defluat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →defluo, defluere, defluxi, defluxus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
flow/glide/run down; descend/fall; flow/stream away; float/swim/row downstream;; flow/drain/die/melt/slip away, fade/disappear; originate/stem, be derived from;
sg. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber VIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Terentius oris redditur: hanc lucem lactea gemma notet; defluat et lento splendescat turbida lino amphora centeno consule facta..."Liber IV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Horatius lacernis. Aspice quam densum tacitarum uellus aquarum defluat in uoltus Caesaris inque sinus. Indulget tamen ille Ioue..."- L
Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...circa lucem iam plena est; onerata quaerit quo defluat, et eo potissimum exit ubi plurimum uacui..." - L
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...rationem reddiderunt quare ignis, quem natura sursum uocat, defluat. Alia enim condicio nostrorum ignium est, ex quibus fauillae..." 
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...quaerendus honores, unde genus, quae terra mihi, quis defluat ordo sanguinis antiqui: piget inter sacra fateri..."