flood (subs.) Copy link Outline I. An inundationII. A stream, a large body of waterIII. A copious outpouring; as of tears, words1. flūmen, ĭnis, n.2. unda (poet.) • flood (subs.): I. An inundation: dīlŭvium, dīlŭvies: v. deluge. II. A stream, a large body of water: chiefly a poet. usage: flūmen, aequor, etc.: give the full rein to all your f.s, fluminibus vestris totas immittite habenas, Ov. Met. 1, 280: whelmed 'neath the bitter f. (of fate), flumine mersit acerbo, Virg. Aen. 6, 429: the chief part are swept away by the f., maxima pars unda rapitur, Ov. Met. 1, 311: v. river, sea, water. III. A copious outpouring; as of tears, words: 1. flūmen, ĭnis, n.: and he moistens his face with a copious f. of tears, largoque humectat fl. vultum, Virg. Aen. 1, 465: a f. of pitch sent down from the sky, picis e coelo demissum fl., Lucr. 6, 255: breathing forth the warm f. of blood from his breast, sanguinis exspirans calidum de pectore fl., Lucr. 2, 354. Fig.: to pour forth a golden f. of eloquence, fl. orationis aureum fundere, Cic. Acad. 2, 38, 119: a f. of words, fl. verborum, Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 188: such a f. of genius, tantum ingenii fl., Cic. Mar. 2, 4. 2. unda (poet.): the house vomits forth a f. of callers, salutantum vomit undam domus, Virg. G. 2, 462: the dense f.s of the Boii, spissae undae Boiorum, Sil. Phr.: to entreat with f.s of tears, multis cum lacrimis obsecrare, Caes. B. G. 1, 20: to shed f.s of tears, lacrimas profundere, effundere, Cic. (v. tears).