Superfundo, superfundis, superfúdi, superfûsum, pen. prod. superúndere. Col. To powre or cast vpon.Superfundens se lætitia, per translationem.Liui.Great ioye shewing it selfe outwarvly.Superfûsus Tyberis.Liu.The riuer Tyber ouerflowing.Superfûsa gens montibus Caucasijs. Plin. A people dwelling scattredly on the mountaines of Caucasus.Superfusi hostes.Liu.Enemies spread abroade.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
sŭper-fundo, füdi, fūsum, 3, v. a.I.To pour over or upon (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic. or Cæs.). A.Lit.: hanc misturam cum composueris, oleum superfundito, Col. 12, 57, 1; 4, 8, 3: unguentum, Plin. Ep. 9, 33, 9: magnam vim telorum, Tac. Agr. 36.—Absol.: potius mare superfunderet adversus terrarum ereptores, Tac. A. 13, 55 fin.— Mid., to pour itself out, overflow; to spread out, scatter, extend: Tiberis ripis superfunditur, Plin. Ep. 8, 17, 1: Circus Tiberi superfuso irrigatus, Liv. 7, 3, 2: nuda superfusis tingamus corpora lymphis, Ov. M. 2, 459; cf.: superfusa umoris copia, Quint. 1, 2, 28: jacentem hostes superfusi oppresserunt,
rushing upon him in numbers
, Liv. 39, 49, 5: Albani gens superfusa montibus Caucasiis, spreading or scattered over, Plin. 6, 13, 15, 39: Callias hanc habuisse causam superfundendi se Italiae, id. 12, 1, 2, 5: superfusis undis, Sen. Thyest. 584; Luc. 7, 365: instar fluminis hostibus superfusi, Amm. 15, 4, 11; 25, 6, 12.—B.Trop.: sed nondum fortuna se animo ejus superfuderat, i. e.
become too great for
, Curt. 3, 12, 20: superfundens laetitia,
overflowing
,
extravagant
, Liv. 5, 7, 8: (Macedonum fama, i. e. nomen, regnum) superfudit se in Asiam,
spread abroad
,
extended
, id. 45, 9, 5.— II.To pour or spread one thing over another (very rare): compositum oleo superfundito, Col. 12, 57, 3: terra superfusa scamnis, id. 2, 4, 3: sedecim alarum conjuncta signa nube ipsā operient ac superfundent equites equosque, Tac. H. 3, 2 fin.; Scrib. Comp. 73; 257.