circumfluat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →circumfluo, circumfluere, circulfluxi, circulfluxus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
flow/crowd/flock around; overflow; have/be in abundance, be rich/well supplied;
sg. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber XII
Aulus Gellius
"...oceanum"; cum uero omnis terras omnifariam et undiqueuersum circumfluat, nihil citra eum est, sed undarum illius ambitu terris..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...ingentis quatiat Demosthenis arma. Hinc Romana manus circumfluat, et modo Graio exonerata sono mutet suffusa saporem. Interdum subducta..."IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...natura rerum, totus ad cognitionem talis exempli orbis circumfluat. tacete, priora saecula, in quibus tamen a primordio generis..."
Liber Secundus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...saevas tellus alat horrida gentes meque fremens tumido circumfluat ore Propontis, vestra fides ritus pares et mitia cultu..."