glacies) liquefacta se diffunderet,

Cic. N. D. 2, 10:

sanguis per venas in omne corpus diffunditur,

id. ib. 2, 55, 138:

(unda) diffunditur Hellesponto,

Cat. 64, 359; cf.:

tum freta diffundi jussit,

to pour themselves forth, Ov. M. 1, 36:

vinum de doliis,

to draw off, bottle off; to fill, Col. 12, 28, 3; so of racking off wine, id. 3, 2, 26; Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 4 Krüg. ad loc.; Ov. F. 5, 517; Juv. 5, 30; Plin. 14, 14, 16, § 94 et saep.—

Transf., of objects not liquid, to spread, scatter, diffuse:

nitet diffuso lumine caelum,

Lucr. 1, 9; 3, 22; cf.:

luce diffusa toto caelo,

Cic. N. D. 2, 37 fin.; 2, 10, 26: ab ejus summo rami late diffunduntur, * Caes. B. G. 6, 26 fin.; cf. under P. a.:

dederatque comam diffundere ventis,

Verg. A. 1, 319; so,

comam,

Ov. F. 3, 538; cf.

capillos,

id. H. 10, 47:

signa (i. e. astra) caelo,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 10:

equitem latis campis,

Verg. A. 11, 465.—Mid.:

modo via coartatur, modo latissimis pratis diffunditur et patescit,

opens, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 3 et saep.:

cibus in totas usque ab radicibus imis, per truncos ac per ramos, diffunditur,

Lucr. 1, 354; cf.:

partem vocum per aures,

id. 4, 571:

vim mali Herculeos per artus,

Ov. M. 9, 162:

medicamentum se diffudit in venas,

Curt. 3, 6, 16:

aethera late in omnes partes,

Lucr. 5, 470:

flammam in omne latus,

Ov. M. 9, 239; 10, 24 et saep.

Trop., to spread, diffuse, scatter:

di vim suam longe lateque diffundunt,

Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79; cf. in the part. perf.:

error longe lateque diffusus,

id. Fin. 2, 34, 115; so,

late longeque,

id. Leg. 1, 12, 34:

laus alicujus late longeque diffusa,

id. Balb. 5, 13:

late et varie diffusus,

id. Sest. 45, 97:

flendo diffundimus iram,

we moderate, temper, Ov. H. 8, 61:

dolorem suum flendo,

to give vent to, id. M. 9, 143:

tantam oblivionem sensibus,

Hor. Epod. 14, 1 et saep.—Mid.:

Claudia nunc a quo diffunditur et tribus et gens Per Latium,

spreads itself out, branches out, Verg. A. 7, 703:

diffunditur mare iterumque contrahitur,

Mart. Cap. 6, § 606:

crede animam quoque diffundi multoque perire Ocius, et citius dissolvi in corpora,

Lucr. 3, 437:

affectus per totam actionem,

Quint. 7, 10, 12:

bella et paces longum in aevum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 8:

haec in ora virum,

Verg. A. 4, 195:

animam in arma cruore,

id. ib. 10, 908:

crimen paucarum in omnes,

Ov. A. A. 3, 9:

prope in immensum oratio mea,

Plin. Pan. 56, 2 et saep.:

inde doctrina se diffudit per ceteras Graeciae partes,

August. Serm. 150, 2.—

In partic. (like dissolvere, solvere, remittere, etc., and opp. contrahere, adducere, etc.), with the accessory idea of non-restraint, freedom, qs, to let the heart, countenance, etc., flow freely, without constraint, i. e. to cheer up, gladden, exhilarate: diffundet animos omnibus ista dies, Ov. A. A. 1, 218; so,

animos,

id. M. 4, 766:

vultum,

id. Pont. 4, 4, 9; id. M. 14, 272; Sen. Ep. 106.—

Of the persons themselves: ut ex bonis amici quas diffundantur et incommodis contrahantur. Cic. Lael. 13 fin.:

Jovem memorant, diffusum nectare, curas Seposuisse graves,

Ov. M. 3, 318, imitated by Stat. S. 4, 2, 54; cf.:

diffusus in risum,

Petr. 10, 3; id. 71, 1 al.— Hence, diffūsus, a, um, P. a., spread abroad, spread out, extended, wide (a favorite expression of the post-Aug. prosaists).

Lit.:

platanus patulis diffusa ramis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 28; cf.:

diffusiora consepta,

Col. 1, 4, 7; Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 70; Mart. 3, 31:

latior scena et corona diffusior,

Plin. Ep. 7, 17, 9:

sus (opp. angusta),

stout, fat, Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 25.—

Trop.:

jus civile, quod nunc diffusum et dissipatum est, in certa genera coacturum,

diffuse, prolix, Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 142; cf. Col. 11, 1, 10:

opus diffusum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 6;

and transf. to the writers: Diophanes totum Dionysium, per multa diffusum volumina, sex epitomis circumscripsit,

id. 1, 1, 10:

amplius ac diffusius meritum,

Plin. Pan. 53, 3.— Adv.: diffūsē, in a scattered manner; copiously:

res disperse et diffuse dictae unum in locum coguntur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 52, 98; cf.:

haec latius aliquando dicenda sunt et diffusius,

more amply, more in full, id. Tusc. 3, 10, 22.— Sup. of the adj. and adv. do not occur.