adfundo

af-fundo (better adf- ), ūdi, ūsum, 3, v. a.

I.

To pour to, upon, or into, to sprinkle or scatter on ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

A.

Lit.:

adfusa eis aqua calida,

Plin. 12, 21, 46, § 102:

adfuso vino,

id. 28, 9, 38, § 144; cf. id. 16, 44, 91, § 242:

Rhenum Oceano,

Tac. H. 5, 23:

adfundere alicui venenum in aquā frigidā,

id. A. 13, 16.—Hence:

amnis adfusus oppidis,

that flows by, Plin. 5, 29, 31; and:

oppidum adfusum amne,

washed by a river, id. 3, 3, 4, § 24.—

B.

Trop., to add to, to send or despatch to some place in haste:

equorum tria milia cornibus adfunderentur,

Tac. Agr. 35:

adfundere vitam alicui,

to give life, vitality, to, id. A. 6, 28.—

II.

Adfundere se or adfundi, poet., to cast one's self to the ground: adfusa ( stretched out, prostrate ) poscere vitam, Ov. M. 9, 605:

adfusaeque jacent tumulo,

prostrate upon the tomb, id. ib. 8, 539; so Stat. Th. 686.—In prose:

Cleopatra adfusa genibus Caesaris,

throwing herself at, Flor. 4, 2.