ĭn-hālo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a.,
I to breathe at or upon : cerae, Lact. Ira D. 10, 20: alicui popinam, the smell of food that has been eaten , Cic. Pis. 6, 13. —
B To breathe the odor of something: inhalantes horti floribus, Ambros. Hexaëm. 5, 21, 69. —
II Transf., to breathe upon , as a magical rite: surculis et lapillis inhalatis, Ap. Met. 2, 5, 11.