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|lshtext=<b>dif-fundo</b>: fūdi, fūsum, 3,<br /><b>I</b> v. a., to [[spread]] by pouring, to [[pour]] [[out]], [[pour]] [[forth]] ([[very]] freq. and [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: ([[glacies]]) liquefacta se diffunderet, Cic. N. D. 2, 10: [[sanguis]] per venas in omne [[corpus]] diffunditur, id. ib. 2, 55, 138: ([[unda]]) diffunditur Hellesponto, Cat. 64, 359; cf.: tum freta diffundi jussit, to [[pour]] [[themselves]] [[forth]], Ov. M. 1, 36: [[vinum]] de doliis, to [[draw]] [[off]], [[bottle]] [[off]]; to [[fill]], Col. 12, 28, 3; so of racking [[off]] [[wine]], id. 3, 2, 26; Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 4 Krüg. ad loc.; Ov. F. 5, 517; Juv. 5, 30; Plin. 14, 14, 16, § 94 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., of objects not [[liquid]], to [[spread]], [[scatter]], [[diffuse]]: nitet diffuso lumine [[caelum]], Lucr. 1, 9; 3, 22; cf.: [[luce]] diffusa toto [[caelo]], Cic. N. D. 2, 37 fin.; 2, 10, 26: ab ejus summo rami [[late]] diffunduntur, * Caes. B. G. 6, 26 fin.; cf. under P. a.: dederatque comam diffundere ventis, Verg. A. 1, 319; so, comam, Ov. F. 3, 538; cf. capillos, id. H. 10, 47: signa (i. e. astra) [[caelo]], Hor. S. 1, 5, 10: equitem latis campis, Verg. A. 11, 465.—Mid.: [[modo]] via coartatur, [[modo]] latissimis pratis diffunditur et patescit, opens, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 3 et saep.: [[cibus]] in totas [[usque]] ab radicibus imis, per truncos ac per ramos, diffunditur, Lucr. 1, 354; cf.: partem vocum per aures, id. 4, 571: vim mali Herculeos per [[artus]], Ov. M. 9, 162: [[medicamentum]] se diffudit in venas, Curt. 3, 6, 16: aethera [[late]] in omnes partes, Lucr. 5, 470: flammam in omne [[latus]], Ov. M. 9, 239; 10, 24 et saep.<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to [[spread]], [[diffuse]], [[scatter]]: di vim suam [[longe]] lateque diffundunt, Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79; cf. in the [[part]]. perf.: [[error]] [[longe]] lateque [[diffusus]], id. Fin. 2, 34, 115; so, [[late]] longeque, id. Leg. 1, 12, 34: [[laus]] alicujus [[late]] longeque diffusa, id. Balb. 5, 13: [[late]] et [[varie]] [[diffusus]], id. Sest. 45, 97: flendo diffundimus iram, we [[moderate]], [[temper]], Ov. H. 8, 61: dolorem suum flendo, to [[give]] [[vent]] to, id. M. 9, 143: tantam oblivionem sensibus, Hor. Epod. 14, 1 et saep.—Mid.: [[Claudia]] [[nunc]] a quo diffunditur et [[tribus]] et [[gens]] Per [[Latium]], spreads itself [[out]], branches [[out]], Verg. A. 7, 703: diffunditur [[mare]] iterumque contrahitur, Mart. Cap. 6, § 606: crede animam [[quoque]] diffundi multoque perire Ocius, et citius dissolvi in corpora, Lucr. 3, 437: [[affectus]] per totam actionem, Quint. 7, 10, 12: bella et paces [[longum]] in [[aevum]], Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 8: haec in ora virum, Verg. A. 4, 195: animam in [[arma]] cruore, id. ib. 10, 908: [[crimen]] paucarum in omnes, Ov. A. A. 3, 9: [[prope]] in immensum [[oratio]] mea, Plin. [[Pan]]. 56, 2 et saep.: [[inde]] [[doctrina]] se diffudit per ceteras Graeciae partes, August. Serm. 150, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic. ([[like]] dissolvere, solvere, remittere, etc., and opp. contrahere, adducere, etc.), [[with]] the [[accessory]] [[idea]] of non-[[restraint]], [[freedom]], qs, to [[let]] the [[heart]], [[countenance]], etc., [[flow]] [[freely]], [[without]] [[constraint]], i. e. to [[cheer]] up, [[gladden]], [[exhilarate]]: diffundet animos omnibus ista [[dies]], Ov. A. A. 1, 218; so, animos, id. M. 4, 766: [[vultum]], id. Pont. 4, 4, 9; id. M. 14, 272; Sen. Ep. 106.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of the persons [[themselves]]: ut ex bonis amici quas diffundantur et incommodis contrahantur. Cic. Lael. 13 fin.: Jovem memorant, diffusum nectare, curas Seposuisse graves, Ov. M. 3, 318, imitated by Stat. S. 4, 2, 54; cf.: [[diffusus]] in risum, Petr. 10, 3; id. 71, 1 al.— Hence, diffūsus, a, um, P. a., [[spread]] [[abroad]], [[spread]] [[out]], extended, [[wide]] (a favorite [[expression]] of the [[post]]-Aug. prosaists).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: [[platanus]] patulis diffusa ramis, Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 28; cf.: diffusiora consepta, Col. 1, 4, 7; Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 70; Mart. 3, 31: latior [[scena]] et [[corona]] diffusior, Plin. Ep. 7, 17, 9: sus (opp. angusta), [[stout]], [[fat]], Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 25.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.: jus civile, [[quod]] [[nunc]] diffusum et dissipatum est, in certa genera coacturum, [[diffuse]], [[prolix]], Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 142; cf. Col. 11, 1, 10: [[opus]] diffusum, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 6; and transf. to the writers: [[Diophanes]] totum Dionysium, per [[multa]] diffusum volumina, [[sex]] epitomis circumscripsit, id. 1, 1, 10: [[amplius]] ac diffusius [[meritum]], Plin. [[Pan]]. 53, 3.—Adv.: diffūsē, in a [[scattered]] [[manner]]; [[copiously]]: res [[disperse]] et [[diffuse]] dictae unum in locum coguntur, Cic. Inv. 1, 52, 98; cf.: haec latius [[aliquando]] dicenda sunt et diffusius, [[more]] [[amply]], [[more]] in [[full]], id. Tusc. 3, 10, 22.—Sup. of the adj. and adv. do not [[occur]].