exundo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ex-undo, āvi, 1, v. n. and a.

I Neutr. , to flow out or over , to overflow (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

A Lit.: fons, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 229: per quos (rivos) exundat piscina, Col. 8, 17, 6: trunco cruor exundat, Sen. Agam. 903.—

B Transf.

1 To be washed up , thrown out by the waves: tura balsamaque vi tempestatum in adversa litora exundant, Tac. G. 45.—

2 To pour forth abundantly , to rush forth; to overflow with any thing: flammarum exundat torrens, Sil. 14, 62; cf.: exundant diviso vertice flammae, Stat. Th. 12, 431: spiritus (morientis) exundans perflavit campum, Sil. 5, 455: inde Medusaeis terram exundasse chelydris, id. 3, 316: exundans ingenii fons, Juv. 10, 119: exundat et exuberat eloquentia, Tac. Or. 30: temperare iram; eoque detracto quod exundat, ad salutarem modum cogere, which superabounds , is in excess , Sen. de Ira, 1, 7.—*

II Act. , to pour forth abundantly : fumum, Sil. 2, 631.

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