diffundi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →diffundo, diffundere, diffundi, diffusus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
diffuse; spread/pour out/widely; bottle/draw off; squander, distribute lavishly;; expand/enlarge; spread/extend over area/time; relax/cheer up/free of restraint;
sg. perf. act. ind. 1stpres. pass. infin.
Examples
Liber III
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...fumus quoniam discedit in auras, crede animam quoque diffundi multoque perire ocius et citius dissolvi in corpora prima..."de Vita Beata
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...eisdem partibus standi, ita finitio summi boni alias diffundi potest et exporrigi, alias colligi et in se cogi..."Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...foret, magni speciem glomeravit in orbis. tum freta diffundi rapidisque tumescere ventis iussit et ambitae circumdare litora terrae..."Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...foret, magni speciem glomeravit in orbis. tum freta diffundi rapidisque tumescere ventis iussit et ambitae circumdare litora terrae..."