praefluo

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

prae-flŭo, ĕre, v. n. and a.,

I to flow by or past (rare; perh. not ante-Aug.).

α Neutr. : infimā valle praefluit Tiberis, Liv. 1, 45, 6: a latere urbis quod in orientem patet, id. 43, 31, 3: vado incerto, Tac. A. 12, 33: ita ut (aquae tubo ductae) recte praefluere possint, Inscr. Orell. 199.—

β Act. : Aufidus, Qui regna Dauni praefluit Appuli, Hor. C. 4, 14, 26: Tibur, id. ib. 4, 3, 10: Aquileiam, Plin. 3, 18, 22, § 126; 3, 11, 16, § 102; 4, 3, 4, § 8: Pergamum, id. 5, 30, 33, § 126: castra, Tac. A. 15, 15: Noricam provinciam, id. ib. 2, 63.

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