Suffundo, suffundis, suffúdi, suffûium, pen. prod. suffúndere. Plautus. To cast or powre downe licoure on a thing: to cast abrode.Vtrunque in os suffunditur. Col. Vt cibo suffundamus vires ad fæturam. Varro. That wyth meat wee may giue them strength, or cause them to haue strength to generation. Suffundere.Virg.To spreade ouer and ouer.Maculis suffundi.Stat.To haue many speckes ouer al. Suffundere aciem oculorum. Sen. To trouble or confound the eye sight.Suffunduntur oculi. Sen.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
suf-fundo (subf-), fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a., to pour below or underneath; to pour into or among; to pour over or upon; to overspread, suffuse (mostly ante-class. and postAug.). I.Lit.A. In gen.: animum esse cordi suffusum sanguinem, Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 19: aqua suffunditur,
flows underneath
,
diffuses itself
, Sen. Q. N. 3, 26, 1 (al. adfunditur): intumuit suffusā venter ab undā, i. e.
from dropsy
, Ov. F. 1, 215: mane suffundam aquolam, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 3: mare (i. e. aquam marinam) vinis, id. Rud. 2, 7, 30: jus, Col. 12, 9, 2: acetum, Vitr. 7, 12: merum in os mulae, Col. 6, 38, 4.—B. Esp. 1. Of tears, etc., to suffuse, fill, etc.: lacrimis oculos suffusa nitentes, Verg. A. 1, 228: tepido suffundit lumina rore (i. e. lacrimis), Ov. M. 10, 360; cf.: lupus suffusus lumina flammā, id. ib. 11, 368: oculi, qui ad alienam lippitudinem et ipsi suffunduntur, become suffused (with tears), Sen. Clem. 2, 6 med.; cf.: ad quas ille voces lacrimis et multo pudore suffunditur, Plin. Pan. 2, 8.— 2. Of other fluids, etc., to tinge, imbue, to stain, color: agricola et minio suffusus rubenti,
stained
, Tib. 2, 1, 55: si cruore suffunduntur oculi,
become bloodshot
, Plin. 23, 1, 24, 49; so, suffusi cruore oculi, id. 29, 6, 38, 126; and in a reverse construction: sanguis oculis suffusus, id. 20, 13, 51, 142: prodest felle suffusis,
for those affected with jaundice
, id. 22, 21, 30, 65: ulcera alte suffusa medullis, Claud. in Eutr. 2, 13; cf.: suffusa bilis,
jaundice
, Plin. 22, 21, 26, 54: lingua est suffusa veneno, Ov. M. 2, 777: sales suffusi felle, id. Tr. 2, 565: (nebulae) suffundunt suā caelum caligine, Lucr. 6, 479: calore suffusus aether,
suffused
,
intermingled
, Cic. N. D. 2, 21, 54: Hyperionis orbem Suffundi maculis, Stat. Th. 11, 121.— 3. Of blushes, etc., to redden, suffuse, color, blush, etc.; cf.: littera suffusas quod habet maculosa lituras,
blurred
, Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 15.— Of a blush: (Luna) si virgineum suffuderit ore ruborem, Verg. G. 1, 430: suffunditur ora rubore, Ov. M. 1, 484: roseo suffusa rubore, id. Am. 3, 3, 5: Masinissae rubore suffusus, Liv. 30, 15, 1: vultum rubore suffundere, Pacat. Pan. Theod. 4, 4.—Absol.: sancti viri est suffundi, si virginem viderit, Tert. Virg. Vel. 2; Hier. adv. Jovin. 1, 48. — 4. Prov.: aquam frigidam suffundere, to throw cold water upon, i.e. to calumniate, inveigh against, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 36. — II.Trop.: (metus) omnia suffundens mortis nigrore,
covering
,
overspreading
, Lucr. 3, 39: cibo vires ad feturam,
to supply
, Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 4: animus in aliquem malevolentiā suffusus,
overspread
,
filled
, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 22. — Hence, suffūsus, a, um, P. a., blushing, bashful, modest: suffusior sexus, Tert. Anim. 38 med.