defluit
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. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Noto, cum tota cauernasegerit et torrens in campos defluit Aetna, 295Caesaris ut miles glomerato puluere uictusante aciem caeci..."Satura VII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...tantum laudare disertos, ut pueri Iunonis auem. sed defluit aetas et pelagi patiens et cassidis atque ligonis. taedia..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...medio, ubi ille cumulus est, defluit. [28,6] Ergo ut solet aestus aequinoctilis sub ipsum lunae solisque coitum..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...terrena, inter quae oritur et pabulum suum subsequens defluit ideoque uelociter rapitur. [14,6] At quale color diuersus..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...caeli Luna iugo, totis ubi somnus inertior alis defluit in terras mutumque amplectitur orbem. consedere chori paulumque exercita..."Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...legit; pars cetera prona fertur aqua segnisque secundo defluit amni, nuntia ventura Ascanio rerumque patrisque. dantur equi Teucris..."Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...udisque aries in gurgite uillis mersatur, missusque secundo defluit amni; aut tonsum tristi contingunt corpus amurca et spumas..."Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...manu moriente remissis in latus a dextro paulatim defluit armo. proximus audito sonitu per inane pharetrae frena dabat..."