refluus

rĕflŭus, a, um, adj. [refluo],

• flowing back, refluent: mare, Ov. M. 7, 267; Plin. 2, 97, 100, § 220: amnes, Sil. 5, 624: aestus, id. 15, 226: gurges, Stat. S. 5, 1, 91; cf. litus, from which the sea recedes, Ap. Met. 4, 31, 14; assueti refluas dominorum lambere micas, Sedul. Carm. Pasch. 3, 246.

refluus, a, um (refluo), I) zurückfließend, -flutend, v. Gewässern, mare Oceani, in sich z., in Ebbe u. Flut ab- u. zuströmend, Ov.: amnes, aestus, Sil.: gurgites, Amm.: refluo mari (durch den Eintritt der Ebbe) nudantur arenae, Lucan.: m. Ang. wohin? introrsus in Pontum numquam refluo mari, Plin. 2, 219. – auch = zurückkehrend, v. d. Seelen, Anthol. Lat. 490, 14 R. – übtr. v. festen Ggstdn., assueti refluas dominorum lambere micas, die abspringenden Krümchen, Sedul. carm. pasch. 3, 246. – II) zurückfließen-, -fluten machend, litus, von dem das Meer zurücktritt, Apul. met. 4, 31.

refluus [CL] 1 (of water, esp. of or w. ref. to sea or ocean) flowing back, ebbing, (also w. ref. to motions of sea in general) fluctuating, ebbing and flowing. b (as sb. n.) backflow, overflow, discharge (in quot. of millpond). c (transf.) that comes back or returns. loco ~is undique pelagi fluctibus cincto Bede HE IV 28 p. 276 (cf. id. CuthbP 42); monachis ‥ quos Lindisfarnea glauci / insula clara maris refluis circumluit undis Bede CuthbV 380; unde quo glaucis cupiunt crispare fluentis / littora quin refluis satagunt nudare meantes / cursibus Æthelwulf Abb. 96; in vicina insula undique aquarum irrigatione cingente ~a R. Cold. Cuthb. 65 p. 132; cum totum jam sinum elapsis undis ~um mare deseruit Gir. TH II 2 p. 77.  b 1279 levando quoddam molendinum et stagnum unde ~um aque regalis fundatur ad nocumentum patrie (Plac.) Pat 280 m. 9.  c metarunt etenim ter seni themata cicli / in sese refluos juncto monade recursus Frith. 277; nec prius in refluos venient haec tempora soles, / immatura nimis quam tristia fata luatis Ib. 635. 2 (transf.) that turns or is turned back or away, sloping back or away, bent back. quamvis ‥ mundanae dispensationis curis, velut scopulis ~is algarum illisionibus, et undarum ‥ vorticibus, fatigatus Aldh. PR 142 (143) p. 203; caro [sc. cujusdam contracti] ‥ que vaga undique erat ante et ~a, in maturitatis planiciem respirabat R. Cold. Cuthb. 48 p. 100. 3 (of spring or well) that flows back or continuously. asserunt quidam ex ‥ solis caloribus ~as aquarum scatebras contractas esse G. Steph. 18 p. 38; gurgite refluo mederis arenti, / ut humus unda fructibus onustetur, / pastus ut afferat suaves alendis J. Howd. Cant. 177.

rĕflŭus, a, um (refluo), ¶ 1 qui reflue : Ov. M. 7, 267 ; Plin. 2, 220 ¶ 2 que la mer baigne et découvre alternativement : Apul. M. 4, 31.

refluus , a, um. adj.
往後流者。Refluum mare 退潮。

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refluus adj.

• re+FLA-, flowing back, refluent: mare, O.