“flow” in Latin

(A) (A) PROPR., fluere (general term): lahi (to flow gently to a place): ferri (to flow quickly to a place; Vid: Hirt., B.G., 8, 40): manare (to run down or out; from anything, de or ex re; of the flowing of thicker fluids than water; e.g., of tears, sweat, etc. Döderlein refers manare to the over-fulness of the spring; fluere, to the physical law by which a fluid body flows on if not stopped): liquescere: liquefieri (to become liquid, to melt; of wax, etc.: opposed to concrescere). To flow out from anything, effluere ex, etc.; profluere ex, etc. (to flow forth out of anything; of any liquid): to flow into anything, influere in aliquid (e.g., into the ocean); profluere in aliquid (to flow forward; e.g., into the sea); deferri in aliquid (to flow fast from a higher place to a lower; e.g., into a river); effundi in aliquid (to pour itself into the sea, etc.): to flow through anything, fluere per aliquid (☞ not perfluere): to flow through the middle of a place (a town, etc.), medium per locum fluere; medium locum interfluere; medio loco fluere (to flow in the middle of a place, Liv. 24, 3): to flow at the very foot of the mountain, in imis radicibus montis ferri (Hirt., B.G., 8, 40): the fountain has ceased to flow, fons profluere desit.

Opposed to “to ebb,” accedere (Caes.), affluere (Plin., ; both to flow in): aestus maris intumescit or aestus ex alto se incitat: aestus crescit (opposed to decrescit, Varr.). [Vid: To EBB.] A fountain that ebbs and flows, fons qui crescit decrescitque (e.g., ter in die); fons, quem nescio quod libramentum abditum et caecum, cum exinanitus est, suscitat et elicit, cum repletus, moratur et strangulat (after Plin., Ep., 4, 30).

(B) (B) figuratively, (1) Generally; from his mouth flowed speech sweeter than honey, ex ejus lingua fluebat melle dulcior oratio; ejus ore sermo melle dulcior profluebat: the sweat flowed from his body, multo sudore manavit (after Cic., De Div., 1, 34, 74); manabat ei toto de corpore sudor (Lucr., 6, 994: ☞ membra fluunt sudore et lassitudine, Liv., 23, 17, is, they become relaxed). (2) Especially, (a) To flow; i. e., to move itself gently and gradually, fluere (e.g., hair flows over the neck, comae per colla fluunt, Propertius, 2, 2, 23); hence, the speech flows, oratio fluit. (b) To flow out of anything; i. e., to arise, proceed, fluere (☞ not profluere) a or ex, etc.; manare a or ex, etc. (to arise and spread abroad; e.g., peccata ex vitiis manant); oriri (ab aliqua re), but more commonly exoriri (ex aliqua re); nasci (ex or a: a timore, Caes.); gigni (ex aliqua re; ab aliquo); proficisci (ex aliqua re; but mostly from a person, ab aliquo); exsistere (ex aliqua re; also ex aliqua re, ut ex stirpe quadam exsistere, Cic.); erumpere (implying rapidity, violence; ex aliqua re); aliquid alicujus rei fons est: to flow from the same source, ex eodem fonte fluere. (c) To flow into anything (i. e., to be brought to it), deferri, referri in aliquid (delerri, to be given voluntarily; referri, as a debt, from some obligation, as tribute, etc.; both; e.g., into the public treasury, in aerarium): a considerable revenue flows into the public treasury, haud parvum vectigal aerario additur (Liv. 7, 15).

To flow down, defluere. To flow forth, effluere: emanare. profluere: diffluere (in different directions).

Act of flowing, fluxus (Plin.): fluxio: flumen (as that which flows; also, figuratively, of speech): fluxura (the emitting of a liquid, Col. 3, 2, 17): fluor (e.g., of the eyes; called also illacrimatio): lapsus (the gentle, continual flow; e.g., of a stream): perennitas (the constant flow, of a well, etc.).

Opposed to “to ebb,” accessus maris, aestus commutatio (when the ebb has been previously spoken of; Vid: Caes., B.G., 5, 8). Ebb and flow, aestus maritimi. The ebb and flow of the sea, aestus maritimi accedentes et recedentes. [Vid: EBB.] The flow is beginning, aestus ex alto se incitat; mare intumescit: the flow is over, aestus minuit.

Of speech, flumen orationis (as a quality of the speech itself): cursus dicendi (the flow and progress of the speech, Quint.): oratio volubilis; expedita et perfacile currens oratio; verborum expedita ac profluens quodammodo celeritas (as quality of the speaker who possesses it). A speaker who possesses a flow of language, orator volubilis (Cic., Brut., 27, 105): uniform flow of speech, oratio aequabiliter profluens: a gentle and uniform flow of speech, orationis genus cum quadam lenitate aequabili profluens: flow of eloquence, copia dicendi (as a property of the speaker; Vid: Beier, Cic., Offic., 2, 5, 16, p. 34); also, velut quoddam flumen eloquentiae. To have a good flow of language, verba volvere; volubilem esse oratorem, commode verba facere (from the complete knowledge of a language; Nep., Them., 10, 1). To check anybody’s flow of speech, cursum dicendi refraenare (Quint., 8, prooem. 27; of a thing). Anybody’s flow of words is impeded by anything, cursus dicendi tenetur aliqua re (Quint., 4, 3, 13). An empty flow of words, flumen or turba inanium verborum.

A flow of spirits, effusio animi in laetitia (Cic., Tusc. 4, 31, 66).