stream (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. flūmen, ĭnis, n. (with special ref. to the current)2. fluentum (poet.)3. rīvus (a small s.)II. Fig. • stream (subs.): I. Lit.: 1. flūmen, ĭnis, n. (with special ref. to the current): a running s., f. vivum, Virg. Aen. 2, 719. (Cocytos) meandering with sluggish s., f. languido errans, Hor. Od. 2, 14, 17: down or up the s., secundo fl., adverso fl., Caes. B. G. 7, 60: v. current. 2. fluentum (poet.): usu. pl.: the hoarse s.s of Cocytus, rauca Cocyti f., Virg. Aen. 6, 327: Lucr. 3. rīvus (a small s.): v. rivulet. For flŭvius, amnis, v. river. II. Fig.: of other things beside water: flūmen: a golden s. of speech, orationis aureum f., Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 119. Phr.: the s. of time, *temporum s. saeculorum cursus (v. course). an uninterrupted s. of people, agmen perpetuum [hominum], Cic. Pis. 22, 51 (perh. we might say, tanquam flumen quoddam hominum: or expr. by multitudo quae se fluminis instar effundit).