Lewis & Short

suf-fundo (subf-), fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a., to pour below or underneath; to pour into or among; to pour over or upon; to overspread, suffuse (mostly ante-class. and postAug.).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.: animum esse cordi suffusum sanguinem, Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 19: aqua suffunditur, flows underneath, diffuses itself, Sen. Q. N. 3, 26, 1 (al. adfunditur): intumuit suffusā venter ab undā, i. e. from dropsy, Ov. F. 1, 215: mane suffundam aquolam, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 3: mare (i. e. aquam marinam) vinis, id. Rud. 2, 7, 30: jus, Col. 12, 9, 2: acetum, Vitr. 7, 12: merum in os mulae, Col. 6, 38, 4.
    2. B. Esp.
      1. 1. Of tears, etc., to suffuse, fill, etc.: lacrimis oculos suffusa nitentes, Verg. A. 1, 228: tepido suffundit lumina rore (i. e. lacrimis), Ov. M. 10, 360; cf.: lupus suffusus lumina flammā, id. ib. 11, 368: oculi, qui ad alienam lippitudinem et ipsi suffunduntur, become suffused (with tears), Sen. Clem. 2, 6 med.; cf.: ad quas ille voces lacrimis et multo pudore suffunditur, Plin. Pan. 2, 8.
      2. 2. Of other fluids, etc., to tinge, imbue, to stain, color: agricola et minio suffusus rubenti, stained, Tib. 2, 1, 55: si cruore suffunduntur oculi, become bloodshot, Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 49; so, suffusi cruore oculi, id. 29, 6, 38, § 126; and in a reverse construction: sanguis oculis suffusus, id. 20, 13, 51, § 142: prodest felle suffusis, for those affected with jaundice, id. 22, 21, 30, § 65: ulcera alte suffusa medullis, Claud. in Eutr. 2, 13; cf.: suffusa bilis, jaundice, Plin. 22, 21, 26, § 54: lingua est suffusa veneno, Ov. M. 2, 777: sales suffusi felle, id. Tr. 2, 565: (nebulae) suffundunt suā caelum caligine, Lucr. 6, 479: calore suffusus aether, suffused, intermingled, Cic. N. D. 2, 21, 54: Hyperionis orbem Suffundi maculis, Stat. Th. 11, 121.
      3. 3. Of blushes, etc., to redden, suffuse, color, blush, etc.; cf.: littera suffusas quod habet maculosa lituras, blurred, Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 15.
        Of a blush: (Luna) si virgineum suffuderit ore ruborem, Verg. G. 1, 430: suffunditur ora rubore, Ov. M. 1, 484: roseo suffusa rubore, id. Am. 3, 3, 5: Masinissae rubore suffusus, Liv. 30, 15, 1: vultum rubore suffundere, Pacat. Pan. Theod. 4, 4.
        Absol.: sancti viri est suffundi, si virginem viderit, Tert. Virg. Vel. 2; Hier. adv. Jovin. 1, 48.
      4. 4. Prov.: aquam frigidam suffundere, to throw cold water upon, i.e. to calumniate, inveigh against, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 36.
  2. II. Trop.: (metus) omnia suffundens mortis nigrore, covering, overspreading, Lucr. 3, 39: cibo vires ad feturam, to supply, Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 4: animus in aliquem malevolentiā suffusus, overspread, filled, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 22.
    Hence, * suffūsus, a, um, P. a., blushing, bashful, modest: suffusior sexus, Tert. Anim. 38 med.