follĭco, no perf., ātum, 1, v. n. [follis],
to expand and contract one's self like a pair of bellows (post-Aug. and rare): animalia follicent, Veg. Vet. 5, 75, 1.—Usu. in the part. praes. : muli senes ... follicantes nares languidas, Ap. Met. 9, 13, 5; chamaeleon oscitans vescitur, follicans ruminat, Tert. Pall. 3: laxae manicae, caligae follicantes, loose , Hier. Ep. 22, 34.