suf-flo (subflo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. (rare; not in Cic. or Caes.).
I Act. , to blow forth from below; to blow up , puff out , inflate.
A Lit.: age, tibicen, refer ad labeas tibias, Suffla celeriter tibi buccas, quasi proserpens bestia, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 42: venae ubi sufflatae sunt ex cibo, Cato R. R. 157, 7: sufflata cutis, Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 138.—
2 To blow upon : ignes, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 79: gladiatores decrepiti, quos si sufflasses, cecidissent, Petr. 45, 11: prunas, Vulg. Isa. 54, 16.—*
B Trop.: nescio quid se sufflavit uxori suae, i. e. got enraged , Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 19.—
II Neutr. , to blow , puff at or upon any thing.
A Lit.: sufflavit buccis suis, Mart. 3, 17, 4: rubetae arrepentes foribus (alveorum) per eas sufflant, Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 62.—*
B Trop.: suffla: sum candidus, puff yourself up , Pers. 4, 20.
VIII —Hence, suf-flātus , a, um, P. a.
A Lit., puffed up , bloated : sufflato corpore esse, Varr. ap. Non. 395, 8.—
B Trop., blown out , puffed up , bloated , inflated with anger or pride; of language, inflated , tumid , pompous , bombastic : sufflatus ille huc veniet, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 21: neque auro aut genere aut multiplici scientiā Sufflatus, Varr. ap. Non. 46, 31: (figura) recte videbitur appellari, si sufflata nominabitur, Auct. Her. 4, 10, 15; cf.: sufflati atque tumidi (in dicendo), Gell. 7, 14, 5.— Comp. , sup. , and adv. do not occur.