flow Copy link Outline I. Of fluids generally1. fluo, xi, xum, 32. māno, 1 (to f. drop by drop; to ooze, trickle3. līquor, 3 (in the manner of fluids formed by meltingII. Of the tide, opp. to ebb • flow: I. Of fluids generally: 1. fluo, xi, xum, 3: the Rhone f.s between the territories of the Helvetii and Allobroges, Helvetiorum inter fines et Allobrogum Rhodanus fl., Caes.: the blood of Remus f.'d upon the ground, fluxit in terram Remi cruor, Hor.: to f. with blood (of a river), sanguine fl., Cic. Div. 1, 43, 98: also of odours and other emanations, Lucr.: Cic.: v. to emanate. Fig.: the speech of Calidius f.'d freely, Calidii oratio libere fluebat, Cic. Br. 79, 274: Herodotus f.s like a gentle river, H. quasi sedatus amnis f., Cic. Or. 12, 39: from that principle the whole theory of good and evil must f., ab isto capite f. necesse est omnem rationem bonorum et malorum, Cic. Fin. 2, 11, 34. 2. māno, 1 (to f. drop by drop; to ooze, trickle: q. v.): sweat f.s from our entire body, m. nobis toto de corpore sudor, Lucr. 6, 945: more copious streams will f. from the squeezed teats, laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis, Virg. G. 3, 310. 3. līquor, 3 (in the manner of fluids formed by melting: v. to melt): from the tree f. drops of dark gore, huic (arbori) atro l. sanguine guttae, Virg. Aen. 3, 28: sweat f.s from the whole body, toto corpore sudor l., Lucr.: v. to trickle. II. Of the tide, opp. to ebb: affluo, accēdo, Plin.: v. tide.