sufflāmĭno, āre, v. a. [sufflamen], to hold back by a clog, to clog, check. *
I Lit.: rotam Ixionis, Sen. Lud. Mort. Claud. (Apocol.) 14, 3.—*
II Trop., to stay , check , repress in speaking: tanta illi erat velocitas orationis, ut vitium fieret. Itaque D. Augustus optime dixit, Aterius noster sufflaminandus est, Sen. Exc. Contr. 4, praef. § 7.