Lewis & Short

effūsĭo, ōnis, f. [effundo], a pouring out, pouring forth, shedding (a Ciceron. word).

  1. I. Lit.: atramenti, Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 127: aquae liquor et effusio, i. e. its property of pouring forth, fluidity, id. ib. 2, 10, 26: sanguinis, Vulg. Judic. 9, 24; cf. alvi, Capitol. Gord. Tert. 28, 6.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. A pouring or rushing out of people: effusiones hominum ex oppidis, Cic. Pis. 22, 51.
      2. 2. Profusion, prodigality, Cic. Part. 23, 81; id. Att. 7, 3, 3; Liv. 44, 9; Vop. Flor. 1.
        In the plur.: pecuniarum effusiones, Cic. Off. 2, 16, 56; id. Rosc. Am. 46, 134.
  2. II. Trop., extravagance, excess: animi in laetitia, Cic. Tusc. 4, 31, 66.