Lewis & Short

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per-flŭo, xi, 3, v. a. and n.

  1. I. Act., to flow or run through (post-class.): pluvialibus nimbis perfluuntur, Arn. 6, 191.
  2. II. Neutr.
    1. A. Lit.
      1. 1. To flow or run through (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): per colum vina videmus Perfluere, Lucr. 2, 392; Petr. 23.
      2. 2. In gen., to flow: quasi in vas commoda perfluere, Lucr. 3, 937: Belus amnis in mare perfluens, Plin. 36, 26, 65, § 190.
        1. b. To drip with any thing (postclass.): sudore perfluere, App. M. 1, p. 108, 1.
        2. c. Of long garments, to flow or float (post-class.), App. M. 11, p. 258, 30.
    2. * B. Trop.: plenus rimarum sum: hac atque illac perfluo, I leak, i. e. I cannot keep the secret, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 25.