torrent

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amnis, is, m. ( fem., Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 18; Naev. and Att. ap. Non. 191, 33; Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 9; cf. Prisc. pp. 652 and 658 P.; Rudd. I. p. 26, n. 37; Schneid. Gram. 2, 98; abl. regularly amne;

but freq. amni in the poets,

Verg. G. 1, 203; 3, 447; Hor. S. 1, 10, 62; Col. R. R. 10, 136;

also in prose,

Liv. 21, 5; 21, 27 al.; cf. Prisc. p. 766; Rhem. Pal. 1374 P.; Rudd. I. p. 85, n. 85) [qs. for apnis from Sanscr. ap = water; n. plur. āpas. Van.; v. aqua], orig., any broad and deep-flowing, rapid water; a stream, torrent, river (hence, esp. in the poets, sometimes for a rapidly-flowing stream or a torrent rushing down from a mountain = torrens; sometimes for a large river, opp. fluvius (a common river); sometimes also for the ocean as flowing round the land; it most nearly corresponds with our stream; in prose not often used before the histt. of the Aug. per.; in Cic. only in Aratus and in his more elevated prose; never in his Epistt.).

Lit.: acervos altā in amni, Att., Trag. Rel. p. 178 Rib.: apud abundantem antiquam amnem et rapidas undas Inachi, Att. ap. Non. 192, 4 (Trag. Rel. p. 175 Rib.):

Sic quasi amnis celeris rapit, sed tamen inflexu flectitur,

Naev. Trag. Rel. p. 12 Rib.; Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 15:

molibus incurrit validis cum viribus amnis,

Lucr. 1, 288 (v. the whole magnificent description, 1, 282- 290):

Nilus unicus in terris, Aegypti totius amnis,

id. 6, 714:

ruunt de montibus amnes,

Verg. A. 4, 164:

amnes magnitudinis vastae,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 19.—Also in distinction from the sea:

cum pontus et amnes cuncti invicem commeant,

Sen. Q. N. 4, 2.—On the contr. of the ocean, acc. to the Gr. Ôkeanos potamos (Hom. Od. 11, 639):

Oceani amnis,

the ocean-stream, Verg. G. 4, 233:

quā fluitantibus undis Solis anhelantes abluit amnis equos,

Tib. 2, 5, 60: Nox Mundum caeruleo laverat amne rotas, id. 3, 4, 18 al.—

Transf.

Poet., of the constellation Eridanus:

Eridanum cernes funestum magnis cum viribus amnem,

Cic. Arat. 145 (as a transl. of the Gr. leipsanon Êridanoio, poluklaustou potamoio, Arat. Phaenom. 360): Scorpios exoriens cum clarus fugerit amnis, Germanic. Arat. 648; cf. id. ib. 362. —

Also poet. and in post-class. prose, any thing flowing, liquid, Verg. A. 12, 417; 7, 465:

amnis musti,

Pall. 11, 14, 18.—

Of a writer, whose eloquence is thus compared to a flowing stream (v. flumen, II. B. and fluo, II. 2. B. 1.): alter (Herodotus) sine ullis salebris quasi sedatus amnis (i. e. a noiseless stream flowing on in majestic size and fulness) fluit;

alter (Thucydides) incitatior fertur,

Cic. Or. 12, 39.—

Like flumen, as abstr., a current, stream: secundo amni, down or with the stream, Verg. G. 3, 447:

adverso amne,

up the stream, Curt. 10, 1 al.

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Brundĭsĭum (in many MSS., but less correctly Brundŭsĭum; cf. Suet. Caes. 34 Torrent.; Sil. 8, 576 Heins. and Drak.; Flor. 1, 20 Duker.; Luc. 2, 609 Cort.; Hor. S. 1, 5, 104 K. and H.), ii, n. (access. form Brenda, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 33 Müll.: Brunda, Arn. 2, p. 50), = Brentesion or Brentêsion [Brendon elaphon, Hesych.; cf. Strab. 6, p. 432; Steph. Byz.; Isid. Orig. 15, 1, 49; from the harbor extending beyond the town like the antlers of a stag], an ancient town in Calabria, with a very convenient harbor, the chief naval station of the Romans in the Adriatic, and their regular point of departure for Greece, now Brindisi, Enn. ap. Gell. 6, 6, 6 (Ann. v. 478 Vahl.):

redeuntes Graeciā, Brundisium navem advertimus,

Gell. 16, 6, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 25; Cic. Phil. 1, 3, 7; id. Planc. 40, 96; 41, 97; id. Att. 4, 1, 4; 5, 5, 1; 5, 8, 1; Hor. S. 1, 5, 104; id. Ep. 1, 17, 52; 1, 18, 20; Mel. 2, 4, 7; Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 99; Just. 12, 2; Luc. 2, 609 sq.; Vell. 1, 14 fin.; Flor. 1, 20.—

Deriv. Brundĭsīnus ( Brundŭs-), a, um, adj., of Brundisium, Brundisian:

colonia,

Cic. Sest. 63, 131; id. Att. 4, 1, 4:

nuntii,

id. ib. 8, 13, 1:

portus,

Liv. 23, 33, 4:

foedus,

Tac. A. 1, 10:

ostrea,

taken in the harbor of Brundisium, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 61. — Subst.: Brundĭsīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Brundisium, Cic. Sest. 63, 131; id. Att. 4, 1, 4; Liv. 27, 10; Gell. 16, 6, 1:

in Brundisino (sc. agro),

Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 2.

Brundĭsĭum (in many MSS., but less correctly Brundŭsĭum; cf. Suet. Caes. 34 Torrent.; Sil. 8, 576 Heins. and Drak.; Flor. 1, 20 Duker.; Luc. 2, 609 Cort.; Hor. S. 1, 5, 104 K. and H.), ii, n. (access. form Brenda, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 33 Müll.: Brunda, Arn. 2, p. 50), = Brentesion or Brentêsion [Brendon elaphon, Hesych.; cf. Strab. 6, p. 432; Steph. Byz.; Isid. Orig. 15, 1, 49; from the harbor extending beyond the town like the antlers of a stag], an ancient town in Calabria, with a very convenient harbor, the chief naval station of the Romans in the Adriatic, and their regular point of departure for Greece, now Brindisi, Enn. ap. Gell. 6, 6, 6 (Ann. v. 478 Vahl.):

redeuntes Graeciā, Brundisium navem advertimus,

Gell. 16, 6, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 25; Cic. Phil. 1, 3, 7; id. Planc. 40, 96; 41, 97; id. Att. 4, 1, 4; 5, 5, 1; 5, 8, 1; Hor. S. 1, 5, 104; id. Ep. 1, 17, 52; 1, 18, 20; Mel. 2, 4, 7; Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 99; Just. 12, 2; Luc. 2, 609 sq.; Vell. 1, 14 fin.; Flor. 1, 20.—

Deriv. Brundĭsīnus ( Brundŭs-), a, um, adj., of Brundisium, Brundisian:

colonia,

Cic. Sest. 63, 131; id. Att. 4, 1, 4:

nuntii,

id. ib. 8, 13, 1:

portus,

Liv. 23, 33, 4:

foedus,

Tac. A. 1, 10:

ostrea,

taken in the harbor of Brundisium, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 61. — Subst.: Brundĭsīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Brundisium, Cic. Sest. 63, 131; id. Att. 4, 1, 4; Liv. 27, 10; Gell. 16, 6, 1:

in Brundisino (sc. agro),

Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 2.

Brundĭsĭum (in many MSS., but less correctly Brundŭsĭum; cf. Suet. Caes. 34 Torrent.; Sil. 8, 576 Heins. and Drak.; Flor. 1, 20 Duker.; Luc. 2, 609 Cort.; Hor. S. 1, 5, 104 K. and H.), ii, n. (access. form Brenda, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 33 Müll.: Brunda, Arn. 2, p. 50), = Brentesion or Brentêsion [Brendon elaphon, Hesych.; cf. Strab. 6, p. 432; Steph. Byz.; Isid. Orig. 15, 1, 49; from the harbor extending beyond the town like the antlers of a stag], an ancient town in Calabria, with a very convenient harbor, the chief naval station of the Romans in the Adriatic, and their regular point of departure for Greece, now Brindisi, Enn. ap. Gell. 6, 6, 6 (Ann. v. 478 Vahl.):

redeuntes Graeciā, Brundisium navem advertimus,

Gell. 16, 6, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 25; Cic. Phil. 1, 3, 7; id. Planc. 40, 96; 41, 97; id. Att. 4, 1, 4; 5, 5, 1; 5, 8, 1; Hor. S. 1, 5, 104; id. Ep. 1, 17, 52; 1, 18, 20; Mel. 2, 4, 7; Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 99; Just. 12, 2; Luc. 2, 609 sq.; Vell. 1, 14 fin.; Flor. 1, 20.—

Deriv. Brundĭsīnus ( Brundŭs-), a, um, adj., of Brundisium, Brundisian:

colonia,

Cic. Sest. 63, 131; id. Att. 4, 1, 4:

nuntii,

id. ib. 8, 13, 1:

portus,

Liv. 23, 33, 4:

foedus,

Tac. A. 1, 10:

ostrea,

taken in the harbor of Brundisium, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 61. — Subst.: Brundĭsīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Brundisium, Cic. Sest. 63, 131; id. Att. 4, 1, 4; Liv. 27, 10; Gell. 16, 6, 1:

in Brundisino (sc. agro),

Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 2.

Brundĭsĭum (in many MSS., but less correctly Brundŭsĭum; cf. Suet. Caes. 34 Torrent.; Sil. 8, 576 Heins. and Drak.; Flor. 1, 20 Duker.; Luc. 2, 609 Cort.; Hor. S. 1, 5, 104 K. and H.), ii, n. (access. form Brenda, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 33 Müll.: Brunda, Arn. 2, p. 50), = Brentesion or Brentêsion [Brendon elaphon, Hesych.; cf. Strab. 6, p. 432; Steph. Byz.; Isid. Orig. 15, 1, 49; from the harbor extending beyond the town like the antlers of a stag], an ancient town in Calabria, with a very convenient harbor, the chief naval station of the Romans in the Adriatic, and their regular point of departure for Greece, now Brindisi, Enn. ap. Gell. 6, 6, 6 (Ann. v. 478 Vahl.):

redeuntes Graeciā, Brundisium navem advertimus,

Gell. 16, 6, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 25; Cic. Phil. 1, 3, 7; id. Planc. 40, 96; 41, 97; id. Att. 4, 1, 4; 5, 5, 1; 5, 8, 1; Hor. S. 1, 5, 104; id. Ep. 1, 17, 52; 1, 18, 20; Mel. 2, 4, 7; Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 99; Just. 12, 2; Luc. 2, 609 sq.; Vell. 1, 14 fin.; Flor. 1, 20.—

Deriv. Brundĭsīnus ( Brundŭs-), a, um, adj., of Brundisium, Brundisian:

colonia,

Cic. Sest. 63, 131; id. Att. 4, 1, 4:

nuntii,

id. ib. 8, 13, 1:

portus,

Liv. 23, 33, 4:

foedus,

Tac. A. 1, 10:

ostrea,

taken in the harbor of Brundisium, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 61. — Subst.: Brundĭsīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Brundisium, Cic. Sest. 63, 131; id. Att. 4, 1, 4; Liv. 27, 10; Gell. 16, 6, 1:

in Brundisino (sc. agro),

Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 2.

flūmen, ĭnis, n. [id.], a flowing of water; and concr., a flood, stream, flowing or running water (syn.: fluvius, amnis, rivus).

In gen. (mostly poet.): Romane, aquam Albanam cave lacu contineri, cave in mare manare suo flumine sinas, an old prophetic formula ap. Liv. 5, 16, 9:

rapidus montano flumine torrens,

Verg. A. 2, 305; cf. Ov. R. Am. 651:

visendus ater flumine languido Cocytos errans,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 17:

inde sequemur Ipsius amnis iter, donec nos flumine certo Perferat,

Val. Fl. 8, 189: et Tiberis flumen vomit in mare salsum, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 453 ed. Vahl.); cf.:

teque pater Tiberine tuo cum flumine sancto,

id. ib. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 55 ib.):

donec me flumine vivo Abluero,

in a living, running stream, Verg. A. 2, 719; cf.: quin tu ante vivo perfunderis flumine? Auct. ap. Liv. 1, 45, 6 (for which:

aqua viva,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 123 Müll.).—In plur.:

nymphae venas et flumina fontis Elicuere sui,

streams, Ov. M. 14, 788:

frigida Scamandri,

Hor. Epod. 13, 14:

Symaethia circum Flumina,

Verg. A. 9, 585:

limosa potat,

Ov. M. 1, 634; cf.:

Tantalus a labris sitiens fugientia captat Flumina,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 69:

maritima immittere in piscinas,

Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 9.

In partic., a river.

Lit. (the predominant signif. of the word both in prose and poetry): quod 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:

Scipio biduum moratus ad flumen, quod inter eum et Domitii castra fluebat,

Caes. B. C. 3, 37, 1:

aurea flumina,

Lucr. 5, 911:

habet non tantum venas aquarum terra, ex quibus corrivatis flumina effici possunt, sed et amnes magnitudinis vastae, etc.,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 19; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 5:

nec ullum hoc frigidius flumen attigi,

id. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

nos flumina arcemus, dirigimus, avertimus,

id. N. D. 2, 60, 152:

una pars (Galliae) initium capit a flumine Rhodano, continetur Garumna flumine... attingit etiam flumen Rhenum, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 6 sq.; 1, 2, 7:

inter montem Juram et flumen Rhodanum,

id. ib. 1, 6, 1:

flumen est Arar, quod, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 12, 1:

flumen Dubis,

id. ib. 1, 38, 4:

non Seres, non Tanain prope flumen orti,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 24:

Veliternos ad Asturae flumen Maenius fudit,

Liv. 8, 13, 5 Drak. N. cr.:

terrarum situs et flumina dicere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 252:

secundo flumine ad Lutetiam iter facere coepit,

with the stream, Caes. B. G. 7, 58, 5 (cf. secundus, 2. a.):

magnum ire agmen adverso flumine,

against the stream, Caes. B. G. 7, 60, 3; cf. Verg. G. 1, 201; Liv. 24, 40. —Prov.:

flumine vicino stultus sitit, like,

starves in the midst of plenty, Petr. Fragm. p. 899 Burm.—

Transf., of other things which flow in streams or like streams, a stream, flood ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

sanguinis,

Lucr. 2, 354; 4, 1029:

largoque humectat flumine vultum,

flood of tears, Verg. A. 1, 465:

laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis,

streams of milk, id. G. 3, 310:

flumina jam lactis, jam flumina nectaris,

Ov. M. 1, 111: rigido concussae flumine nubes Exonerabantur, a torrent of rain, Petr. poët. Sat. 123; cf.:

ut picis e caelo demissum flumen,

a stream of pitch, Lucr. 6, 257:

magnesia flumine saxa,

in the magnetic stream, id. 6, 1064:

effusaeque ruunt inopino flumine turbae,

i. e. in a vast stream, Sil. 12, 185; cf. Verg. A. 11, 236:

aëris,

a current of air, App. de Mund. p. 61, 33 Elm. p. 258 Bip.—

Trop., of expression, a flow, fluency, stream:

orationis flumine reprehensoris convicia diluuntur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20:

flumen orationis aureum,

id. Ac. 2, 38, 119:

orationis,

id. de Or. 2, 15, 62; cf.:

flumen verborum volubili tasque,

id. Or. 16, 53:

gravissimorum op timorumque verborum,

id. de Or. 2, 45, 188:

inanium verborum,

id. N. D. 2, 1, 1:

Lysias... puro fonti quam magno flumini propior,

Quint. 10, 1, 78; 9, 4, 61; cf. id. 10, 1, 61; Petr. 5 fin. —And fig.:

neque concipere neque edere partum mens potest, nisi ingenti flumine litterarum inundata,

Petr. 118.

torreo, torrui, tostum ( part. gen. plur. torrentum, Stat. Th. 2, 6; Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 46; abl. torrenti, Sen. Brev. Vit. 9, 2), 2, v. a. [Sanscr. tarsh, to thirst; Gr. tersomai, to become dry; Germ. Durst.; Engl. thirst], to dry a thing by heat, to parch, roast, bake, scorch, burn, etc. (syn. frigo):

fruges receptas Et torrere parant flammis et frangere saxo,

Verg. A. 1, 179; Ov. M. 14; 273:

aristas sole novo,

Verg. A. 7, 720:

pisces sole,

Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 30:

apes mortuas sole verno,

id. 11, 20, 22, § 69:

uvam in tegulis,

id. 14, 9, 11, § 84 et saep.; Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 2:

etiamsi in Phalaridis tauro inclusus succensis ignibus torrebatur,

Cic. Pis. 18, 42: e quibus (terrae cingulis) medium illum et maximum solis ardore torreri, id. Rep. 6, 20, 21:

cum undique flamma torrerentur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 43:

montes quos torret Atabulus,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 78; cf.:

torrentia agros sidera,

id. C. 3, 1, 31: tosti alti stant parietes, i. e. consumed, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 116 Vahl.):

carmina flammā,

Tib. 1, 9, 50:

tostos en aspice crines,

Ov. M. 2, 283:

in veribus exta,

to roast, Verg. G. 2, 396:

aliquid in igne,

Ov. F. 2, 578:

artus subjecto igni,

id. M. 1, 229:

carnem,

id. ib. 12, 155 et saep.—Of fever heat, to dry up:

at mihi (vae miserae) torrentur febribus artus,

Ov. H. 21, 169:

febris viscera ipsa torrens,

Sen. Ep. 14, 6; Juv. 9, 17.—Of thirst:

et Canis arenti torreat arva siti,

Tib. 1, 4, 42.—Of the heat of love:

si torrere jecur quaeris idoneum (Venus),

Hor. C. 4, 1, 12; cf.:

correptus saevo Veneris torrebar aëno,

Prop. 3 (4). 24, 13:

torret amor Cyri Lycorida,

Hor. C. 1, 33, 6:

me torret face mutuā Calais,

id. ib. 3, 9, 13:

me amor Glycerae,

id. ib. 3, 19, 28:

femineus pectora torret amor,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 40.—

Transf., of cold, to nip, pinch (cf. uro and aduro): frigore torret, Varr. ap. Non. 452, 11. — Hence, torrens, entis, P. a., in a neutr. sense, burning, hot, inflamed.

Lit. (rare):

terra torrens aestu,

Col. 4, 19, 3:

miles torrens meridiano sole,

Liv. 44, 38, 9:

Sirius,

Verg. G. 4, 425:

flammae,

id. A. 6, 550.— Comp.: Sirius torrentior, Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 20.— Sup.:

torrentissimus axis,

Stat. S. 3, 1, 52.—

Transf., of streams, rushing, roaring, boiling, impetuous, rapid, etc. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

fluvii,

Varr. R. R. 1, 12, 3:

flumina,

Verg. E. 7, 52:

Nilus toto gurgite,

Val. Fl. 4, 409; cf.:

fluvius Novanus solstitiis torrens,

Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 229; 3, 4, 5, § 33:

aqua,

Verg. A. 10, 603:

unda,

id. G. 2, 451:

torrentes rapidique cursus amnium,

Just. 44, 1, 7; 4, 1, 9:

impetus (aquae),

Sen. Ep. 23, 8:

sanguis,

Luc. 2, 220; cf.

fatum,

id. 7, 505.— Comp.:

Padus torrentior,

Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 117.— Sup.:

Asopos torrentissimus,

Stat. Th. 7, 316.—Hence,

Subst.: torrens, entis, m., a torrent:

cum fertur quasi torrens oratio,

Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 3; Liv. 33, 18, 12; 35, 28, 8:

rapidus montano flumine torrens Sternit agros,

Verg. A. 2, 305:

fragosus,

id. ib. 7, 567; Ov. R. Am. 651:

tumidus,

id. Am. 1, 7, 43; Sen. Theb. 71; Juv. 6, 319; Luc. 7, 637.—Prov.:

numquam direxit bracchia contra torrentem,

Juv. 4, 90. —

Transf.:

armorum et virorum,

Sil. 12, 189:

umbrarum,

id. 13, 760; cf.

fortunae,

Flor. 2, 7, 1.—

Trop., of speech:

torrens dicentis oratio,

Quint. 3, 8, 60; so,

oratio,

Plin. 26, 3, 7, § 12:

copia dicendi,

Juv. 10, 9; Val. Fl. 4, 261.— Comp.:

sermo Promptus et Isaeo torrentior,

Juv. 3, 74.—Of an orator:

quem (Demosthenem) mirabantur Athenae Torrentem,

Juv. 10, 128.—

Subst.:

se inani verborum torrenti dare,

a stream of words, Quint. 10, 7, 23; cf.:

quo torrente, quo impetu,

Tac. Or. 24.—

* Adv.: torrenter (acc. to B.), violently, impetuously:

torrentius amne Hiberno,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 198.

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