- superfluo
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sŭper-flŭo, ĕre, v. n. and a.I.Neutr., to run over, overflow (mostly postAug.; only once in Cic.; syn. redundo).A.Lit.:B.
in aeneo vase leniter coquuntur, ne superfluant,
Cels. 6, 18, 2:fons superfluit,
Plin. 31, 4, 28, § 51:superfluentis Nili receptacula,
Tac. A. 2, 61:si (Nilus) immodicus superfluxit,
Sen. Ben. 6, 7, 3. —Trop.1.To be superabundant, to superabound:b.pecunia non superfluens,
Sen. Ben. 1, 11, 5:virgines,
id. Contr. 1, 3, 4:populus,
id. ad Helv. 6, 11:claritas,
Plin. 4, 7, 11, § 24.—Transf., to be superfluous:2.nihil neque desit, neque superfluat,
Quint. 8, 2, 22; so (opp. deesse) id. 12, 10, 16; cf. id. 10, 7, 13; Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 115.—To have a superabundance of a thing:* II.cum Venetis Aquileia superfluit armis,
Sil. 8, 606:redundantes nos et superfluentes juvenili quādam dicendi impunitate et licentiā, etc.,
Cic. Brut. 91, 316; cf.:orator non satis pressus sed supra modum exsultans et superfluens,
extravagant, Tac. Or. 18.— Absol.:superbus et superfluens (sc. divitiis),
Cat. 29, 7.—Act., to flow by or past:2.nec quae dicentur, superfluent aures,
Quint. 2, 5, 13 Spald.sŭperflŭō, adv., v. superfluus fin.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.