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to flock around

  • 1 circumfluo

    circum-flŭo, xi, 3, v. n. and a., to flow round (class. in prose and poetry).
    (α).
    Neutr.:

    in poculis repletis circumfluere quod supersit,

    flows over all around, Plin. 2, 65, 68, § 163; cf. Curt. 8, 8, 12.—
    (β).
    Act.:

    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.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to flock around, encompass, surround:

    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.—
    B.
    To be present or exist in rich abundance, to abound, overflow: circumfluentibus undique eloquentiae copiis, * Quint. 12, 10, 78:

    circumfluentibus quietae felicitatis insignibus,

    Just. 18, 7, 10.—Also with acc. pers.:

    secundis rebus, quae circumfluunt vos, insanire coepistis,

    Curt. 10, 2, 2.—
    C.
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > circumfluo

  • 2 circumfluo

    circumfluere, circulfluxi, circulfluxus V
    flow/crowd/flock around; overflow; have/be in abundance, be rich/well supplied

    Latin-English dictionary > circumfluo

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