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1 vannus
vannus ī, f a fan, van, winnow: mystica Iacchi, borne in the festival of Bacchus, V.* * * -
2 evanno
evannere, -, - V TRANSwinnow out; cast out (the chaff from fan leaving the grain) -
3 eventilo
eventilare, eventilavi, eventilatus V TRANSwinnow thoroughly; fan away; fan (L+S); set in motion (air) -
4 evallo
1.ē-vallo, āvi, 1, v. a. [vallum], to cast out (only in the foll. passages): nos foras, Varr. ap. Non. 102, 6:2.aliquem,
Titin. ib. 5 (Rib. Com. Fragm. p. 144).ē-vallo, ĕre, v. a. [2. vallus], to winnow out, to cleanse from the husks, to husk, to hull, Plin. 18, 10, 23, §§ 97 and 99. -
5 evanno
I.Lit.:* II.acus,
Varr. R. R. 1, 52 fin. —Transf., to cast out: aliquem, Pompon. ap. Non. 19, 23 (Rib. Com. Fragm. p. 239). -
6 eventilo
I.Lit.:* II.(aërem graviorem) emendant assiduo linteorum jactatu eventilando,
Plin. 31, 3, 28, § 49; cf. Just. 44, 1 fin.: frumenta, to winnow, i. e. to purify by winnowing, Col. 1, 6, 23.— -
7 vanno
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8 ventilo
I.Lit.A.In gen.:B.facem,
Prop. 4 (5), 3, 50:arma,
Mart. 5, 31, 4:aureos nummos manu,
App. M. 2, p. 126, 14.— Absol.:quam stultum est, cum signum pugnae acceperis, ventilare!
Sen. Ep. 117, 25:aliud est pugnare, aliud ventilare,
id. Excerpt. Contr. 3 praef. med.:cubitum utrumque in diversum latus,
Quint. 11, 3, 118:populeas ventilat aura comas,
fans, sways, agitates, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 54:incendia (flatus),
i. e. to fan, inflame, kindle, Sil. 17, 507: frigus, fans coolness upon him, i. e. cools him with fanning, Mart. 3, 82, 10.— Absol.:aestate apertis foribus atque etiam aliquo ventilante cubabat,
Suet. Aug. 82: ventilat aestivum digitis sudantibus aurum, i. e. tosses to and fro (as it were) in order to cool it, Juv. 1, 28:alis,
Claud. in Eutr. 1, 109.—Mid.:alio atque alio positu ventilari,
to move one's self, Sen. Tranq. 2, 10.—In partic., econom. t. t., to toss grain into the air, in order to cleanse it from chaff, to winnow, Varr. R. R. 1, 55, 6; Col. 12, 30, 1; 1, 6, 16; Plin. 18, 30, 73, § 302; 18, 32, 75, § 322.—II.Trop., to set in motion, to move, disturo, agitate, disquiet: cujus lingua quasi flabello seditionis illa tum est egentium contio ventilata, * Cic. Fl. 23, 54:nomen alicujus pro tribunalibus,
i. e. to bring forward, App. Mag. p. 337, 30: vitam insontium Manibus accitis, Cod. Th. 9, 16, 5; Cod. Just. 9, 18, 6.
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winnow — index cull, distinguish, screen (select), select, separate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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