fluid (subs.) Copy link Outline I. In strict scientific sense; expr. by fluĭdusII. In general sense1. hūmor (any kind of moisture)2. lĭquor3. lătex, ĭcis, m. (poet.) • fluid (subs.): I. In strict scientific sense; expr. by fluĭdus: water and air are f.s, *fluida sunt aqua et aer; fluido corpore constant, praedita sunt: v. supr. (I.). II. In general sense: 1. hūmor (any kind of moisture): the stars are fed by f.s from the earth and sea, stellae terrenis marinisque h. aluntur, Cic. N. D. 2, 16, 43: milky f. (i. e. milk), lacteus h., Ov.: the Massic f. of Bacchus (i. e. wine), Massicus h. Bacchi, Hor. 2. lĭquor: v. liquid. 3. lătex, ĭcis, m. (poet.): I am transformed into a f., in latices mutor, Ov. Met. 5, 636: the f. of the vine-begotten liquor, liquoris vitigeni latex, Lucr. 5, 14: the Palladian f., i. e., olive-oil, Palladii latices, Ov. Met. 8, 275.