ef-fundo — Lewis & Short
ef-fundo (or ecf-), fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a.,
I to pour out, pour forth, shed, spread abroad (class.; esp. freq. in the transf. and trop. signif.).
I Lit.:
vinum in barathrum (i. e. ventrem),Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 28; cf. Cic. Pis. 10:
aquam oblatam in galea,Front. Strat. 1, 7, 7:
humorem,Cels. 7, 15:
lacrimas,Lucr. 1, 126; Cic. Planc. 42, 101:
imbrem (procella),Curt. 8, 13:
se in oceanum (Ganges),Plin. 2, 108, 112, § 243:
Sangarius flumen in Propontidem se effundit,Liv. 38, 18, 18; cf. pass. in mid. force:
mare neque redundat umquam neque effunditur,Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 116; v. also under P. a.—
B Transf., of non-liquid bodies.
1 In gen., to pour out, pour forth, drive out, cast out, send out (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose;
a favorite word of Vergil): saccos nummorum,Hor. S. 2, 3, 149:
frumentum in flumen,Dig. 9, 2, 27, § 19:
ei oculus effunditur,is knocked out, put out, ib. 19, 2, 13, § 4:
tela,i. e. to shoot in great numbers, Verg. A. 9, 509; Liv. 27, 18:
auxilium castris apertis,to send forth, Verg. A. 7, 522:
equus consulem lapsum super caput effudit,threw, Liv. 22, 3, 11; so id. 10, 11; 27, 32; Plin. 8, 42, 65, § 160; Curt. 8, 14, 34; Verg. A. 10, 574; 893; cf. Val. Fl. 8, 358:
(quae via) Excutiat Teucros vallo atque effundat in aequum,Verg. A. 9, 68:
sub altis portis,id. ib. 11, 485; cf.:
aliquem solo,id. ib. 12, 532:
caput in gremium,Cels. 7, 7, 4. —Poet.:
carmina molli numero fluere, ut per leve severos Effundat junctura ungues,i. e. lets it slip over smoothly, Pers. 1, 65.—
2 In partic.
a With se, or mid. of persons, to pour out in a multitude, to rush out, spread abroad (a favorite expression with the historians):
omnis sese multitudo ad cognoscendum effudit (sc. ex urbe),Caes. B. C. 2, 7, 3; so,
se,id. ib. 2, 7, 3; Liv. 26, 19; 34, 8; 33, 12, 10; 35, 39, 5; Val. Max. 7, 6, 6; Vell. 2, 112, 4; Suet. Calig. 4 fin.; id. Caes. 44 et saep. (but not in Caes. B. G. 5, 19, 2, where the better reading is:
se ejecerat, v. Schneider ad h. l.): omnibus portis effunduntur,Liv. 38, 6;
so mid.,Tac. A. 1, 23; Liv. 40, 40, 10; and esp. freq. in the part. effusus, Sall. J. 55, 4; 69, 2; Liv. 1, 14; 9, 31; Tac. A. 4, 25 fin.; 12, 31; 15, 23; Verg. A. 6, 305 et saep.—Ellips. of se: ubi se arctat (mare) Hellespontus vocatur; Propontis, ubi expandit; ubi iterum pressit, Thracius Bosporus;
ubi iterum effundit, Pontus Euxinus,spreads out, widens, Mel. 1, 1, 5.—
b With the accessory notion of producing, to bring forth, produce abundantly:
non solum fruges verum herbas etiam effundunt,Cic. Or. 15, 48; cf.: fruges (auctumnus), Hor. C. 4, 7, 11:
copiam,Cic. Brut. 9, 36.—
c Of property, to pour out, i. e. to lavish, squander, waste, run through:
patrimonium per luxuriam effundere atque consumere,Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6; so,
patrimonium,id. Phil. 3, 2:
aerarium,id. Agr. 1, 5, 15; id. Tusc. 3, 20, 48:
sumptus,id. Rosc. Am. 24, 68:
opes,Plin. 7, 25, 26, § 94:
omnes fortunas,Tac. A. 14, 31:
reditus publicos non in classem exercitusque, sed in dies festos,Just. 6, 9, 3; and absol.:
effundite, emite, etc.,Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 34.
II Trop.
A In gen.:
effudi vobis omnia, quae sentiebam,i. e. have freely imparted, Cic. de Or. 1, 34 fin.; cf. id. Att. 16, 7, 5; id. Fl. 17, 41; Quint. 2, 2, 10; 10, 3, 17; Val. Fl. 7, 434:
procellam eloquentiae,Quint. 11, 3, 158:
totos affectus,id. 4, 1, 28:
tales voces,Verg. A. 5, 723:
questus,id. ib. 5, 780:
carmina,Ov. H. 12, 139 al.:
vox in coronam turbamque effunditur,Cic. Fl. 28 fin.; cf.:
questus in aëra,Ov. M. 9, 370:
omnem suum vinulentum furorem in me,Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 4:
iram in aliquem,Liv. 39, 34:
omne odium in auxilii praesentis spem,id. 31, 44, 2:
indignationem,Vulg. Ezech. 20, 8 et saep.—
B In partic. (acc. to I. B. 2. a. and c.).
1 With se, or mid., to give one's self up to, to give loose to, yield to, indulge in:
qui se in aliqua libidine effuderit,Cic. Par. 3, 1, 21:
se in omnes libidines,Tac. A. 14, 13:
(Pompeius) in nos suavissime hercule effusus,has treated me with the most flattering confidence, Cic. Att. 4, 9;
more freq., mid.: in tantam licentiam socordiamque,Liv. 25, 20, 6:
in venerem,id. 29, 23, 4:
in amorem,Tac. A. 1, 54; Curt. 8, 4, 25:
in laetitiam,Just. 12, 3, 7; Curt. 5, 1, 37:
in jocos,Suet. Aug. 98:
in cachinnos,id. Calig. 32:
in questus, lacrimas, vota,Tac. A. 1, 11:
in lacrimas,id. ib. 3, 23; 4, 8; id. H. 2, 45;
for which, lacrimis,Verg. A. 2, 651; cf.:
ad preces lacrimasque,Liv. 44, 31 fin.:
ad luxuriam,id. 34, 6:
terra effunditur in herbas,Plin. 17, 8, 4, § 48; cf.:
quorum stomachus in vomitiones effunditur,id. 23, 1, 23, § 43.—
2 To cast away, give up, let go, dismiss, resign:
collectam gratiam florentissimi hominis,Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 1:
odium,id. ib. 1, 9, 20:
vires,Liv. 10, 28; Ov. M. 12, 107:
curam sui,Sen. Ira, 2, 35:
verecundiam,id. Ep. 11:
animam,Verg. A. 1, 98; cf.
vitam,Ov. H. 7, 181; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 1, 9; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 25:
spiritum,Tac. A. 2, 70.—
3 To relax, loosen, slacken, let go:
manibus omnis effundit habenas,Verg. A. 5, 818:
sive gradum seu frena effunderet,Stat. Th. 9, 182:
irarum effundit habenas,Verg. A. 12, 499.—Hence, effūsus, a, um, P. a.
I (Effundo, I. B. 1.) Poured out, cast out; hence, plur. as subst.: effusa, ōrum, n., the urine:
reliquias et effusa intueri,Sen. Const. Sap. 13, 1.—
II (Effundo, I. B. 2.) Spread out, extensive, vast, broad, wide (not freq. till after the Aug. per.).— Lit.
1 In gen.:
effusumque corpus,Lucr. 3, 113; cf.:
late mare,Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 26:
loca,Tac. G. 30:
effusissimus Hadriatici maris sinus,Vell. 2, 43:
incendium,Liv. 30, 5; cf.
caedes,id. 42, 65:
cursus,id. 2, 50; Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 102:
membra,i. e. full, plump, Stat. Th. 6, 841.—
2 Esp., relaxed, slackened, loosened, dishevelled:
habenis,Front. Strat. 2, 5, 31; cf.:
quam posset effusissimis habenis,Liv. 37, 20:
comae,Ov. H. 7, 70; id. Am. 1, 9, 38 et saep.; cf.
also transf.: (nymphae) caesariem effusae nitidam per candida colla,Verg. G. 4, 337.—
3 Of soldiers or a throng of people, etc., straggling, disorderly, scattered, dispersed:
effusum agmen ducit,Liv. 21, 25, 8:
aciem,Luc. 4, 743:
huc omnis turba effusa ruebat,Verg. A. 6, 305:
sine armis effusi in armatos incidere hostis,Liv. 30, 5, 8.—
III Trop.
1 Profuse, prodigal, lavish:
quis in largitione effusior?Cic. Cael. 6, 13:
munificentiae effusissimus,Vell. 2, 41.—
2 Extravagant, immoderate:
licentia,Liv. 44, 1; cf.
laetitia,id. 35, 43 fin.:
cursus,Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 11 et saep.—Comp.:
cultus in verbis,Quint. 3, 8, 58.—Sup.:
laudationes,Petr. 48, 7:
studium,Suet. Ner. 40.— Adv.: effūse.
1 (Acc. to I.) Far spread, far and wide, widely.
a In gen.:
ire,Sall. J. 105, 3; cf.
fugere,Liv. 3, 22; 40, 48:
persequi,id. 43, 23; Curt. 9, 8:
vastare,Liv. 1, 10; 44, 30; cf.:
effusius praedari,id. 34, 16 et saep.: spatium annale effuse interpretari. in a wide sense, Cod. Just. 7, 40, 1. —
b Esp., profusely, lavishly:
large effuseque donare,Cic. Rosc. Am. 8 fin.; cf.
vivere,id. Cael. 16 fin.: liberalem esse, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71:
affluant opes,Liv. 3, 26. —In the comp., Tac. A. 4, 62.—
2 (Acc. to II.) Extravagantly, immoderately:
cum inaniter et effuse animus exsultat,Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13:
amare,Plin. Ep. 6, 26, 2.— Comp.:
dicere,Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 20:
fovere,id. ib. 7, 24, 4:
excipere,Suet. Ner. 22:
favere,Tac. H. 1, 19.—Sup.:
diligere,Plin. Ep. 7, 30, 1; id. Pan. 84, 4.