pour forth Copy link Outline A. Trans.1. effundo, 32. prŏfundo, 3 (freely, copiouslyB. Intrans.1. effundo, 3, with pron. refl.; or as pass. refl.2. ējĭcio, 3, with pron. refl. • pour forth or out: A. Trans.: 1. effundo, 3: rare in lit. sense; for which rather, fundo, ex (de): v. to pour. (N.B.--In Hor. S. 2, 3, 149, ef. saccos = to empty them.) Fig., to p. forth tears, lacrimas e., Lucr. 1, 92: a shower of missiles was p.'d forth upon them, telorum vis ingens effusa est in eos, Liv. 27, 18, med.: to p. forth a tempest of eloquence, procellam eloquentiae e., Quint. 11, 3, 158. 2. prŏfundo, 3 (freely, copiously: usu. fig.): to p. forth floods of tears, vim lacrimarum p., Cic. Rep. 6, 14: to p. forth all one's blood, sanguinem omnem p., id. Clu. 6, fin. B. Intrans.: 1. effundo, 3, with pron. refl.; or as pass. refl.: every class of the Roman people p.'d out as far as the 20th mile-stone, P. Romani ordinem omnem usque ad vicesimum lapidem effudisse se, Suet. Cal. 4, extr.: they p. forth at every gate, omnibus portis effunduntur, Liv. 38, 6. 2. ējĭcio, 3, with pron. refl.: they p.'d (rushed) forth from the camp, se ex castris ejecerunt, Caes. B. G. 4, 15 (but the verb does not like effundo of itself imply numbers). See also to rush forth.