deluge (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. ĭnundo, 12. dīlŭvio, 1 (rare)II. Fig.1. ĭnundo, 12. obrŭo, ŭi, ŭtum, 3 • deluge (v.): I. Lit.: 1. ĭnundo, 1: to d. the land with water, terram aqua in., Cic. 2. dīlŭvio, 1 (rare): Lucr. Phr.: the whole country is d.d, omnia obtinent aquae, Liv.: v. to inundate. II. Fig.: 1. ĭnundo, 1: to be d.d with blood (of a battle-field), sanguine inundari, Liv.: the Cimbri like a storm had d.d Italy, Cimbros more procellae inundâsse Italiam, Just. 2. obrŭo, ŭi, ŭtum, 3: to be d.d with wine, vino obrui, Nep.: v. to bury, overwhelm. Phr.: the stage was d.d with blood, sanguine scena abundavit, Sen.: to d. Italy (of the Gaulish hordes), superfundere se Italiae, Plin.: that the Spains were d.d with arms, Hispanias armis redundare, Tac.