flow (subs.) Copy link Outline I. The act of flowing1. fluxio2. fluxus, ūs, m. (rare)3. lapsus, ūs, m. (a gliding motion)II. A stream; esp. fig.III. Of the tideIV. Course • flow (subs.): I. The act of flowing: 1. fluxio: f. of waters (deluges), f. aquarum, Cic. Div. 1, 49, 111. Oftener in med. sense: f. of blood from the nostrils, sanguinis f. e naribus, Plin.: v. flux. 2. fluxus, ūs, m. (rare): wind is understood to be nothing else than a f. of air, ventus non aliud intelligitur quam fluxus (fluctus, ed. Jan.) aëris, Plin. 2, 43, 44. 3. lapsus, ūs, m. (a gliding motion): to stay the rapid f. of rivers, rapidos fluminum morari l., Hor. Od. 1, 12, 10. II. A stream; esp. fig.: flūmen: v. flood (III.). Phr.: ready f. of words, verborum copia; linguae mobilitas, volubilitas, Cic. (v. fluency): it checks the f. of speech, cursum dicendi refraenat, Quint. 8, pref. § 27. III. Of the tide: accessus, ūs, m.: opp. to recessus, Cic. Div. 2, 14, 34. Or expr. by verb: the f. and ebb of the tide are particularly wonderful, aestus maris accedere et reciprocare maxime mirum, Plin. 2, 97, 99, init. IV. Course: Phr.: whose life goes on with even f., quibus secundo cursu vita procedit, Sen. Ep. 111, 3: v. course.