hālo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a., to breathe (poet.; cf.: feo, spiro).
I Neutr. , to breathe , to emit vapor or fragrance , be fragrant : invitent croceis halantes floribus horti, Verg. G. 4, 109: ture calent arae sertisque recentibus halant, id. A. 1, 417.—
II Act. , to breathe out , exhale : et nardi florem, nectar qui naribus halat, Lucr. 2, 848; 6, 221; 391; Mart. 10, 48.