ĭn-undo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.
I Act. , to overflow , inundate (class.).
1 Lit.: terram inundet aqua, Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103: imbres campis inundantes, Liv. 8, 24: Tiberis agros inundavit, id. 24, 9; 28, 28; 24, 38: Ciliciam cruore Persarum, Curt. 9, 2, 23: cruore campos, Lact. 1, 18, 10.—
2 Transf., to spread over , run over , flood : inundant Troes, Verg. A. 12, 280: Cimbros inundasse Italiam, Just. 38, 4, 15: multitudo inundaverat campos, Curt. 4, 12, 20: Europam, id. 5, 7, 8: totam urbem civilis sanguinis fluminibus, Val. Max. 9, 2, 1: armis campos, Sil. 15, 551.—
B Trop.: lacrimae pectus, Petr. 113: meus ingenti flumine litterarum inundata, overflowing , id. 118; 101.—
II Neutr.
A To overflow , to be inundated or deluged; of a river: Arnus inundaverat, Liv. 22, 2, 2: Tiberis, Aur. Vict. Caes. 32, 3: aquae super terram, Vulg. Gen. 7, 6; Val. Max. 1, 7, 5.—
B To be full , abound : inundant sanguine fossae, Verg. A. 10, 24; 11, 382.