I have rambled a very little "inter fontes et flumina nota," but I am not yet well.
Virgil recognises the source of his own strength in the words Flumina amem silvasque.
The last element in the picture suggests at once the 'Saxosas inter decurrunt flumina valles' of the Eclogues, and the lines earlier in the book-- Saltibus in vacuis pascunt et plena secundum Flumina.
No sentiment could appear less appropriate to him than that of Virgil's modest prayer,-- Flumina amem silvasque inglorius.
The name appears above the shield following the curve of the wreath, and at the bottom two additional lines in Latin serve as another motto, Ignotis errare locis, ignota videre, Flumina gaudebat: studio minuente laborem.
Seneca similarly mentions how the Pompeius murdered by Gaius Caligula possessed 'tot flumina .
Lumina quae modo fulmina, jam flumina lachrymarum, those burning torches are now turned to floods of tears.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "flumina" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
