verb transitive intransitive

per-flŭo

2nd PP per-flŭere · 3rd PP per-fluxi · conj. 3rd

to flow; run through •

Act., to flow or run through (post-class.): pluvialibus nimbis perfluuntur, Arn. 6, 191.—

Neutr

Neutr.

To flow; run through poetic •

To flow or run through (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): per colum vina videmus Perfluere, Lucr. 2, 392; Petr. 23.—

to flow •

In gen., to flow: quasi in vas commoda perfluere, Lucr. 3, 937: Belus amnis in mare perfluens, Plin. 36, 26, 65, § 190.—

To drip

To drip with any thing (postclass.): sudore perfluere, App. M. 1, p. 108, 1.—

to flow; float

Of long garments, to flow or float (post-class.), App. M. 11, p. 258, 30.—*

I leak; I cannot keep the secret figuratively

Trop.: plenus rimarum sum: hac atque illac perfluo, I leak, i. e. I cannot keep the secret, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 25.

Perseus ID: n34933 Key: perfluo