verb transitive intransitive

ĭn-undo

2nd PP ĭn-undāre · 3rd PP ĭn-undāvi · 4th PP ĭn-undātum · conj. 1st

to overflow; inundate

Act., to overflow, inundate (class.).

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Lit.: terram inundet aqua, Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103: imbres campis inundantes, Liv. 8, 24: Tiberis agros inundavit, id. 24, 9; 28, 28; 24, 38: Ciliciam cruore Persarum, Curt. 9, 2, 23: cruore campos, Lact. 1, 18, 10.—

to spread over; run over; flood by extension ••

Transf., to spread over, run over, flood: inundant Troes, Verg. A. 12, 280: Cimbros inundasse Italiam, Just. 38, 4, 15: multitudo inundaverat campos, Curt. 4, 12, 20: Europam, id. 5, 7, 8: totam urbem civilis sanguinis fluminibus, Val. Max. 9, 2, 1: armis campos, Sil. 15, 551.—

figuratively •

Trop.: lacrimae pectus, Petr. 113: meus ingenti flumine litterarum inundata, overflowing, id. 118; 101.—

Neutr

Neutr.

To overflow; to be inundated; deluged; •

To overflow, to be inundated or deluged; of a river: Arnus inundaverat, Liv. 22, 2, 2: Tiberis, Aur. Vict. Caes. 32, 3: aquae super terram, Vulg. Gen. 7, 6; Val. Max. 1, 7, 5.—

To be full; abound •

To be full, abound: inundant sanguine fossae, Verg. A. 10, 24; 11, 382.

Perseus ID: n24670 Key: inundo