pour down
pour down:
A. Trans.:
1. dēfundo, 3: the S. wind p.s down showers, Auster d. imbres, Stat. Th. 1, 352: cf.TO POUR OFF .
2. sŭperfundo, 3 (to p. down upon any one): Tac. Agr. 36.
3. expr. by dējĭcio, dēmitto, 3 (fling): he p.s down his bolts on the earth, fulmina plurima dejicit in terras, Virg. Aen. 8, 428: they p. down such a shower of missiles on the heads of the enemy, *tantam vim telorum in capita hostium demittunt.
B. Intrans.:
1. dējĭcio, 3; with pron. refl.: the winds p. down from the mountains, venti a montibus se d., Liv. 28, 6, med.: also with se omitted: Liv. 28, 15 (ni ... tanta vis aquae dejecisset).
2. praecĭpĭto, 1 (rapidly): the Nile p.s down from very lofty mountains, Nilus p. ex altissimis montibus, Cic. Rep. 6, 18: Virg.
3. ruo, i, ŭtum, 3 (esp. poet.): the sky comes p.ing down (in rain), r. (arduus) aether, Virg. G. 1, 324: cf. Liv. 40, 58 (coelum in se ruere aiebant): Mart.
4. ingruo, i, 3 (esp. of missiles; to p. down upon: poet.): down p.s the iron rain, ferreus ingruit imber, Virg. Aen. 12, 284.
A. Trans.:
1. dēfundo, 3: the S. wind p.s down showers, Auster d. imbres, Stat. Th. 1, 352: cf.
2. sŭperfundo, 3 (to p. down upon any one): Tac. Agr. 36.
3. expr. by dējĭcio, dēmitto, 3 (fling): he p.s down his bolts on the earth, fulmina plurima dejicit in terras, Virg. Aen. 8, 428: they p. down such a shower of missiles on the heads of the enemy, *tantam vim telorum in capita hostium demittunt.
B. Intrans.:
1. dējĭcio, 3; with pron. refl.: the winds p. down from the mountains, venti a montibus se d., Liv. 28, 6, med.: also with se omitted: Liv. 28, 15 (ni ... tanta vis aquae dejecisset).
2. praecĭpĭto, 1 (rapidly): the Nile p.s down from very lofty mountains, Nilus p. ex altissimis montibus, Cic. Rep. 6, 18: Virg.
3. ruo, i, ŭtum, 3 (esp. poet.): the sky comes p.ing down (in rain), r. (arduus) aether, Virg. G. 1, 324: cf. Liv. 40, 58 (coelum in se ruere aiebant): Mart.
4. ingruo, i, 3 (esp. of missiles; to p. down upon: poet.): down p.s the iron rain, ferreus ingruit imber, Virg. Aen. 12, 284.