proflo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

prō-flo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to blow forth, breathe out.

I Lit. (poet.): leo proflat ferus ore calores, Q. Cic. poët. ap. Aus. Ecl.: flammas, Ov. F. 1, 573; Val. Fl. 7, 571: pectore sanguineos rivos, Stat. Th. 11, 266.—

B Transf., to melt , liquefy by blowing (postAug.): massa proflatur in primis, mox in proflatum additur, etc., Plin. 34, 9, 20, § 97. —

II Trop., to blow or breathe out (poet. and post-Aug.): noctem Tartaream pectore, Val. Fl. 6, 435: toto proflabat pectore somnum, i.e. was snoring , Verg. A. 9, 326: iras, i.e. to puff and blow , to fret , fume , Plin. 8, 4, 5, § 9.—

B To puff out : nares, Ap. Met. 7, 13, 8.

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