flux Copy link Outline I. The act of flowingII. Med. t. t.1. fluxus, fluxio2. proflŭvium • flux: I. The act of flowing: fluxus, ūs: v. flowing. Phr.: all things are in a state of f., omnia f., Lucr. 2, 68. II. Med. t. t.: 1. fluxus, fluxio: bloody f., sanguinis fluxus, fluxio: Plin. 2. proflŭvium: Col.: Plin.
FLUX Copy link • FLUX 1. fluxus, us (Plin.; also, of the fusion of a metal, or the result of it: picem non aliud esse quam combustae resinae fluxum, Plin.): fluxio (e.g., aquarum, Cic.; sanguinis, ventris, oculorum, etc.): fluxura (Col., 3, 2, 17 and 32): fluor (flux of the bowels), also, solutio et fluor stomachi (Scribonius, Larg.). [Vid: DYSENTERY] All things are in a state of flux, omnibus res quaeque minuitur: omnia quasi longinquo aevo fluere videmus (both after Lucr., 2, 68); nihil est toto quod perstet in orbe; cuncta fluunt (Ov., Met., 15, 178). Flux (and reflux); Vid: FLOW (of the tides). 2. TRANS., Vid: To MELT, To FUSE.