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|lshtext=<b>con-flŭo</b>: xi, 3 (confluxet = confluxisset, Lucr. 1, 987),<br /><b>I</b> v. n., to [[flow]] or [[run]] [[together]] ([[class]]. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]).<br /><b>I</b> Prop.: [[materies]] umoris, Lucr. 6, 637: in imum, id. 5, 498: [[copia]] materiai Undique confluxet ad imum, id. 1, 987: confluat aër, id. 1, 389 al.: [[Fibrenus]] [[divisus]] [[aequaliter]] in duas partes [[cito]] in unum confluit, Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6: ibi [[Isara]] Rhodanusque amnes ... confluunt in unum, Liv. 21, 31, 4: qui ([[portus]]) cum diversos [[inter]] se [[aditus]] habeant, in exitu conjunguntur et confluunt, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117: vasti amnes e diverso in Phasin confluunt, Plin. 6, 4, 4, § 13: [[qualis]] et in curvum [[pontus]] confluxerit orbem, Tib. 4, 1, 20: Panticapen confluere [[infra]] Olbiam cum Borysthene, Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 83: a confluente Rhodano [[castra]] movi, i. e. [[where]] it unites [[with]] the Saōne, [[Lepidus]] ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 1: [[aqua]] in rivum confluit, Dig. 8, 3, 20, § 1.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> conflŭens, entis, or conflŭentes, ium, subst. m., the [[place]] [[where]] [[two]] rivers [[unite]], the confluence: cum ad confluentem Mosae et Rheni pervenissent, Caes. B. G. 4, 15.—In <[[number]] opt="n">[[sing]].</[[number]]>, Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 122: a confluente [[supra]] [[dicto]], id. 3, 26, 29, § 149; Just. 32, 3, 8: ubi Anienem transiit, ad confluentes collocat [[castra]], at the confluence of the [[Anio]] [[with]] the [[Tiber]], Liv. 1, 27, 4; 4, 17, 2; id. Epit. 137; Plin. 6, 26, 31, § 126; Tac. H. 2, 40 al.—Hence, κατ ἐξοχήν, Conflŭentes, ium, the [[town]] of Coblentz, [[situated]] at the confluence of the Moselle [[with]] the [[Rhine]], Suet. Calig. 8; Flor. 4, 6, 3; Amm. 16, 3, 1.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., of [[other]] objects, esp. of a [[great]] [[multitude]], to [[flock]] or [[crowd]] [[together]], to [[come]] [[together]] in multitudes: multi confluxerunt et Athenas et in hanc urbem, Cic. Brut. 74, 258: perfugarum [[magnus]] ad eum cotidie [[numerus]] confluebat, Caes. B. G. 7, 44: ut ad ejus triremem [[vulgus]] conflueret, Nep. Alcib. 6, 1: ad spectacula, Suet. Caes. 39: Neapolin, id. Ner. 20: [[plures]] ad haec studia, Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 6: [[undique]] ad eum auxiliis confluentibus, Vell. 2, 55, 2; 2, 80, 4.—Absol.: [[multitudo]] [[confluens]], Suet. Caes. 16: [[turba]] [[undique]] confluentis fluctuantisque populi, Gell. 10, 6, 2: ut nos dicamur duo Omnium dignissimi quo [[cruciatus]] confluant, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 48; cf. id. Ep. 4, 1, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> With abstr. subjects: [[maeror]], Lucr. 6, 1260: ad ipsos [[laus]], [[honos]], [[dignitas]] confluit, Cic. Inv. 1, 4, 5: ut ad nos pleraeque (causae) confluant, etc., id. Planc. 34, 84; Ov. M. 9, 741; Suet. Tib. 10.