superfundo

sŭper-fundo, füdi, fūsum, 3, v. a.

I.

To pour over or upon (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic. or Cæs.).

A.

Lit.:

hanc misturam cum composueris, oleum superfundito,

Col. 12, 57, 1; 4, 8, 3:

unguentum,

Plin. Ep. 9, 33, 9:

magnam vim telorum,

Tac. Agr. 36.— Absol.:

potius mare superfunderet adversus terrarum ereptores,

Tac. A. 13, 55 fin. — Mid., to pour itself out, overflow; to spread out, scatter, extend:

Tiberis ripis superfunditur,

Plin. Ep. 8, 17, 1:

Circus Tiberi superfuso irrigatus,

Liv. 7, 3, 2:

nuda superfusis tingamus corpora lymphis,

Ov. M. 2, 459; cf.:

superfusa umoris copia,

Quint. 1, 2, 28:

jacentem hostes superfusi oppresserunt,

rushing upon him in numbers, Liv. 39, 49, 5: Albani gens superfusa montibus Caucasiis, spreading or scattered over, Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 39:

Callias hanc habuisse causam superfundendi se Italiae,

id. 12, 1, 2, § 5: superfusis undis, Sen. Thyest. 584; Luc. 7, 365:

instar fluminis hostibus superfusi,

Amm. 15, 4, 11; 25, 6, 12.—

B.

Trop.:

sed nondum fortuna se animo ejus superfuderat,

i. e. become too great for, Curt. 3, 12, 20:

superfundens laetitia,

overflowing, extravagant, Liv. 5, 7, 8:

(Macedonum fama, i. e. nomen, regnum) superfudit se in Asiam,

spread abroad, extended, id. 45, 9, 5.—

II.

To pour or spread one thing over another (very rare):

compositum oleo superfundito,

Col. 12, 57, 3:

terra superfusa scamnis,

id. 2, 4, 3:

sedecim alarum conjuncta signa nube ipsā operient ac superfundent equites equosque,

Tac. H. 3, 2 fin.; Scrib. Comp. 73; 257.