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  • 1 elatus

    puff-up, proud of oneself, arrogant.

    Latin-English dictionary of medieval > elatus

  • 2 subflo

    suf-flo ( subflo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. (rare; not in Cic. or Cæs.).
    I.
    Act., to blow forth from below; to blow up, puff out, inflate.
    A.
    Lit.:

    age, tibicen, refer ad labeas tibias, Suffla celeriter tibi buccas, quasi proserpens bestia,

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 42:

    venae ubi sufflatae sunt ex cibo,

    Cato, R. R. 157, 7:

    sufflata cutis,

    Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 138.—
    2.
    To blow upon:

    ignes,

    Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 79:

    gladiatores decrepiti, quos si sufflasses, cecidissent,

    Petr. 45, 11:

    prunas,

    Vulg. Isa. 54, 16.—
    * B.
    Trop.:

    nescio quid se sufflavit uxori suae,

    i. e. got enraged, Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 19.—
    II.
    Neutr., to blow, puff at or upon any thing.
    A.
    Lit.:

    sufflavit buccis suis,

    Mart. 3, 17, 4:

    rubetae arrepentes foribus (alveorum) per eas sufflant,

    Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 62.—
    * B.
    Trop.:

    suffla: sum candidus,

    puff yourself up, Pers. 4, 20.—Hence, suf-flātus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Lit., puffed up, bloated: sufflato corpore esse, Varr. ap. Non. 395, 8.—
    B.
    Trop., blown out, puffed up, bloated, inflated with anger or pride; of language, inflated, tumid, pompous, bombastic:

    sufflatus ille huc veniet,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 21: neque auro aut genere aut multiplici scientiā Sufflatus, Varr. ap. Non. 46, 31:

    (figura) recte videbitur appellari, si sufflata nominabitur,

    Auct. Her. 4, 10, 15; cf.:

    sufflati atque tumidi (in dicendo),

    Gell. 7, 14, 5.— Comp., sup., and adv. do not occur.

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  • 3 sufflo

    suf-flo ( subflo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. (rare; not in Cic. or Cæs.).
    I.
    Act., to blow forth from below; to blow up, puff out, inflate.
    A.
    Lit.:

    age, tibicen, refer ad labeas tibias, Suffla celeriter tibi buccas, quasi proserpens bestia,

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 42:

    venae ubi sufflatae sunt ex cibo,

    Cato, R. R. 157, 7:

    sufflata cutis,

    Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 138.—
    2.
    To blow upon:

    ignes,

    Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 79:

    gladiatores decrepiti, quos si sufflasses, cecidissent,

    Petr. 45, 11:

    prunas,

    Vulg. Isa. 54, 16.—
    * B.
    Trop.:

    nescio quid se sufflavit uxori suae,

    i. e. got enraged, Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 19.—
    II.
    Neutr., to blow, puff at or upon any thing.
    A.
    Lit.:

    sufflavit buccis suis,

    Mart. 3, 17, 4:

    rubetae arrepentes foribus (alveorum) per eas sufflant,

    Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 62.—
    * B.
    Trop.:

    suffla: sum candidus,

    puff yourself up, Pers. 4, 20.—Hence, suf-flātus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Lit., puffed up, bloated: sufflato corpore esse, Varr. ap. Non. 395, 8.—
    B.
    Trop., blown out, puffed up, bloated, inflated with anger or pride; of language, inflated, tumid, pompous, bombastic:

    sufflatus ille huc veniet,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 21: neque auro aut genere aut multiplici scientiā Sufflatus, Varr. ap. Non. 46, 31:

    (figura) recte videbitur appellari, si sufflata nominabitur,

    Auct. Her. 4, 10, 15; cf.:

    sufflati atque tumidi (in dicendo),

    Gell. 7, 14, 5.— Comp., sup., and adv. do not occur.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sufflo

  • 4 īn-flō

        īn-flō āvī, ātus, āre,    to blow into, blow, inflate, swell: simul inflavit tibicen: paulo inflavit vehementius, i. e. wrote in a loftier style: calamos levīs, V.: (bucina) cecinit inflata receptūs, O.: pellem, Ph.: illis ambas Iratus buccas, puff out his cheeks at them, H.: tumidoque inflatur carbasus Austro, is swelled, V.: Inflatus venas Iaccho, V.—To produce by blowing, blow: sonum.—To make loud by blowing: verba inflata, uttered with violent breath: a quibus (modis) aliquid extenuatur, inflatur, is pitched low or high.—Fig., to inspire, encourage, elate: poetam divino spiritu inflari: spectator sedulus inflat (poetam), H.: mendaciis spem regis, L.—To puff up, inflate: animos ad superbiam, L.: Crescentem tumidis sermonibus utrem, H.

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  • 5 inflo

    in-flo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to blow into or upon any thing, to inflate.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    age, jam infla buccas,

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 26:

    ex ore in os palumbi inflare aquam,

    Cato, R. R. 90:

    tumidoque inflatur carbasus Austro,

    is swelled, Verg. A. 3, 357:

    merito quin illis Juppiter ambas Iratus buccas inflet,

    should in a rage puff up both his cheeks, Hor. S. 1, 1, 21:

    inflant (corpus) omnia fere legumina,

    make flatulent, Cels. 2, 26.—
    B.
    In partic., to play upon a wind instrument:

    inflare cavas cicutas,

    Lucr. 5, 1383:

    calamos leves,

    Verg. E. 5, 2.— Absol., to blow:

    simul inflavit tibicen, a perito carmen agnoscitur,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 86.— With cognate acc.:

    sonum,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 60, 225. —
    II.
    Trop., to puff up, inflate:

    spe falsa animos,

    Cic. Pis. 36, 89:

    regis spem (with erigere animos),

    Liv. 35, 42, 5:

    animos ad intolerabilem superbiam,

    id. 45, 31, 31; 37, 26, 4:

    purpuratis solita vanitate spem ejus inflantibus,

    Curt. 3, 2, 10; 5, 10, 3:

    crescentem tumidis infla sermonibus utrem,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 98:

    ipse erit glorià inflandus,

    Quint. 11, 1 med. — Absol., of speech:

    Antipater paulo inflavit vehementius,

    blew a little too hard, Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 6.—Of music:

    illi qui fecerunt modos, a quibus aliquid extenuatur, inflatur, variatur,

    id. de Or. 3, 26, 102 fin.:

    et ea (medicamenta) quae ob caritatem emendi mulo inedicorum cupiditas inflaverat,

    puffed, bepraised, Veg. Vet. 4, 7, 4.— Hence, inflātus, a, um, P. a., blown into, filled with blowing.
    A.
    Lit.:

    si tibiae inflatae non referant sonum,

    Cic. Brut. 51, 192:

    bucina cecinit jussos inflata receptus,

    Ov. M. 1, 340:

    nolo verba inflata et quasi anhelata gravius exire,

    with a too great expenditure of breath, Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 40.—
    2.
    Transf., swelled up, swollen, puffed up:

    serpens inflato collo,

    Cic. Vatin. 2, 4:

    bucca inflatior,

    Suet. Rhet. 5:

    inflatum hesterno venas Iaccho,

    Verg. E. 6, 15:

    Volturnus amnis inflatus aquis,

    swollen, enlarged, Liv. 23, 19, 4:

    amnes,

    id. 40, 33, 2:

    capilli,

    hanging loose, dishevelled, Ov. A. A. 3, 145:

    inflata rore non Achaico turba,

    Verg. Cat. 7, 2. — Comp.:

    vestis inflatior,

    Tert. Pall. 4 med. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., puffed up, inflated, haughty, proud:

    quibus illi rebus elati et inflati non continebantur,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:

    inflatus et tumens animus,

    id. Tusc. 3, 9, 19:

    inflata spe atque animis,

    id. Mur. 15, 33:

    promissis,

    id. ib. 24, 49:

    laetitia atque insolentia,

    id. Phil. 14, 6, 15:

    jactatione,

    Liv. 29, 37, 9:

    assensionibus,

    id. 24, 6, 8:

    estne quisquam tanto inflatus errore,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 116:

    opinionibus,

    id. Off. 1, 26, 91:

    his opinionibus animus,

    Liv. 6, 11, 6, 6, 18, 5:

    vana spe,

    id. 35, 49, 4:

    vano nuntio,

    id. 24, 32, 3:

    successu tantae rei,

    id. 37, 12, 4:

    legionum numero,

    Vell. 2, 80, 2:

    superbus et inflatus,

    Juv. 8, 72:

    elatus inflatusque,

    Suet. Ner. 37.— Comp.:

    juvenis inflatior,

    Liv. 39, 53, 8.—
    2.
    In partic., of style, inflated, turgid:

    Attici pressi et integri, Asiani inflati et inanes,

    Quint. 12, 10, 16:

    inflatus et tumidus,

    Tac. Or. 18:

    Callimachus,

    Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 32; Suet. Rhet. 2.— Hence, adv.: inflātē, only in comp., haughtily, proudly, pompously:

    aliquid latius atque inflatius perscribere,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 17, 3:

    inflatius commemorare,

    id. ib. 2, 39, 4:

    inflatius multo, quam res erat gesta, fama percrebuerat,

    id. ib. 3, 79, 4:

    fabulari inflatius,

    Amm. 22, 16, 10.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > inflo

  • 6 proflo

    prō-flo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to blow forth, breathe out.
    I.
    Lit. ( poet.):

    leo proflat ferus ore calores, Q. Cic. poët. ap. Aus. Ecl.: flammas,

    Ov. F. 1, 573; Val. Fl. 7, 571:

    pectore sanguineos rivos,

    Stat. Th. 11, 266.—
    B.
    Transf., to melt, liquefy by blowing (postAug.): massa proflatur in primis, mox in [p. 1459] proflatum additur, etc., Plin. 34, 9, 20, § 97. —
    II.
    Trop., to blow or breathe out ( poet. and post-Aug.):

    noctem Tartaream pectore,

    Val. Fl. 6, 435:

    toto proflabat pectore somnum,

    i.e. was snoring, Verg. A. 9, 326:

    iras,

    i.e. to puff and blow, to fret, fume, Plin. 8, 4, 5, § 9.—
    B.
    To puff out:

    nares,

    App. M. 7, p. 193, 29.

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  • 7 anhēlō

        anhēlō āvī, ātus, āre    [anhelus].— Intrans, to breathe with difficulty, gasp, pant, puff: confugere anhelantem domum, T.: anhelabat sub vomere taurus, O.—Meton., of fire, to roar, crash: fornacibus ignis anhelat, V.— Trans, to breathe out, exhale, breathe forth: anhelati ignes, O.: verba... anhelata gravius.—Fig., to breathe out, pant after: scelus: crudelitatem ex pectore, Her.
    * * *
    anhelare, anhelavi, anhelatus V
    pant, gasp; breathe/gasp out, belch forth, exhale; utter breathlessly

    Latin-English dictionary > anhēlō

  • 8 efferō or ecferō

        efferō or ecferō extulī, ēlātus, ferre    [ex + fero], to carry out, take out, bring forth, take away, remove: tela ex aedibus: extra aedīs puerum, T.: frumentum ab Ilerdā, Cs.: signa portis efferri vidit, L.: pedem, escape, V.: pedem portā: sese tectis, V.: Furium longius extulit cursus, L.— To carry out for burial, bear to the grave, bury: Ecfertur, T.: filium: eum quam amplissime: extulit eum plebs, i. e. paid his funeral expenses, L.: anus Ex testamento elata, H.: Per funera septem Efferor, i. e. with a seven-fold funeral, O. — To bring forth, bear, produce: quod agri efferant: aliquid ex sese: cum ager cum decumo extulisset, ten fold: (Italia) genus acre virum Extulit, V.— To lift up, elevate, raise: hos in murum, Cs.: pars operis in altitudinem turris elata, Cs.: pulvis elatus lucem aufert, L.: dextrā ensem, V.: caput antro, O.: Lucifer Extulit ōs sacrum, rose, V.: ubi ortūs Extulerit Titan, V.—Fig., to set forth, spread abroad, utter, publish, proclaim, express: verbum de verbo expressum, translate literally, T.: si graves sententiae inconditis verbis efferuntur: in volgum disciplinam efferri, Cs.: hoc foras: Dedecus per auras, O.: in volgus elatum est, quā adrogantiā usus, etc., Cs.— To carry away, transport, excite, elate: me laetitiā.— P. pass.: milites studio, Cs.: tu insolentiā.— To bury, ruin, destroy: ne libera efferatur res p., L.: ne meo unius funere elata res p. esset, L.— To bring out, expose: me ad gloriam: alqm in odium, Ta.— To raise, elevate, exalt, laud, praise, extol: hominem ad summum imperium: quemque ob facinus pecuniā, S.: patriam demersam extuli: consilium summis laudibus, Cs.—With se, to rise, show oneself, appear: quae (virtus) cum se extulit, etc.— To lift up, elate, puff up, inflate, inspire: animum (fortuna) flatu suo, L.: alqm supra leges, Ta.: quod ecferas te insolenter: sese audaciā, S.: se in potestate, be insolent in office: (fortunati) efferuntur fere fastidio: adrogantiā elati, Cs.: ad iustam fiduciam, L. — To support, endure: laborem: malum patiendo, do away with.

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  • 9 tumefaciō

        tumefaciō fēcī, factus, ere    [tumeo+facio], to cause to swell, tumefy: Vis ventorum tumefecit humum, O.: tumefactus pontus, O.—Fig., to inflate, tumefactus laetitiā inani, Pr.
    * * *
    tumefacere, tumefeci, tumefactus V
    cause to swell; puff up

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  • 10 tumeō

        tumeō —, —, ēre    [1 TV-], to swell, be swollen, be tumid, puff out, be inflated: corpus tumet veneno, O.: pedes, V.: gemma in tenero palmite, O.: multo sacci hordeo, Ph.: cuius aceto tumes? Iu. —Fig., to swell, be swollen, be excited, be violent, rage: sapientis animus numquam tumet: multis gentibus irā tumentibus, L.: pectus anhelum, Et rabie fera corda tument, V.: tument negotia, are in a ferment: Bella tument, O.— To be puffed up, swell: Tumens graculus superbiā, Ph.: longā serie Caesarum, Ta.: alto stemmate, Iu.: Laudis amore tumes, H.—Of language, to be pompous, be bombastic, Ta.
    * * *
    tumere, -, - V
    swell, become inflated; be puffed up; be bombastic; be swollen with conceit

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  • 11 inflo

    inflare, inflavi, inflatus V
    blow into/upon; puff out

    Latin-English dictionary > inflo

  • 12 spiramen

    air-hole/passage; aspiration, act of breathing; exhalation; breath, puff

    Latin-English dictionary > spiramen

  • 13 sufflo

    sufflare, sufflavi, sufflatus V
    blow/puff up, inflate; blow; get into a temper with

    Latin-English dictionary > sufflo

  • 14 tumeo

    to puff up, swell / to be pompous.

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  • 15 anhelo

    ănhēlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [2. anand halo].
    I.
    Verb. neutr.
    A.
    Pr., to move about for breath; hence, to draw the breath with great difficulty, to pant, puff, gasp, etc.:

    anhelat inconstanter,

    Lucr. 3, 490:

    cum languida anhelant,

    id. 4, 864: * Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 25: anhelans ex imis pulmonibus prae curā spiritus ducebatur, Auct. ad Her. 4, 33:

    anhelans Colla fovet,

    Verg. A. 10, 837; 5, 254 al.:

    nullus anhelabat sub adunco vomere taurus,

    Ov. F. 2, 295:

    sudare atque anhelare,

    Col. 2, 3, 2.— In gen., to breathe (cf. anhelitus, II.), Prud. Apoth. 919.—
    B.
    Metaph., of fire:

    fornacibus ignis anhelat,

    roars, Verg. A. 8, 421.—Of the earth:

    subter anhelat humus,

    heaves, Stat. S. 1, 1, 56.—Of the foaming of the sea, Sil. 9, 286.— Trop., of poverty panting for something:

    anhelans inopia,

    Just. 9, 1, 6.—
    II.
    Verb. act., to breathe out, to emit by breathing, breathe forth, exhale:

    nolo verba exiliter exanimata exire, nolo inflata et quasi anhelata gravius,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 38: de pectore frigus anhelans Capricornus, vet. poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 44:

    anhelati ignes,

    Ov. F. 4, 492; so id. H. 12, 15:

    rabiem anhelare,

    Luc. 6, 92:

    anhelatis exsurgens ictibus alnus,

    the strokes of the oars made with panting, Sil. 14, 379.— Trop., to pursue, pant for, strive after something with eagerness:

    Catilinam furentem audaciā, scelus anhelantem,

    breathing out wickedness, Cic. Cat. 2, 1: anhelans ex imo pectore crudelitatem, Auct. ad Her. 4, 55.
    ► Some, as Corssen, Ausspr.
    II. p. 564, regard the prefix of this word as the Gr. ana; hence, pr. to draw up the breath; cf. antestor.

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  • 16 aurula

    aurŭla, ae, f. dim. [aura], a gentle breeze; trop. (in eccl. Lat.):

    famae aurula,

    a puff of fame, Tert. Anim. 28 (an imitation of Vergil's tenuis famae aura, A. 7, 646):

    Graecarum litterarum,

    a whiff of, Hier. Ep. 34.

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  • 17 folleo

    follĕo, ēre, v. n. [id.], to bag or puff out like bellows (late Lat.):

    si pes laxa pelle non folleat,

    Hier. Ep. 22, 28.

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  • 18 reflo

    rĕ-flo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a.
    I.
    Neutr., to blow back, blow contrary.
    A.
    Lit.:

    reflantibus ventis,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 119:

    Etesiae valde reflant,

    id. Att. 6, 7, 2:

    antra,

    Sid. Ep. 9, 13:

    ventorum procellae reflantium,

    Amm. 19, 10; 22, 8. — Poet.: pelagus respargit, reflat, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 89 (Trag. Rel. p. 158 Rib.).—
    B.
    Trop.:

    cum prospero flatu ejus (fortunae) utimur, ad exitus pervehimur optatos et, cum reflavit, affligimur,

    Cic. Off. 2, 6, 19:

    reflante fortunā,

    Amm. 31, 13, 19; cf. Lact. 3, 29. —
    II.
    Act.
    A.
    To blow again from one ' s self, to blow or breathe out:

    (aër) cum ducitur atque reflatur,

    is breathed out, exhaled, Lucr. 4, 938:

    spiritum, folles,

    to blow out, Lampr. Heliog. 25:

    sucositatem,

    to evaporate, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 29. —
    B.
    To blow or puff out again:

    laciniam (ventus),

    App. M. 10, p. 254, 9; cf.:

    reflato sinu,

    id. ib. 4, p. 158 fin.:

    signum veste reflatum,

    id. ib. 2, p. 116, 7.

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  • 19 subinflo

    sŭb-inflo, āre, 1, v. a., to puff up somewhat; pass. subinflari, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 4, 71.—Rare, except in part., somewhat puffed up or inflated (late Lat.):

    vultus,

    Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 2 sq.:

    pulsus,

    id. ib. 1, 6:

    pectus,

    Arn. 2, 46.

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  • 20 tumefacio

    tŭmĕ-făcĭo, fēci, factum, 3, v. a. [tumeo], to cause to swell, to tumefy ( poet.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    vis fera ventorum... Extentam tumefecit humum,

    Ov. M. 15, 303:

    tumefactus pontus,

    id. ib. 11, 518.—
    II.
    Trop., to swell or puff up, to inflate with pride, etc.:

    num me laetitiā tumefactum fallis inani?

    Prop. 3, 6 (4, 5), 3:

    ut nostris tumefacta superbiat Umbria libris,

    id. 4 (5), 1, 63:

    dum nimium vano tumefactus nomine gaudes,

    Mart. 4, 11, 1.

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  • Puff — Puff, v. t. 1. To drive with a puff, or with puffs. [1913 Webster] The clearing north will puff the clouds away. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously. [1913 Webster] I puff the prostitute away. Dryden. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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