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|lshtext=<b>flūmen</b>: ĭnis, n. id.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[flowing]] of [[water]]; and concr., a [[flood]], [[stream]], [[flowing]] or [[running]] [[water]] (syn.: [[fluvius]], [[amnis]], [[rivus]]).<br /><b>I</b> In gen. ([[mostly]] [[poet]].): Romane, aquam Albanam [[cave]] lacu contineri, [[cave]] in [[mare]] manare suo flumine sinas, an old [[prophetic]] [[formula]] ap. Liv. 5, 16, 9: [[rapidus]] montano flumine [[torrens]], Verg. A. 2, 305; cf. Ov. R. Am. 651: visendus [[ater]] flumine languido Cocytos errans, Hor. C. 2, 14, 17: [[inde]] sequemur Ipsius [[amnis]] [[iter]], [[donec]] nos flumine [[certo]] Perferat, Val. Fl. 8, 189: et [[Tiberis]] [[flumen]] [[vomit]] in [[mare]] salsum, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 453 ed. Vahl.); cf.: teque [[pater]] Tiberine tuo cum flumine sancto, id. ib. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 55 ib.): [[donec]] me flumine [[vivo]] Abluero, in a [[living]], [[running]] [[stream]], Verg. A. 2, 719; cf.: [[quin]] tu [[ante]] [[vivo]] perfunderis flumine? Auct. ap. Liv. 1, 45, 6 (for [[which]]: [[aqua]] viva, Varr. L. L. 5, § 123 Müll.).—In plur.: nymphae venas et flumina fontis Elicuere sui, streams, Ov. M. 14, 788: [[frigida]] Scamandri, Hor. Epod. 13, 14: Symaethia [[circum]] Flumina, Verg. A. 9, 585: limosa potat, Ov. M. 1, 634; cf.: [[Tantalus]] a labris [[sitiens]] fugientia captat Flumina, Hor. S. 1, 1, 69: maritima immittere in piscinas, Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 9.<br /><b>II</b> In partic., a [[river]].<br /> <b>A</b> Lit. (the [[predominant]] signif. of the [[word]] [[both]] in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]): [[quod]] per amoenam urbem leni fluit agmine [[flumen]], Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 177 ed. Vahl.); cf.: ut flumina in contrarias partes fluxerint, Cic. Div. 1, 35, 78: [[Scipio]] biduum [[moratus]] ad [[flumen]], [[quod]] [[inter]] eum et Domitii [[castra]] fluebat, Caes. B. C. 3, 37, 1: [[aurea]] flumina, Lucr. 5, 911: habet non [[tantum]] venas aquarum [[terra]], ex quibus corrivatis flumina effici possunt, sed et amnes magnitudinis vastae, etc., Sen. Q. N. 3, 19; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 5: nec ullum hoc frigidius [[flumen]] attigi, id. Leg. 2, 3, 6: nos flumina arcemus, dirigimus, avertimus, id. N. D. 2, 60, 152: una [[pars]] (Galliae) [[initium]] capit a flumine Rhodano, continetur [[Garumna]] flumine ... attingit [[etiam]] [[flumen]] Rhenum, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 6 sq.; 1, 2, 7: [[inter]] montem Juram et [[flumen]] Rhodanum, id. ib. 1, 6, 1: [[flumen]] est [[Arar]], [[quod]], etc., id. ib. 1, 12, 1: [[flumen]] [[Dubis]], id. ib. 1, 38, 4: non [[Seres]], non Tanain [[prope]] [[flumen]] orti, Hor. C. 4, 15, 24: Veliternos ad Asturae [[flumen]] [[Maenius]] fudit, Liv. 8, 13, 5 Drak. N. cr.: terrarum [[situs]] et flumina dicere, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 252: [[secundo]] flumine ad Lutetiam [[iter]] facere coepit, [[with]] the [[stream]], Caes. B. G. 7, 58, 5 (cf. [[secundus]], 2. a.): magnum [[ire]] [[agmen]] [[adverso]] flumine, [[against]] the [[stream]], Caes. B. G. 7, 60, 3; cf. Verg. G. 1, 201; Liv. 24, 40. —Prov.: flumine vicino [[stultus]] sitit, [[like]], starves in the [[midst]] of [[plenty]], Petr. Fragm. p. 899 Burm.—<br /> <b>2</b> Transf., of [[other]] things [[which]] [[flow]] in streams or [[like]] streams, a [[stream]], [[flood]] ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): sanguinis, Lucr. 2, 354; 4, 1029: largoque humectat flumine [[vultum]], [[flood]] of tears, Verg. A. 1, 465: [[laeta]] [[magis]] pressis manabunt flumina mammis, streams of [[milk]], id. G. 3, 310: flumina jam [[lactis]], jam flumina nectaris, Ov. M. 1, 111: [[rigido]] concussae flumine [[nubes]] Exonerabantur, a [[torrent]] of [[rain]], Petr. poët. Sat. 123; cf.: ut picis e [[caelo]] demissum [[flumen]], a [[stream]] of [[pitch]], Lucr. 6, 257: magnesia flumine saxa, in the magnetic [[stream]], id. 6, 1064: effusaeque ruunt inopino flumine turbae, i. e. in a [[vast]] [[stream]], Sil. 12, 185; cf. Verg. A. 11, 236: aëris, a [[current]] of [[air]], App. de Mund. p. 61, 33 Elm. p. 258 Bip.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop., of [[expression]], a [[flow]], [[fluency]], [[stream]]: orationis flumine reprehensoris convicia diluuntur, Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20: [[flumen]] orationis aureum, id. Ac. 2, 38, 119: orationis, id. de Or. 2, 15, 62; cf.: [[flumen]] verborum volubili tasque, id. Or. 16, 53: gravissimorum op timorumque verborum, id. de Or. 2, 45, 188: inanium verborum, id. N. D. 2, 1, 1: [[Lysias]] ... [[puro]] fonti [[quam]] magno flumini [[propior]], Quint. 10, 1, 78; 9, 4, 61; cf. id. 10, 1, 61; Petr. 5 fin.—And [[fig]].: [[neque]] concipere [[neque]] edere partum [[mens]] potest, [[nisi]] ingenti flumine litterarum inundata, Petr. 118. | |lshtext=<b>flūmen</b>: ĭnis, n. id.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[flowing]] of [[water]]; and concr., a [[flood]], [[stream]], [[flowing]] or [[running]] [[water]] (syn.: [[fluvius]], [[amnis]], [[rivus]]).<br /><b>I</b> In gen. ([[mostly]] [[poet]].): Romane, aquam Albanam [[cave]] lacu contineri, [[cave]] in [[mare]] manare suo flumine sinas, an old [[prophetic]] [[formula]] ap. Liv. 5, 16, 9: [[rapidus]] montano flumine [[torrens]], Verg. A. 2, 305; cf. Ov. R. Am. 651: visendus [[ater]] flumine languido Cocytos errans, Hor. C. 2, 14, 17: [[inde]] sequemur Ipsius [[amnis]] [[iter]], [[donec]] nos flumine [[certo]] Perferat, Val. Fl. 8, 189: et [[Tiberis]] [[flumen]] [[vomit]] in [[mare]] salsum, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 453 ed. Vahl.); cf.: teque [[pater]] Tiberine tuo cum flumine sancto, id. ib. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 55 ib.): [[donec]] me flumine [[vivo]] Abluero, in a [[living]], [[running]] [[stream]], Verg. A. 2, 719; cf.: [[quin]] tu [[ante]] [[vivo]] perfunderis flumine? Auct. ap. Liv. 1, 45, 6 (for [[which]]: [[aqua]] viva, Varr. L. L. 5, § 123 Müll.).—In plur.: nymphae venas et flumina fontis Elicuere sui, streams, Ov. M. 14, 788: [[frigida]] Scamandri, Hor. Epod. 13, 14: Symaethia [[circum]] Flumina, Verg. A. 9, 585: limosa potat, Ov. M. 1, 634; cf.: [[Tantalus]] a labris [[sitiens]] fugientia captat Flumina, Hor. S. 1, 1, 69: maritima immittere in piscinas, Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 9.<br /><b>II</b> In partic., a [[river]].<br /> <b>A</b> Lit. (the [[predominant]] signif. of the [[word]] [[both]] in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]): [[quod]] per amoenam urbem leni fluit agmine [[flumen]], Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 177 ed. Vahl.); cf.: ut flumina in contrarias partes fluxerint, Cic. Div. 1, 35, 78: [[Scipio]] biduum [[moratus]] ad [[flumen]], [[quod]] [[inter]] eum et Domitii [[castra]] fluebat, Caes. B. C. 3, 37, 1: [[aurea]] flumina, Lucr. 5, 911: habet non [[tantum]] venas aquarum [[terra]], ex quibus corrivatis flumina effici possunt, sed et amnes magnitudinis vastae, etc., Sen. Q. N. 3, 19; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 5: nec ullum hoc frigidius [[flumen]] attigi, id. Leg. 2, 3, 6: nos flumina arcemus, dirigimus, avertimus, id. N. D. 2, 60, 152: una [[pars]] (Galliae) [[initium]] capit a flumine Rhodano, continetur [[Garumna]] flumine ... attingit [[etiam]] [[flumen]] Rhenum, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 6 sq.; 1, 2, 7: [[inter]] montem Juram et [[flumen]] Rhodanum, id. ib. 1, 6, 1: [[flumen]] est [[Arar]], [[quod]], etc., id. ib. 1, 12, 1: [[flumen]] [[Dubis]], id. ib. 1, 38, 4: non [[Seres]], non Tanain [[prope]] [[flumen]] orti, Hor. C. 4, 15, 24: Veliternos ad Asturae [[flumen]] [[Maenius]] fudit, Liv. 8, 13, 5 Drak. N. cr.: terrarum [[situs]] et flumina dicere, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 252: [[secundo]] flumine ad Lutetiam [[iter]] facere coepit, [[with]] the [[stream]], Caes. B. G. 7, 58, 5 (cf. [[secundus]], 2. a.): magnum [[ire]] [[agmen]] [[adverso]] flumine, [[against]] the [[stream]], Caes. B. G. 7, 60, 3; cf. Verg. G. 1, 201; Liv. 24, 40. —Prov.: flumine vicino [[stultus]] sitit, [[like]], starves in the [[midst]] of [[plenty]], Petr. Fragm. p. 899 Burm.—<br /> <b>2</b> Transf., of [[other]] things [[which]] [[flow]] in streams or [[like]] streams, a [[stream]], [[flood]] ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): sanguinis, Lucr. 2, 354; 4, 1029: largoque humectat flumine [[vultum]], [[flood]] of tears, Verg. A. 1, 465: [[laeta]] [[magis]] pressis manabunt flumina mammis, streams of [[milk]], id. G. 3, 310: flumina jam [[lactis]], jam flumina nectaris, Ov. M. 1, 111: [[rigido]] concussae flumine [[nubes]] Exonerabantur, a [[torrent]] of [[rain]], Petr. poët. Sat. 123; cf.: ut picis e [[caelo]] demissum [[flumen]], a [[stream]] of [[pitch]], Lucr. 6, 257: magnesia flumine saxa, in the magnetic [[stream]], id. 6, 1064: effusaeque ruunt inopino flumine turbae, i. e. in a [[vast]] [[stream]], Sil. 12, 185; cf. Verg. A. 11, 236: aëris, a [[current]] of [[air]], App. de Mund. p. 61, 33 Elm. p. 258 Bip.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop., of [[expression]], a [[flow]], [[fluency]], [[stream]]: orationis flumine reprehensoris convicia diluuntur, Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20: [[flumen]] orationis aureum, id. Ac. 2, 38, 119: orationis, id. de Or. 2, 15, 62; cf.: [[flumen]] verborum volubili tasque, id. Or. 16, 53: gravissimorum op timorumque verborum, id. de Or. 2, 45, 188: inanium verborum, id. N. D. 2, 1, 1: [[Lysias]] ... [[puro]] fonti [[quam]] magno flumini [[propior]], Quint. 10, 1, 78; 9, 4, 61; cf. id. 10, 1, 61; Petr. 5 fin.—And [[fig]].: [[neque]] concipere [[neque]] edere partum [[mens]] potest, [[nisi]] ingenti flumine litterarum inundata, Petr. 118. | ||
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|georg=flūmen, inis, n. ([[fluo]]), die fließende [[Wassermasse]], die [[Flut]], das fließende [[Wasser]], [[Gewässer]], die [[Strömung]], der [[Strom]], I) eig.: 1) im allg.: fontis, Ov.: vivum, Flußwasser, Verg. u. Liv.: piscosum, Sen.: [[secundo]] flumine, stromabwärts, Caes.: [[adverso]] flumine, stromaufwärts, Caes.: cave aquam Albanam in [[mare]] manare [[suo]] flumine sinas, Orac. vet. [[bei]] Liv.: [[omnia]] flumina [[atque]] omnes rivi, [[qui]] ad [[mare]] pertinebant, Caes.: maritima flumina immittere in piscinas, [[Varro]]: hos omnes flumina continebant (hielten [[auf]]), Caes.: [[nusquam]] latius dominari [[mare]], [[multum]] fluminum [[huc]] [[atque]] [[illuc]] ferre, Tac. – 2) im engern Sinne (Ggstz. [[ripa]]), a) der [[Fluß]], [[Strom]], [[als]] fließende [[Masse]], Lucr., Caes., Cic. u.a.: [[Garumna]] fl., Caes.: [[Nilus]] fl., Amm.: fl. Rhenum, Hor.: Tiberinum, Tyrrhenum, Verg.: fluebat [[cruor]] fluminum [[modo]], Aur. Vict. epit. 43, 14. – b) der [[Kanal]], fl. fossile, Amm. 24, 6, 1: fl. [[angustum]] altissimis ripis, Auct. b. Alex. 29, 1. – II) übtr.: 1) phys., v. [[einer]] fließenden [[Menge]], [[Strom]], Blutes, Lucr. u. Cic.: Tränen, Verg.: aëris, Apul.: v. Menschen, effusae ruunt [[inopino]] flumine turbae, Sil. – 2) [[geistig]]: a) übh.: [[mens]] ingenti flumine litterarum inundata, [[von]] [[einer]] großen Belesenheit befruchtet, Petron. 118, 3. – b) v. [[Geist]], [[Strom]], [[Erguß]], [[nullius]] [[tantum]] [[flumen]] est ingenii, Cic. Marc. 4: ingenii currant flumina quanta tui (scimus), Ov. [[fast]]. 1, 24. – c) in bezug [[auf]] [[Beredsamkeit]] u. [[Rede]], [[Strom]], [[velut]] quoddam eloquentiae fl., Quint.: vastissima flumina facundiae suae, Col.: fl. orationis, Cic.: fl. orationis aureum, Cic.: fl. verborum, inanium verborum, Cic.: [[velut]] [[prono]] decurrentis orationis flumine, Quint. | |georg=flūmen, inis, n. ([[fluo]]), die fließende [[Wassermasse]], die [[Flut]], das fließende [[Wasser]], [[Gewässer]], die [[Strömung]], der [[Strom]], I) eig.: 1) im allg.: fontis, Ov.: vivum, Flußwasser, Verg. u. Liv.: piscosum, Sen.: [[secundo]] flumine, stromabwärts, Caes.: [[adverso]] flumine, stromaufwärts, Caes.: cave aquam Albanam in [[mare]] manare [[suo]] flumine sinas, Orac. vet. [[bei]] Liv.: [[omnia]] flumina [[atque]] omnes rivi, [[qui]] ad [[mare]] pertinebant, Caes.: maritima flumina immittere in piscinas, [[Varro]]: hos omnes flumina continebant (hielten [[auf]]), Caes.: [[nusquam]] latius dominari [[mare]], [[multum]] fluminum [[huc]] [[atque]] [[illuc]] ferre, Tac. – 2) im engern Sinne (Ggstz. [[ripa]]), a) der [[Fluß]], [[Strom]], [[als]] fließende [[Masse]], Lucr., Caes., Cic. u.a.: [[Garumna]] fl., Caes.: [[Nilus]] fl., Amm.: fl. Rhenum, Hor.: Tiberinum, Tyrrhenum, Verg.: fluebat [[cruor]] fluminum [[modo]], Aur. Vict. epit. 43, 14. – b) der [[Kanal]], fl. fossile, Amm. 24, 6, 1: fl. [[angustum]] altissimis ripis, Auct. b. Alex. 29, 1. – II) übtr.: 1) phys., v. [[einer]] fließenden [[Menge]], [[Strom]], Blutes, Lucr. u. Cic.: Tränen, Verg.: aëris, Apul.: v. Menschen, effusae ruunt [[inopino]] flumine turbae, Sil. – 2) [[geistig]]: a) übh.: [[mens]] ingenti flumine litterarum inundata, [[von]] [[einer]] großen Belesenheit befruchtet, Petron. 118, 3. – b) v. [[Geist]], [[Strom]], [[Erguß]], [[nullius]] [[tantum]] [[flumen]] est ingenii, Cic. Marc. 4: ingenii currant flumina quanta tui (scimus), Ov. [[fast]]. 1, 24. – c) in bezug [[auf]] [[Beredsamkeit]] u. [[Rede]], [[Strom]], [[velut]] quoddam eloquentiae fl., Quint.: vastissima flumina facundiae suae, Col.: fl. orationis, Cic.: fl. orationis aureum, Cic.: fl. verborum, inanium verborum, Cic.: [[velut]] [[prono]] decurrentis orationis flumine, Quint. | ||
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Latin > English
flumen fluminis N N :: river, stream; [adverso flumine => against the current]
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
flūmen: ĭnis, n. id.,
I a flowing of water; and concr., a flood, stream, flowing or running water (syn.: fluvius, amnis, rivus).
I In gen. (mostly poet.): Romane, aquam Albanam cave lacu contineri, cave in mare manare suo flumine sinas, an old prophetic formula ap. Liv. 5, 16, 9: rapidus montano flumine torrens, Verg. A. 2, 305; cf. Ov. R. Am. 651: visendus ater flumine languido Cocytos errans, Hor. C. 2, 14, 17: inde sequemur Ipsius amnis iter, donec nos flumine certo Perferat, Val. Fl. 8, 189: et Tiberis flumen vomit in mare salsum, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 453 ed. Vahl.); cf.: teque pater Tiberine tuo cum flumine sancto, id. ib. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 55 ib.): donec me flumine vivo Abluero, in a living, running stream, Verg. A. 2, 719; cf.: quin tu ante vivo perfunderis flumine? Auct. ap. Liv. 1, 45, 6 (for which: aqua viva, Varr. L. L. 5, § 123 Müll.).—In plur.: nymphae venas et flumina fontis Elicuere sui, streams, Ov. M. 14, 788: frigida Scamandri, Hor. Epod. 13, 14: Symaethia circum Flumina, Verg. A. 9, 585: limosa potat, Ov. M. 1, 634; cf.: Tantalus a labris sitiens fugientia captat Flumina, Hor. S. 1, 1, 69: maritima immittere in piscinas, Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 9.
II In partic., a river.
A Lit. (the predominant signif. of the word both in prose and poetry): quod per amoenam urbem leni fluit agmine flumen, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 177 ed. Vahl.); cf.: ut flumina in contrarias partes fluxerint, Cic. Div. 1, 35, 78: Scipio biduum moratus ad flumen, quod inter eum et Domitii castra fluebat, Caes. B. C. 3, 37, 1: aurea flumina, Lucr. 5, 911: habet non tantum venas aquarum terra, ex quibus corrivatis flumina effici possunt, sed et amnes magnitudinis vastae, etc., Sen. Q. N. 3, 19; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 5: nec ullum hoc frigidius flumen attigi, id. Leg. 2, 3, 6: nos flumina arcemus, dirigimus, avertimus, id. N. D. 2, 60, 152: una pars (Galliae) initium capit a flumine Rhodano, continetur Garumna flumine ... attingit etiam flumen Rhenum, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 6 sq.; 1, 2, 7: inter montem Juram et flumen Rhodanum, id. ib. 1, 6, 1: flumen est Arar, quod, etc., id. ib. 1, 12, 1: flumen Dubis, id. ib. 1, 38, 4: non Seres, non Tanain prope flumen orti, Hor. C. 4, 15, 24: Veliternos ad Asturae flumen Maenius fudit, Liv. 8, 13, 5 Drak. N. cr.: terrarum situs et flumina dicere, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 252: secundo flumine ad Lutetiam iter facere coepit, with the stream, Caes. B. G. 7, 58, 5 (cf. secundus, 2. a.): magnum ire agmen adverso flumine, against the stream, Caes. B. G. 7, 60, 3; cf. Verg. G. 1, 201; Liv. 24, 40. —Prov.: flumine vicino stultus sitit, like, starves in the midst of plenty, Petr. Fragm. p. 899 Burm.—
2 Transf., of other things which flow in streams or like streams, a stream, flood (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): sanguinis, Lucr. 2, 354; 4, 1029: largoque humectat flumine vultum, flood of tears, Verg. A. 1, 465: laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis, streams of milk, id. G. 3, 310: flumina jam lactis, jam flumina nectaris, Ov. M. 1, 111: rigido concussae flumine nubes Exonerabantur, a torrent of rain, Petr. poët. Sat. 123; cf.: ut picis e caelo demissum flumen, a stream of pitch, Lucr. 6, 257: magnesia flumine saxa, in the magnetic stream, id. 6, 1064: effusaeque ruunt inopino flumine turbae, i. e. in a vast stream, Sil. 12, 185; cf. Verg. A. 11, 236: aëris, a current of air, App. de Mund. p. 61, 33 Elm. p. 258 Bip.—
B Trop., of expression, a flow, fluency, stream: orationis flumine reprehensoris convicia diluuntur, Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20: flumen orationis aureum, id. Ac. 2, 38, 119: orationis, id. de Or. 2, 15, 62; cf.: flumen verborum volubili tasque, id. Or. 16, 53: gravissimorum op timorumque verborum, id. de Or. 2, 45, 188: inanium verborum, id. N. D. 2, 1, 1: Lysias ... puro fonti quam magno flumini propior, Quint. 10, 1, 78; 9, 4, 61; cf. id. 10, 1, 61; Petr. 5 fin.—And fig.: neque concipere neque edere partum mens potest, nisi ingenti flumine litterarum inundata, Petr. 118.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
flūmĕn,⁷ ĭnis, n. (fluo), masse d’eau qui coule : Virg. En. 2, 305 ; Liv. 5, 16, 9 || fleuve, rivière : Cic. Div. 1, 78 ; secundo flumine Cæs. G. 7, 58, 5 ; adverso flumine Cæs. G. 7, 60, 3, en suivant le courant, contre le courant || [fig.] [torrents de larmes] Virg. En. 1, 465 ; [flots de peuple] Sil. 12, 185 || abondance, richesse [en parl. du style] : verborum Cic. Or. 53, un flot de paroles, cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 119 ; Nat. 2, 20 ; ingenii Cic. Marc. 4, un flot d’inspiration.
Latin > German (Georges)
flūmen, inis, n. (fluo), die fließende Wassermasse, die Flut, das fließende Wasser, Gewässer, die Strömung, der Strom, I) eig.: 1) im allg.: fontis, Ov.: vivum, Flußwasser, Verg. u. Liv.: piscosum, Sen.: secundo flumine, stromabwärts, Caes.: adverso flumine, stromaufwärts, Caes.: cave aquam Albanam in mare manare suo flumine sinas, Orac. vet. bei Liv.: omnia flumina atque omnes rivi, qui ad mare pertinebant, Caes.: maritima flumina immittere in piscinas, Varro: hos omnes flumina continebant (hielten auf), Caes.: nusquam latius dominari mare, multum fluminum huc atque illuc ferre, Tac. – 2) im engern Sinne (Ggstz. ripa), a) der Fluß, Strom, als fließende Masse, Lucr., Caes., Cic. u.a.: Garumna fl., Caes.: Nilus fl., Amm.: fl. Rhenum, Hor.: Tiberinum, Tyrrhenum, Verg.: fluebat cruor fluminum modo, Aur. Vict. epit. 43, 14. – b) der Kanal, fl. fossile, Amm. 24, 6, 1: fl. angustum altissimis ripis, Auct. b. Alex. 29, 1. – II) übtr.: 1) phys., v. einer fließenden Menge, Strom, Blutes, Lucr. u. Cic.: Tränen, Verg.: aëris, Apul.: v. Menschen, effusae ruunt inopino flumine turbae, Sil. – 2) geistig: a) übh.: mens ingenti flumine litterarum inundata, von einer großen Belesenheit befruchtet, Petron. 118, 3. – b) v. Geist, Strom, Erguß, nullius tantum flumen est ingenii, Cic. Marc. 4: ingenii currant flumina quanta tui (scimus), Ov. fast. 1, 24. – c) in bezug auf Beredsamkeit u. Rede, Strom, velut quoddam eloquentiae fl., Quint.: vastissima flumina facundiae suae, Col.: fl. orationis, Cic.: fl. orationis aureum, Cic.: fl. verborum, inanium verborum, Cic.: velut prono decurrentis orationis flumine, Quint.
