flo

flōs, ōris, m. [root fla-; Gr. ek-phlainô, to stream forth; cf. phlasmos; Lat. flare, flamen, etc., v. flo], a blossom, flower.

Lit.:

suaves flores,

Lucr. 1, 8:

juvat novos decerpere flores,

id. 1, 928:

novi,

Hor. C. 4, 1, 32:

recentes,

id. ib. 3, 27, 44:

verni,

id. ib. 2, 11, 9:

florum omnium varietas,

Cic. de Sen. 15, 54:

suavitas odorum, qui afflarentur e floribus,

id. ib. 17, 59:

laetissimi flores,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:

ninguntque rosarum Floribus,

Lucr. 2, 628:

flores rosae, rosarum,

Hor. C. 2, 3, 14; 3, 29, 3; 4, 10, 4:

piabunt floribus et vino Genium,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; cf.:

fons Bandusiae, dulci digne mero non sine floribus,

id. C. 3, 13, 2:

nitidum caput impedire myrto Aut flore,

id. ib. 1, 4, 10:

recte necne crocum floresque perambulet Attae Fabula, si dubitem, etc.,

the stage strewed with flowers, id. Ep. 2, 1, 79:

carduus florem purpureum mittit inter medios aculeos,

puts forth, Plin. 20, 23, 99, § 262; cf. id. 21, 6, 17, § 31:

legere,

Ov. M. 4, 315.—

Transf.

The honey of flowers sucked out by the bees:

rure levis verno flores apis ingerit alveo, Conpleat ut dulci sedula melle favos,

Tib. 2, 1, 49; Verg. G. 4, 39; Plin. 11, 7, 7, § 17.—

In gen., like the Gr. anthos, for whatever forms either the best part or the highest part of a thing (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose).—

The flower of any thing, i. e. the prime or best part, also the best kind of any thing: postquam est honoratus frugum et floris Liberi, the bouquet or flavor of wine, Pac. ap. Non. 498, 12; so,

vini (Bacchi),

Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 1; id. Cas. 3, 5, 16; Lucr. 3, 221.— The best kind of oil, Plin. 15, 6, 6, § 23; of wax, id. 21, 14, 49, § 84; of rosin, id. 14, 20, 25, § 124; of salt, id. 13, 1, 2, § 14; Cato, R. R. 88, 2; of meal, Plin. 18, 9, 20, § 86 et saep.; of cream, Vitr. 8, 3; of the finest dish: cenae, Favorin. ap. Gell. 15, 8, 2.—

The highest part, the top, crown, head of a thing.—Of the froth of wine, Cato, R. R. 11, 2; Col. 12, 30; Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 136.—The blisters, scales that are formed in smelting metals, id. 34, 11, 24, § 107; the upper dust of marble or gypsum, Col. 12, 20, 8.— Poet. of the first downy hairs of the beard: nunc primum opacat flore lanugo genas, Pac. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. genas, p. 94 Müll. N. cr.; Verg. A. 8, 160; Luc. 6, 562:

ante genas dulces quam flos juvenilis inumbret,

Claud. in Prob. Cons. Pan. 69.—Donec flammai fulserunt flore coorto, a tip or flash of flame, Lucr. 1, 900.—

In archit., carved flowers placed as ornaments on a Corinthian capital, Vitr. 4, 1, 12; on a cupola, id. 4, 8.

Trop., the flower, crown, ornament of any thing (class.; a favorite flg. of Cic.).

In gen.:

ea tempestate flos poëtarum fuit (Plautus),

Plaut. Cas. prol. 18:

sic omnis fetus repressus, exustusque siti flos veteris ubertatis exaruit,

Cic. Brut. 4, 16:

(Ennius) flos delibatus populi... qua (eloquentia) virum excellentem praeclare tum illi homines florem populi esse dixerunt,

id. ib. 15, 58 sq. (cf. Enn. Ann. v. 309 ed. Vahl.):

flos nobilitatis ac juventutis,

id. Phil. 2, 15, 37; so, legatorum, id. Fl. 26, 61:

versaris in optimorum civium vel flore vel robore,

id. Or. 10, 34; cf.:

quod floris, quod roboris in juventute fuerat, amiserant,

Liv. 37, 12, 7:

ex morbo velut renovatus flos juventae,

id. 28, 35, 7; 26, 2, 6; Curt. 3, 5, 8:

provincia Galliae... ille flos Italiae, illud firmamentum imperii populi Romani, illud ornamentum dignitatis,

Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13:

flos dignitatis,

id. Balb. 6, 15; cf.:

ego te, Crasse, cum vitae flore, tum mortis opportunitate, divino consilio et ortum et exstinctum esse arbitror,

splendor, glory, id. de Or. 3, 3, 12:

in ipso Graeciae flore,

in the very flower, the most flourishing condition, id. N. D. 3, 33, 82:

flos aetatis,

the flower of one's age, the prime of life, Lucr. 3, 770; 5, 847; cf.:

non venirem contra gratiam, non virtutis spe, sed aetatis flore collectam,

Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 3.— Without aetas: Pa. Anni? Ch. Anni? Sedecim. Pa. Flos ipse, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 28:

viridissimo flore puella,

Cat. 17, 14:

in flore primo tantae indolis juvenis exstinctus est,

Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 5:

in flore virium se credens esse,

Liv. 42, 15, 2:

primus flos animi,

youthful vigor, Stat. Ach. 1, 625;

but also: flos animi,

ripe age, Sen. Ep. 26:

videmus Vergilium ea de causa hortorum dotes fugisse, et e tantis, quae retulit, flores modo rerum decerpsisse,

i. e. the choicest, best, Plin. H. N. 14 praef. § 7.—

Transf.: flos aetatis, maidenly or youthful innocence (of girls or boys), virginity:

(virgo) cum castum amisit polluto corpore florem,

Cat. 62, 46:

Hasdrubal flore aetatis, uti ferunt, primo Hamilcari conciliatus,

Liv. 21, 2, 3; cf. id. 21, 3, 4:

florem aetatis (Caesaris) in Bithynia contaminatum,

Suet. Caes. 49.—

In partic., of speech, a flower, embellishment, ornament:

ut porro conspersa sit (oratio) quasi verborum sententiarumque floribus, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 96:

flos aut lumen eloquentiae,

id. Brut. 17, 66; cf.:

nullus flos tamen neque lumen ullum (in M. Crassi oratione),

id. ib. 66, 233:

florem et colorem defuisse,

id. ib. 87, 298:

alia copia locuples, alia floribus laeta,

Quint. 8, 3, 87:

male audire... nimiis floribus et ingenii affluentia,

id. 12, 10, 13.

follis, is, m. [cf. flo].

Lit.

A pair of bellows:

formae, quas vos effici sine follibus et sine incudibus non putatis,

Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54; cf.:

folle fabrili flando accenderunt,

Liv. 38, 7, 12; Verg. G. 4, 171; id. A. 8, 449: Hor. S. 1, 4, 19; Pers. 5, 11.—

A playing-ball inflated with wind, a windball:

ego te follem pugillatorium faciam, et pendentem incursabo pugnis,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 16:

folle decet pueros ludere, folle senes,

Mart. 14, 47, 2; 4, 19, 5; cf. folliculus, I. B.—

A leathern money-bag:

et tenso folle reverti Inde domum possis,

Juv. 14, 281; so Dig. 35, 1, 82; Veg. Mil. 2, 20; Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23.—

Transf., a small piece of money:

centum folles aeris,

Lampr. Heliog. 22:

quinquaginta folles petere,

Aug. Civ. D. 22, 8; id. adv. Crescent. 3, 29.—

A cushion or pillow inflated with air, a wind-cushion, Lampr. Heliog. 25, 2.—

Transf., the stomach:

devorata in follem ventris recondere,

Macr. S. 7, 4.— Poet., puffed cheeks:

tunc immensa cavi spirant (causidici) mendacia folles,

Juv. 7, 111.

inflātus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from inflo.

inflātus, ūs, m. [in-flo], a blowing into, a blast.

Lit.:

eae (tibiae) si inflatum non recipiunt,

Cic. Brut. 51, 192:

primo inflatu tibicinis,

id. Ac. 4, 7, 20.—

Trop., a breathing into, inspiration:

aliquo instinctu inflatuque divino,

Cic. Div. 1, 6, 12.

in-flo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to blow into or upon any thing, to inflate.

Lit.

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.—

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. —

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.

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.—

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. —

Trop.

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.—

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.

per-flo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n., to blow through or over (not in Cæs.).

Act.:

cum venti nubila perflant,

Lucr. 6, 132; cf. id. 6, 136, and Ov. R. Am. 369:

unde (nubilarium) commodissime perflari possit,

Varr. R. R. 1, 13:

venti terras turbine perflant,

Verg. A. 1, 83:

colles, qui cum perflantur ipsi, tum adferunt umbram vallibus,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11:

granaria perflari undique malunt,

Plin. 18, 30, 73, § 302:

murmura conchā,

to sound by blowing through, Luc. 9, 348:

perflata est terra austro,

Vulg. Job, 37, 17.—

Neutr., to blow through, to blow, Col. 2, 21, 5:

perflantibus undique procellis,

Plin. 2, 107, 111, § 240.

prō-flātus, ūs, m. [pro-flo].

Lit., a blowing, breeze (post-Aug.):

aestivo proflatu refrigerari,

Col. 5, 9, 7.—

Transf., a snoring:

proflatu terrebat equos,

Stat. Th. 10, 320.

prō-flo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to blow forth, breathe out.

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.—

Transf., to melt, liquefy by blowing (postAug.): massa proflatur in primis, mox in [p. 1459] proflatum additur, etc., Plin. 34, 9, 20, § 97. —

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.—

To puff out:

nares,

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

rĕ-flo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a.

Neutr., to blow back, blow contrary.

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.).—

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. —

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. —

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.

spīro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [etym. dub.].

Neutr., to breathe, blow, etc. (cf. flo).

Lit.

In gen. (only poet. and in postAug. prose):

freta circum Fervescunt graviter spirantibus incita flabris,

Lucr. 6, 428; Ov. M. 7, 532:

obturatis, quā spiraturus est ventus, cavernis,

Plin. 8, 38, 58, § 138:

emicat ex oculis, spiratque e pectore flamma,

breathes forth, bursts forth, Ov. M. 8, 356:

aequatae spirant aurae,

Verg. A. 5, 844:

graviter spirantis copia thymbrae,

strongscented, Verg. G. 4, 31; cf.:

semper odoratis spirabunt floribus arae,

Stat. S. 3, 3, 211:

seu spirent cinnama surdum,

emit a slight fragrance, Pers. 6, 35:

quā vada non spirant, nec fracta remurmurat unda,

roar, rage, Verg. A. 10, 291; cf.:

fervet fretis spirantibus aequor,

boiling up, foaming, id. G. 1, 327.—

In partic., to breathe, draw breath, respire (the class. signif. of the word; cf.

anhelo): cum spirantes mixtas hinc ducimus auras,

Lucr. 6, 1129:

quae deseri a me, dum quidem spirare potero, nefas judico,

Cic. N. D. 3, 40, 94:

ne spirare quidem sine metu possunt,

id. Rosc. Am. 23, 65; id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 1:

vehementer et crebro spirare,

Cels. 2, 4:

querulum spirat,

breathes plaintively, Mart. 2, 26, 1.—

Transf.

Like the Engl. to breathe, = to live, be alive (usu. in the part. pres.):

sunt qui ab eo (Clodio) spirante forum putent potuisse defendi, cujus non restiterit cadaveri curia (corresp. to vivus),

Cic. Mil. 33, 91:

ut in vivi etiam et spirantis capite bustum imponeret,

id. Dom. 52, 134; cf.:

margarita viva ac spirantia saxis avelli,

Tac. Agr. 12 fin.:

Catilina inter hostium cadavera repertus est, paululum etiam spirans,

Sall. C. 61, 4:

spirantia consulit exta,

still panting, Verg. A. 4, 64:

artus,

Luc. 3, 732:

corpora,

id. 1, 363:

non sunt ausi admovere (corpori), velut spiranti, manus,

Curt. 10, 10, 13; Sil. 2, 430; cf. in verb. finit.:

spirant venae corque adhuc paviduin salit,

Sen. Thyest. 756.—

Of aspirated letters:

quibus (litteris) nullae apud eos dulcius spirant,

sound, Quint. 12, 10, 27.—

Trop.

(Acc. to I. A. 1.) To be favorable, to favor (the fig. taken from a favorable wind):

quod si tam facilis spiraret Cynthia nobis,

Prop. 2, 24 (3, 18), 5:

di maris et terrae... spirate secundi,

Verg. A. 3, 529.—

(Acc. to I. A. 2.) To breathe, live, be alive:

videtur Laelii mens spirare etiam in scriptis, Galbae autem vis occidisse,

Cic. Brut. 24, 94; cf.:

spirat adhuc amor Vivuntque calores Aeoliae puellae,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 10.—Of life-like representations by painting, sculpture, etc.:

excudent alii spirantia mollius aera,

Verg. A. 6, 847:

Parii lapidis spirantia signa,

id. G. 3, 34:

spirat et arguta picta tabella manu,

Mart. 7, 84, 2; 11, 10, 7.—

To be poetically inspired, to have the lyric spirit:

quod spiro, et placeo, si placeo, tuum est,

Hor. C. 4, 3, 24 (Orell. ad loc.).—

Spirare alte, altius, to be puffed up, proud, or arrogant, Flor. 2, 2, 27:

Eusebium alte spirantem addixere poenae,

Amm. 22, 3, 12.—

Act., to breathe out, exhale, emit (mostly poet. and post-Aug.; not in Cic.; syn. exhalo).

Lit.:

Diomedis equi spirantes naribus ignem,

Lucr. 5, 29:

flammam spirantes ore Chimaerae,

id. 2, 705; so,

flammas spirantes boves,

Liv. 22, 17:

flamina,

Ov. F. 4, 18:

Zephyros spirare secundos,

Verg. A. 4, 562:

tenuem animam,

to breathe feebly, Val. Fl. 4, 436:

ambrosiaeque comae divinum vertice odorem Spiravere,

exhaled, Verg. A. 1, 404; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 81.—

Trop., to breathe forth, exhale:

pinguia Poppaeana,

Juv. 6, 466:

mendacia,

id. 7, 111:

ut vidit vastos telluris hiatus Divinam spirare fidem (i. e. oracula),

Luc. 5, 83.—

To breathe into:

ficto Corpori animam,

Lact. 2, 11, 3.—

Transf., like the Engl. to breathe, i. e. to be full of; to show, express, manifest; to design, intend a thing ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose): tantum spirantes aequo certamine bellum. [p. 1744] Lucr. 5, 392:

mollem spirare quietem,

Prop. 1, 3, 7:

quae spirabat amores,

Hor. C. 4, 13, 19:

inquietum hominem et tribunatum etiam nunc spirantem,

Liv. 3, 46:

fratris facta spirans,

imitating, Sil. 15, 411; cf.:

fratrem spirat in armis,

id. 3, 740:

spirantes proelia dira effigies,

id. 17, 398.— Often with neutr. adj. used adverb.:

magnum,

Prop. 2, 15 (3, 7), 53:

majora,

Curt. 6, 9, 11:

immane,

Verg. A. 7, 510:

tragicum satis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 166; cf. id. C. 4, 3, 24:

quiddam indomitum,

Flor. 1, 22, 1:

cruenta,

Amm. 16, 1, 5.

suf-flo ( subflo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. (rare; not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Act., to blow forth from below; to blow up, puff out, inflate.

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.—

To blow upon:

ignes,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 79:

gladiatores decrepiti, quos si sufflasses, cecidissent,

Petr. 45, 11:

prunas,

Vulg. Isa. 54, 16.—

Trop.:

nescio quid se sufflavit uxori suae,

i. e. got enraged, Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 19.—

Neutr., to blow, puff at or upon any thing.

Lit.:

sufflavit buccis suis,

Mart. 3, 17, 4:

rubetae arrepentes foribus (alveorum) per eas sufflant,

Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 62.—

Trop.:

suffla: sum candidus,

puff yourself up, Pers. 4, 20.—Hence, suf-flātus, a, um, P. a.

Lit., puffed up, bloated: sufflato corpore esse, Varr. ap. Non. 395, 8.—

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.

suf-flo ( subflo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. (rare; not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Act., to blow forth from below; to blow up, puff out, inflate.

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.—

To blow upon:

ignes,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 79:

gladiatores decrepiti, quos si sufflasses, cecidissent,

Petr. 45, 11:

prunas,

Vulg. Isa. 54, 16.—

Trop.:

nescio quid se sufflavit uxori suae,

i. e. got enraged, Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 19.—

Neutr., to blow, puff at or upon any thing.

Lit.:

sufflavit buccis suis,

Mart. 3, 17, 4:

rubetae arrepentes foribus (alveorum) per eas sufflant,

Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 62.—

Trop.:

suffla: sum candidus,

puff yourself up, Pers. 4, 20.—Hence, suf-flātus, a, um, P. a.

Lit., puffed up, bloated: sufflato corpore esse, Varr. ap. Non. 395, 8.—

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.