defundo
ἀσκεῖν περὶ τὰ νοσήματα δύο, ὠφελεῖν ἢ μὴ βλάπτειν → strive, with regard to diseases, for two things — to do good, or to do no harm | as to diseases, make a habit of two things — to help, or at least, to do no harm
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dē-fundo: fūdi, fūsum, 3,
I v. a., to pour down, pour out (in the ante-Aug. per. very rare; not in Cic. and Caes.).
I In gen.: aquam, Cato R. R. 156, 5: vinum (sc. ex dolio in amphoram), Hor. S. 2, 2, 58: late sanguinem, Sil. 5, 453 et saep.: ovi album in vas, Cels. 6, 6, 1; cf.: aliquid in fictilia labra, Col. 12, 50, 10 al.—Poet. transf.: fruges pleno cornu, pours forth, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 29: verba pectore, Petr. 5, 22; cf.: voces pectore, id. 121, 102.—
II Esp., a religious t. t., to pour out, as a libation: te prosequitur mero Defuso pateris, Hor. Od. 4, 5, 34; so, libamenta Mercurio, Val. Max. 2, 6, 8.
