adfluentia
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adfluo, adfluere, adfluxi, adfluxus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
flow on/to/towards/by; glide/drift quietly; flock together, throng; abound;
acc. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part. - Entry →adfluentia, adfluentiae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
flow (of a liquid); abundance, profusion, extravagance, opulence, riotousness;
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →adfluens, adfluentis (gen.), adfluentior -or -us, adfluentissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
flowing/overflowing/abounding with; abundant, plentiful, sumptuous, copious;
acc. pl. (n.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. pl. (n.)
Examples
Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...inimicis male audire quam nimiis floribus et ingenii adfluentia potuit. Falsum utrumque: sit tamen illa mentiendi propior occasio..."Liber XVI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...elegantiae arbiter, dum nihil amoenum et molle adfluentia putat, nisi quod ei Petronius adprobavisset. unde invidia Tigellini quasi..."
