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|lshtext=<b>suf-fundo</b>: ([[subf]]-), fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[pour]] [[below]] or [[underneath]]; to [[pour]] [[into]] or [[among]]; to [[pour]] [[over]] or [[upon]]; to [[overspread]], [[suffuse]] ([[mostly]] [[ante]]-[[class]]. and postAug.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Prov.: aquam frigidam suffundere, to [[throw]] [[cold]] [[water]] [[upon]], i.e. to [[calumniate]], inveigh [[against]], Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 36. —<br /><b>II</b> 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.>