flābellum, i, n. dim. [flabrum], a small fan or fly-flap.
I Lit.: cape hoc flabellum, et ventulum huic sic facito, Ter. Eun. 595; 598; Mart. 3, 82, 10; for this a peacock's tail was used, Prop. 2, 24 (3, 18), 11; Hier. Ep. 27, 13.—*
II Trop.: cujus lingua quasi flabello seditionis, illa tum est egentium concio ventilata, an exciter , Cic. Fl. 23, 54.