where it unites with the Saōne

con-flŭo, xi, 3 (confluxet = confluxisset, Lucr. 1, 987), v. n., to flow or run together (class. in prose and poetry).

Prop.:

materies umoris,

Lucr. 6, 637:

in imum,

id. 5, 498:

copia materiai Undique confluxet ad imum,

id. 1, 987:

confluat aër,

id. 1, 389 al.:

Fibrenus divisus aequaliter in duas partes cito in unum confluit,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

ibi Isara Rhodanusque amnes... confluunt in unum,

Liv. 21, 31, 4:

qui (portus) cum diversos inter se aditus habeant, in exitu conjunguntur et confluunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117:

vasti amnes e diverso in Phasin confluunt,

Plin. 6, 4, 4, § 13:

qualis et in curvum pontus confluxerit orbem,

Tib. 4, 1, 20:

Panticapen confluere infra Olbiam cum Borysthene,

Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 83: a confluente Rhodano castra movi, i. e. where it unites with the Saōne, Lepidus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 1:

aqua in rivum confluit,

Dig. 8, 3, 20, § 1.—Hence,

conflŭens, entis, or conflŭentes, ium, subst. m., the place where two rivers unite, the confluence:

cum ad confluentem Mosae et Rheni pervenissent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 15.—In sing., Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 122:

a confluente supra dicto,

id. 3, 26, 29, § 149; Just. 32, 3, 8:

ubi Anienem transiit, ad confluentes collocat castra,

at the confluence of the Anio with the Tiber, Liv. 1, 27, 4; 4, 17, 2; id. Epit. 137; Plin. 6, 26, 31, § 126; Tac. H. 2, 40 al.—Hence, kat exochên, Conflŭentes, ium, the town of Coblentz, situated at the confluence of the Moselle with the Rhine, Suet. Calig. 8; Flor. 4, 6, 3; Amm. 16, 3, 1.—

Trop., of other objects, esp. of a great multitude, to flock or crowd together, to come together in multitudes:

multi confluxerunt et Athenas et in hanc urbem,

Cic. Brut. 74, 258:

perfugarum magnus ad eum cotidie numerus confluebat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 44:

ut ad ejus triremem vulgus conflueret,

Nep. Alcib. 6, 1:

ad spectacula,

Suet. Caes. 39:

Neapolin,

id. Ner. 20:

plures ad haec studia,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 6:

undique ad eum auxiliis confluentibus,

Vell. 2, 55, 2; 2, 80, 4.— Absol.:

multitudo confluens,

Suet. Caes. 16:

turba undique confluentis fluctuantisque populi,

Gell. 10, 6, 2:

ut nos dicamur duo Omnium dignissimi quo cruciatus confluant,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 48; cf. id. Ep. 4, 1, 3.—

With abstr. subjects:

maeror,

Lucr. 6, 1260:

ad ipsos laus, honos, dignitas confluit,

Cic. Inv. 1, 4, 5:

ut ad nos pleraeque (causae) confluant, etc.,

id. Planc. 34, 84; Ov. M. 9, 741; Suet. Tib. 10.

con-flŭo, xi, 3 (confluxet = confluxisset, Lucr. 1, 987), v. n., to flow or run together (class. in prose and poetry).

Prop.:

materies umoris,

Lucr. 6, 637:

in imum,

id. 5, 498:

copia materiai Undique confluxet ad imum,

id. 1, 987:

confluat aër,

id. 1, 389 al.:

Fibrenus divisus aequaliter in duas partes cito in unum confluit,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

ibi Isara Rhodanusque amnes... confluunt in unum,

Liv. 21, 31, 4:

qui (portus) cum diversos inter se aditus habeant, in exitu conjunguntur et confluunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117:

vasti amnes e diverso in Phasin confluunt,

Plin. 6, 4, 4, § 13:

qualis et in curvum pontus confluxerit orbem,

Tib. 4, 1, 20:

Panticapen confluere infra Olbiam cum Borysthene,

Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 83: a confluente Rhodano castra movi, i. e. where it unites with the Saōne, Lepidus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 1:

aqua in rivum confluit,

Dig. 8, 3, 20, § 1.—Hence,

conflŭens, entis, or conflŭentes, ium, subst. m., the place where two rivers unite, the confluence:

cum ad confluentem Mosae et Rheni pervenissent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 15.—In sing., Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 122:

a confluente supra dicto,

id. 3, 26, 29, § 149; Just. 32, 3, 8:

ubi Anienem transiit, ad confluentes collocat castra,

at the confluence of the Anio with the Tiber, Liv. 1, 27, 4; 4, 17, 2; id. Epit. 137; Plin. 6, 26, 31, § 126; Tac. H. 2, 40 al.—Hence, kat exochên, Conflŭentes, ium, the town of Coblentz, situated at the confluence of the Moselle with the Rhine, Suet. Calig. 8; Flor. 4, 6, 3; Amm. 16, 3, 1.—

Trop., of other objects, esp. of a great multitude, to flock or crowd together, to come together in multitudes:

multi confluxerunt et Athenas et in hanc urbem,

Cic. Brut. 74, 258:

perfugarum magnus ad eum cotidie numerus confluebat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 44:

ut ad ejus triremem vulgus conflueret,

Nep. Alcib. 6, 1:

ad spectacula,

Suet. Caes. 39:

Neapolin,

id. Ner. 20:

plures ad haec studia,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 6:

undique ad eum auxiliis confluentibus,

Vell. 2, 55, 2; 2, 80, 4.— Absol.:

multitudo confluens,

Suet. Caes. 16:

turba undique confluentis fluctuantisque populi,

Gell. 10, 6, 2:

ut nos dicamur duo Omnium dignissimi quo cruciatus confluant,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 48; cf. id. Ep. 4, 1, 3.—

With abstr. subjects:

maeror,

Lucr. 6, 1260:

ad ipsos laus, honos, dignitas confluit,

Cic. Inv. 1, 4, 5:

ut ad nos pleraeque (causae) confluant, etc.,

id. Planc. 34, 84; Ov. M. 9, 741; Suet. Tib. 10.