rĕ-flo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a.
I Neutr. , to blow back , blow contrary.
A Lit.: reflantibus ventis, Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 119: Etesiae valde reflant, id. Att. 6, 7, 2: antra, Sid. Ep. 9, 13: ventorum procellae reflantium, Amm. 19, 10; 22, 8. — Poet.: pelagus respargit, reflat, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 89 (Trag. Rel. p. 158 Rib.).—
B Trop.: cum prospero flatu ejus (fortunae) utimur, ad exitus pervehimur optatos et, cum reflavit, affligimur, Cic. Off. 2, 6, 19: reflante fortunā, Amm. 31, 13, 19; cf. Lact. 3, 29. —
II Act.
A To blow again from one’s self , to blow or breathe out : (aër) cum ducitur atque reflatur, is breathed out , exhaled , Lucr. 4, 938: spiritum, folles, to blow out , Lampr. Heliog. 25: sucositatem, to evaporate , Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 29. —
B To blow or puff out again : laciniam (ventus), Ap. Met. 10, 31, 7; cf.: reflato sinu, id. ib. 4, 35, 12; signum veste reflatum, id. ib. 2, 4, 8.