adluo

al-lŭo ( adl- ), ŭi, 3, v. n., to flow near to, to wash against, to bathe, of the sea, the waves, etc. (perh. not used before the Cic. per.).

I.

Lit.:

non adluuntur a mari moenia,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 37, § 96:

ita jactantur fluctibus, ut numquam adluantur,

id. Sex. Rosc. 72:

fluvius latera haec adluit,

id. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

flumen quo adluitur oppidum,

Plin. 6, 4; Verg. A. 8, 149:

amnis ora vicina adluens,

Sen. Hippol. 1232:

adluit gentes Maeotis,

id. Oedip. 475.—

II.

Fig.:

(Massilia) cincta Gallorum gentibus barbariae fluctibus adluitur,

Cic. Fl. 26, 63.