suffundo

suf-fundo ( subf- ), fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a., to pour below or underneath; to pour into or among; to pour over or upon; to overspread, suffuse (mostly ante-class. and postAug.).

I.

Lit.

A.

In gen.:

animum esse cordi suffusum sanguinem,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 19:

aqua suffunditur,

flows underneath, diffuses itself, Sen. Q. N. 3, 26, 1 (al. adfunditur):

intumuit suffusā venter ab undā,

i. e. from dropsy, Ov. F. 1, 215:

mane suffundam aquolam,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 3:

mare (i. e. aquam marinam) vinis,

id. Rud. 2, 7, 30:

jus,

Col. 12, 9, 2:

acetum,

Vitr. 7, 12:

merum in os mulae,

Col. 6, 38, 4.—

B.

Esp.

1.

Of tears, etc., to suffuse, fill, etc.:

lacrimis oculos suffusa nitentes,

Verg. A. 1, 228:

tepido suffundit lumina rore (i. e. lacrimis),

Ov. M. 10, 360; cf.:

lupus suffusus lumina flammā,

id. ib. 11, 368: oculi, qui ad alienam lippitudinem et ipsi suffunduntur, become suffused (with tears), Sen. Clem. 2, 6 med.; cf.:

ad quas ille voces lacrimis et multo pudore suffunditur,

Plin. Pan. 2, 8.—

2.

Of other fluids, etc., to tinge, imbue, to stain, color:

agricola et minio suffusus rubenti,

stained, Tib. 2, 1, 55:

si cruore suffunduntur oculi,

become bloodshot, Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 49; so,

suffusi cruore oculi,

id. 29, 6, 38, § 126;

and in a reverse construction: sanguis oculis suffusus,

id. 20, 13, 51, § 142:

prodest felle suffusis,

for those affected with jaundice, id. 22, 21, 30, § 65:

ulcera alte suffusa medullis,

Claud. in Eutr. 2, 13; cf.:

suffusa bilis,

jaundice, Plin. 22, 21, 26, § 54: lingua est suffusa veneno, Ov. M. 2, 777:

sales suffusi felle,

id. Tr. 2, 565:

(nebulae) suffundunt suā caelum caligine,

Lucr. 6, 479:

calore suffusus aether,

suffused, intermingled, Cic. N. D. 2, 21, 54:

Hyperionis orbem Suffundi maculis,

Stat. Th. 11, 121.—

3.

Of blushes, etc., to redden, suffuse, color, blush, etc.; cf.:

littera suffusas quod habet maculosa lituras,

blurred, Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 15.—

Of a blush: (Luna) si virgineum suffuderit ore ruborem,

Verg. G. 1, 430:

suffunditur ora rubore,

Ov. M. 1, 484:

roseo suffusa rubore,

id. Am. 3, 3, 5:

Masinissae rubore suffusus,

Liv. 30, 15, 1:

vultum rubore suffundere,

Pacat. Pan. Theod. 4, 4.— Absol.:

sancti viri est suffundi, si virginem viderit,

Tert. Virg. Vel. 2; Hier. adv. Jovin. 1, 48. —

4.

Prov.: aquam frigidam suffundere, to throw cold water upon, i.e. to calumniate, inveigh against, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 36. —

II.

Trop.:

(metus) omnia suffundens mortis nigrore,

covering, overspreading, Lucr. 3, 39:

cibo vires ad feturam,

to supply, Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 4:

animus in aliquem malevolentiā suffusus,

overspread, filled, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 22. — Hence, * suffūsus, a, um, P. a., blushing, bashful, modest:

suffusior sexus,

Tert. Anim. 38 med.