ef-flŭo, xi, 3, v. n. (and very rarely a.), to flow or run out, to flow forth (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense).
I Lit.: facit effluere imbres, Lucr. 6, 512: una cum sanguine vita, Cic. Tusc. 2, 24 fin. : umor e cavis populi nigrae, Plin. 24, 8, 32, § 47: sucina petris, id. 37, 2, 11, § 35: amnis in oceanum, id. ib.: ne qua levis effluat aura, escape , Ov. M. 6, 233.—Poet.: ambrosiae et nectari' linctus, Lucr. 6, 971, v. Lachm. ad h. l.—
B Act. : ne (amphorae) effluant vinum, Petr. 71, 11; cf. Claud. Prob. et Olyb. 52.—
C Transf., of non-fluid bodies, to go out , issue forth (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): Epicuri figurae, quas e summis corporibus dicit effluere, Quint. 10, 2, 15 Spald.; cf. Gell. 5, 16, 3: effluit effuso cui toga laxa sinu, * Tib. 1, 6, 40 (dub.—Müll. et fluit); cf. Claud. IV. Cons. Honor. 208: manibus opus effluit, slips from , drops from , Lucr. 6, 795; cf. Ov. M. 3, 39; Curt. 8, 14.—
2 To vanish , disappear : de pectore caedis notae, Ov. M. 6, 670; cf. * Suet. Aug. 97; Plin. 27, 13, 111, § 138.—
II Trop.: utrumque hoc falsum est: effluet, i. e. it will go abroad , become known = emanabit, * Ter. Eun. 121; cf. Auct. Or. pro Domo, 46, 121: impropria interim effluunt, slip out , Quint. 10, 3, 20: tanta est intimorum multitudo, ut ex iis aliquis potius effluat, quam novo sit aditus, Cic. Fam. 6, 19, 2: ne effluant haec ab oculis tuis, Vulg. Prov. 3, 21.—
2 To pass away , disappear , vanish (cf. I. B. 2.): praeterita aetas quamvis longa cum effluxisset, Cic. de Sen. 2, 4; cf. id. ib. 19, 69; id. Att. 12, 43 fin. ; Quint. 11, 2, 44: viso mens aegra effluxit hiatu, Sil. 6, 245; cf.: effluet in lacrimas, to melt , dissolve , Luc. 9, 106.—So esp. to escape from the memory: ut istuc veniam ante quam plane ex animo tuo effluo, am forgotten , Cic. Fam. 7, 14, 1; cf. id. Fin. 1, 12, 41; id. Brut. 61, 219; id. Verr. 2, 4, 26; Ov. R. Am. 646.