superfluus

superfluus
sŭperflŭus, a, um, adj. [superfluo], running over, overflowing (post-Aug.).
* I.
Lit.:

flumina campis,

Plin. Pan. 82, 5. —
II.
Trop.
A.
Superfluous, unnecessary:

invenissent forsitan necessaria, nisi et superflua quaesissent,

Sen. Ep. 45, 4; Mamert. Grat. Act. ad Jul. 30:

leges,

Eutr. 10, 8:

cura,

Vulg. Eccl. 2, 26:

superfluum et vanum orare pro mortuis,

id. 2 Macc. 12, 44:

multa superflua legisse memini,

Vop. Aur. 5:

species,

Capitol. Ant. 8, 7.—
B.
That is left over, remaining:

fructus superfluos restituere,

Dig. 36, 1, 58, § 7:

bonorum superfluum restituere,

ib. 36, 1, 58, § 1.— Plur. subst.: sŭperflŭa, ōrum, n.:

corporis,

i. e. excrements, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 4, 67.— Adv., superfluously. ( a ) Form sŭper-flŭē, Mart. Cap. 3, § 310; Imp. Hon. ad Symm. Ep. 10, 72 med.; Aug. Gen. adv. Manich. 2, 7; Hier. Ep. 27, 1. —
(β).
sŭper-flŭō, Cod. Just. 5, 51, 6; 7, 34, 2; Aug. Ep. 28.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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