in-flo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to blow into or upon any thing, to inflate.
I Lit.
A In gen.: age, jam infla buccas, Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 26: ex ore in os palumbi inflare aquam, Cato R. R. 90: tumidoque inflatur carbasus Austro, is swelled , Verg. A. 3, 357: merito quin illis Juppiter ambas Iratus buccas inflet, should in a rage puff up both his cheeks , Hor. S. 1, 1, 21: inflant (corpus) omnia fere legumina, make flatulent , Cels. 2, 26.—
B In partic., to play upon a wind instrument: inflare cavas cicutas, Lucr. 5, 1383: calamos leves, Verg. E. 5, 2.— Absol. , to blow : simul inflavit tibicen, a perito carmen agnoscitur, Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 86.— With cognate acc. : sonum, Cic. de Or. 3, 60, 225. —
II Trop., to puff up , inflate : spe falsa animos, Cic. Pis. 36, 89: regis spem (with erigere animos), Liv. 35, 42, 5: animos ad intolerabilem superbiam, id. 45, 31, 31; 37, 26, 4: purpuratis solita vanitate spem ejus inflantibus, Curt. 3, 2, 10; 5, 10, 3: crescentem tumidis infla sermonibus utrem, Hor. S. 2, 5, 98: ipse erit gloriā inflandus, Quint. 11, 1 med. — Absol. , of speech: Antipater paulo inflavit vehementius, blew a little too hard , Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 6.—Of music: illi qui fecerunt modos, a quibus aliquid extenuatur, inflatur, variatur, id. de Or. 3, 26, 102 fin. : et ea (medicamenta) quae ob caritatem emendi mulo inedicorum cupiditas inflaverat, puffed , bepraised , Veg. Vet. 4, 7, 4.— Hence, inflātus , a, um, P. a., blown into , filled with blowing.
A Lit.: si tibiae inflatae non referant sonum, Cic. Brut. 51, 192: bucina cecinit jussos inflata receptus, Ov. M. 1, 340: nolo verba inflata et quasi anhelata gravius exire, with a too great expenditure of breath , Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 40.—
2 Transf., swelled up , swollen , puffed up : serpens inflato collo, Cic. Vatin. 2, 4: bucca inflatior, Suet. Rhet. 5: inflatum hesterno venas Iaccho, Verg. E. 6, 15: Volturnus amnis inflatus aquis, swollen , enlarged , Liv. 23, 19, 4: amnes, id. 40, 33, 2: capilli, hanging loose , dishevelled , Ov. A. A. 3, 145: inflata rore non Achaico turba, Verg. Cat. 7, 2. — Comp. : vestis inflatior, Tert. Pall. 4 med. —
B Trop.
1 In gen., puffed up , inflated , haughty , proud : quibus illi rebus elati et inflati non continebantur, Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97: inflatus et tumens animus, id. Tusc. 3, 9, 19: inflata spe atque animis, id. Mur. 15, 33: promissis, id. ib. 24, 49: laetitia atque insolentia, id. Phil. 14, 6, 15: jactatione, Liv. 29, 37, 9: assensionibus, id. 24, 6, 8: estne quisquam tanto inflatus errore, Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 116: opinionibus, id. Off. 1, 26, 91: his opinionibus animus, Liv. 6, 11, 6, 6, 18, 5: vana spe, id. 35, 49, 4: vano nuntio, id. 24, 32, 3: successu tantae rei, id. 37, 12, 4: legionum numero, Vell. 2, 80, 2: superbus et inflatus, Juv. 8, 72: elatus inflatusque, Suet. Ner. 37.— Comp. : juvenis inflatior, Liv. 39, 53, 8.—
2 In partic., of style, inflated , turgid : Attici pressi et integri, Asiani inflati et inanes, Quint. 12, 10, 16: inflatus et tumidus, Tac. Or. 18: Callimachus, Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 32; Suet. Rhet. 2.— Hence, adv.: inflātē , only in comp. , haughtily , proudly , pompously : aliquid latius atque inflatius perscribere, Caes. B. C. 2, 17, 3: inflatius commemorare, id. ib. 2, 39, 4: inflatius multo, quam res erat gesta, fama percrebuerat, id. ib. 3, 79, 4: fabulari inflatius, Amm. 22, 16, 10.