flowing (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Lit. of fluids1. fluens, tis2. fluĭdus3. (in compounds) refluus (f. back), Ov.II. By anal., of drapery, etc., loose, floating1. fluens2. fluxus3. fūsusIII. Fig., of style; moving freely1. fluens2. fūsus • flowing (adj.): I. Lit. of fluids: 1. fluens, tis: f. water, f. aqua, Ov.: v. to flow. 2. fluĭdus: f. gore, f. cruor, Ov.: v. fluid. 3. (in compounds) refluus (f. back), Ov.: Plin.: praefluus (f. by or past), Plin.: dēfluus (f. down), Stat.: influus (f. in), Paul. Nol.: superfluus (f. over), Plin.: circumfluus (f. round), Ov.: Plin. II. By anal., of drapery, etc., loose, floating: 1. fluens: f. tunics, tunicae f., Ov. A. A. 3, 301: Tac. 2. fluxus: f. locks, f. crinis, Tac. Ann. 11, 31: f. drapery, f. amictus, Lucan. 3. fūsus: a f. mantle, f. palla, Tib.: f. locks, f. crines, Virg. Aen. 10, 137. III. Fig., of style; moving freely: 1. fluens: a sustained, f. style, tracta et f. oratio, Cic. Or. 20, 66: matter written in f. elegiacs, materia f. elegis scripta, Plin. Ep. 5, 17, 2. 2. fūsus: a f. and sustained style, running on with a kind of uniform smoothness, genus orationis f. atque tractum, et cum lenitate quadam aequabili profluens, Cic. de Or. 2, 15, 64: Aeschines is fuller than Demosthenes, and more f., plenior Demosthene Aeschines, et magis f., Quint. 10, 1, 77; Herodotus is agreeable, f., transparent, dulcis et f. et candidus Herodotus, Quint. 10, 1, 73.