adfluentias
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adfluentia, adfluentiae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
flow (of a liquid); abundance, profusion, extravagance, opulence, riotousness;
acc. pl.
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..."