flatus

flātus ūs, m

flo, a blowing, breathing, snorting : complere sedilia flatu (sc. tibiae), H.: flatūs austri, Ct.: flatu secundo Carbasa mota sonant, O.: sui flatūs ne sonet aura, cavet, of his breath , O.— Fig., a breath, breeze : prospero flatu fortunae uti. —Plur, pride, haughtiness : flatūs remittat, V.