fluor

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

flŭor, ōris, m. [fluo], a flowing, flow (postAug.).

I In gen.: aqua natura res labilis et ad fluorem semper tam prona, Arn. 2, 84: maris, Sol. 18; cf. in plur.: fluores amnium, Ap. Flor. 348, 18: lactis fluores, Nemes. Cyneg. 227: intelligimus omnes ventos aëris esse fluorem, Arn. 6, 196: imagines jugi fluore a corporibus manantes, Ap. Mag. p. 283, 25.—

II In medic. lang., a flux , diarroea : fluore aeger, Cels. 3, 6 fin. : solutio et fluor stomachi, Scrib. Comp. 108.

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