overflow (v.) Copy link Outline 1. expr. by effundo, fūdi, sum, 3 (as pass., or with pron. refl.)2. sŭperfluo, xi, xum, 3 (to run over the brim3. expr. by sŭperfundo, fūdi, sum, 3 (as pass. refl. = to overspread)4. ĭnundo, 1 (to cover with water; inundate) • overflow (v.): 1. expr. by effundo, fūdi, sum, 3 (as pass., or with pron. refl.): the sea never either rises above its wont nor o.s, mare neque redundat unquam neque effunditur: more precisely, super ripas effundi (of the Tiber), Liv. 1, 4. ad init. (N.B.--That redundo is to rise, swell, not to overflow, is evident from a comparison of Cic. Div. 2, 32, 69, si lacus Albanus redundasset, with Liv. 5, 51, who, in relating the same incident, has, si quando aqua Albana abundasset, etc.) 2. sŭperfluo, xi, xum, 3 (to run over the brim: whereas effundi implies also spreading abroad): to boil things gently, so that they may not o., leniter coquere ne superfluant, Cels. 6, 18, 2: Tac. A. 2, 61 (de Nilo): Plin. 3. expr. by sŭperfundo, fūdi, sum, 3 (as pass. refl. = to overspread): the Tiber has forsaken its bed and is o.ing its lower banks, Tiberis alveum excessit, et demissioribus ripis superfunditur, Plin. Ep. 8, 17, 1: cf. Liv. 7, 3, Circus Tiberi superfuso irrigatus. 4. ĭnundo, 1 (to cover with water; inundate): the Tiber o.'d the level parts of the city, Tiberis loca plana urbis inundavit, Liv. 35, 9, init.: so, id. 24, 9, etc. (N.B.--Not used without acc. of that which is overflowed.) Phr.: (the Nile) rising very high o.s all Egypt, auctu magno per totam Asiam spatiatur, Plin. 5, 9, 10 § 55: the river rises and o.s, amnis abundans exit (sc. ripis), Virg. G. 1, 116: cf. id. Aen. 2, 496: it o.s its left bank, vagus sinistra labitur ripa, Hor. Od. 1, 2, 18. See also to inundate.