diffluo

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

diffluō fluxī, —, ere

dis- + fluo, to flow in different directions, flow away : in plurīs partīs (Rhenus), branches , Cs.; cf. nos quasi extra ripas diffluentīs coercere.— To be dissolved : iecur, L.: sudore, Ph.— To be abandoned to : luxuriā et lasciviā, T.: deliciis: vires tempus ingenium diffluxere, wasted away , S.— In rhet.: diffluens ac solutum, loose, not periodic .

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