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|lshtext=<b>sŭper-fundo</b>: füdi, fūsum, 3, v. a.<br /><b>I</b> To [[pour]] [[over]] or [[upon]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]; not in Cic. or Cæs.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: hanc misturam cum composueris, [[oleum]] superfundito, Col. 12, 57, 1; 4, 8, 3: [[unguentum]], Plin. Ep. 9, 33, 9: magnam vim telorum, Tac. Agr. 36.—Absol.: [[potius]] [[mare]] superfunderet [[adversus]] terrarum ereptores, Tac. A. 13, 55 fin.— Mid., to [[pour]] itself [[out]], [[overflow]]; to [[spread]] [[out]], [[scatter]], [[extend]]: [[Tiberis]] ripis superfunditur, Plin. Ep. 8, 17, 1: Circus Tiberi superfuso irrigatus, Liv. 7, 3, 2: nuda superfusis tingamus corpora lymphis, Ov. M. 2, 459; cf.: superfusa umoris [[copia]], Quint. 1, 2, 28: jacentem hostes superfusi oppresserunt, [[rushing]] [[upon]] him in numbers, Liv. 39, 49, 5: Albani [[gens]] superfusa montibus Caucasiis, spreading or [[scattered]] [[over]], Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 39: [[Callias]] hanc habuisse causam superfundendi se Italiae, id. 12, 1, 2, § 5: superfusis undis, Sen. Thyest. 584; Luc. 7, 365: [[instar]] fluminis hostibus superfusi, Amm. 15, 4, 11; 25, 6, 12.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.: sed [[nondum]] [[fortuna]] se [[animo]] ejus superfuderat, i. e. [[become]] [[too]] [[great]] for, Curt. 3, 12, 20: superfundens [[laetitia]], [[overflowing]], [[extravagant]], Liv. 5, 7, 8: (Macedonum [[fama]], i. e. [[nomen]], [[regnum]]) superfudit se in Asiam, [[spread]] [[abroad]], extended, id. 45, 9, 5.—<br /><b>II</b> To [[pour]] or [[spread]] one [[thing]] [[over]] [[another]] ([[very]] [[rare]]): compositum [[oleo]] superfundito, Col. 12, 57, 3: [[terra]] superfusa scamnis, id. 2, 4, 3: [[sedecim]] alarum conjuncta signa nube ipsā operient ac superfundent equites equosque, Tac. H. 3, 2 fin.; Scrib. Comp. 73; 257.
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|gf=<b>sŭperfundō</b>,¹² fūdī, fūsum, ĕre, tr.,<br /><b>1</b> répandre sur, verser sur : Col. Rust. 12, 57, 1 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 9, 33, 9 ; Tac. Ann. 13, 55 &#124;&#124; magnam vim telorum Tac. Agr. 36, faire pleuvoir une grêle de traits<br /><b>2</b> pass. superfundi, se répandre sur, déborder : Liv. 7, 3, 2 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 8, 17, 1 ; Ov. M. 2, 459 &#124;&#124; [fig.] jacentem hostes superfusi oppresserunt Liv. 39, 49, 5, comme il gisait à terre, les ennemis fondirent sur lui en trombe ; [[gens]] superfusa montibus Plin. 6, 39, nation répandue sur les montagnes<br /><b>3</b> [fig.] se superfundere in Asiam Liv. 45, 9, 5, s’étendre en Asie [en parl. d’un royaume] ; se superfundens lætitia Liv. 5, 7, 8, la joie se répandant, débordant<br /><b>4</b> recouvrir de ([[aliqua]] re) : Col. Rust. 12, 57, 3 &#124;&#124; envelopper, submerger [les troupes ennemies] : Tac. H. 3, 2.
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