verb intransitive

prōflŭo

2nd PP prō-flŭere · 3rd PP prō-fluxi · 4th PP prō-fluxum · conj. 3rd

to flow forth; along

to flow forth or along (class.).

Mosa profluit ex monte Vogeso, Caes. B. G. 4, 10: si lacrimae ab oculis et… literal ••

Lit.: Mosa profluit ex monte Vogeso, Caes. B. G. 4, 10: si lacrimae ab oculis et pituita a naribus profluent, Col. 6, 7, 11: umor profluit, Verg. G. 4, 25: sanguis profluens, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38: sudor, Just. 15, 4, 17: per fossas, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 76: ad mare, Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100.—

by extension

To cause a running; flow •

To cause a running or flow: gravedo profluit, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 51.—

To be relaxed •

To be relaxed: videndum est an adstrictum corpus sit, an profluat, Cels. 3, 6: si venter profluit, id. 3, 6.—

to flow forth; issue; proceed figuratively •

Trop., to flow forth, issue, proceed (class.): quae ab hoc fonte profluant, Varr. L. L. 8, § 62 Müll.: cujus ore sermo melle dulcior profluebat, Auct. Her. 4, 33, 44: equidem ab his fontibus profluxi ad hominum famam, Cic. Cael. 3, 6: ad incognitas artes, to proceed to, to fall or hit upon, Tac. A. 11, 26.— Hence, prōflŭens, entis, P. a., flowing along (class.).

aqua profluens, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2.— literal •

Lit.: aqua profluens, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2.—

running water as a noun •

Subst.: prōflŭens, entis, f. (sc. aqua), running water (class.): in profluentem deferri, Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 149; cf. Auct. Her. 1, 13, 23; Flor. 1, 1, 2; 4, 12, 9.—

flowing; fluent; flowingly; figuratively ••

Trop., of speech, flowing, fluent: genus sermonis affert non liquidum, non fusum ac profluens, sed exile, aridum, concisum, Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159: profluens et perennis loquacitas, id. ib. 3, 48, 185: profluens atque expedita celeritas, id. Brut. 61, 220: profluens quiddam habuit Carbo et canorum, id. de Or. 3, 7, 28: eloquentia, Tac. A. 13, 3.—Sup.: manuum suarum profluentissima largitas, Arn. in Psa. 104.— Hence, adv.: prōflŭenter, flowingly; trop., easily (class.): ergo omnia profluenter, absolute, prospere, Cic. Tusc. 5, 18, 53. —Comp., of speech, more fluently (postclass.): profluentius exsequi, Gell. 14, 1, 32.

Perseus ID: n38635 Key: profluo