ventĭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [ventulus],
I to toss , swing , brandish in the air; to fan.
I Lit.
A In gen.: facem, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 50: arma, Mart. 5, 31, 4: aureos nummos manu, Ap. Met. 2, 26, 16.— Absol. : quam stultum est, cum signum pugnae acceperis, ventilare! Sen. Ep. 117, 25: aliud est pugnare, aliud ventilare, id. Excerpt. Contr. 3 praef. med. : cubitum utrumque in diversum latus, Quint. 11, 3, 118: populeas ventilat aura comas, fans , sways , agitates , Ov. Am. 1, 7, 54: incendia (flatus), i. e. to fan , inflame , kindle , Sil. 17, 507: frigus, fans coolness upon him , i. e. cools him with fanning , Mart. 3, 82, 10.— Absol. : aestate apertis foribus atque etiam aliquo ventilante cubabat, Suet. Aug. 82: ventilat aestivum digitis sudantibus aurum, i. e. tosses to and fro (as it were) in order to cool it , Juv. 1, 28: alis, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 109.—Mid.: alio atque alio positu ventilari, to move one's self , Sen. Tranq. 2, 10.—
B In partic., econom. t. t., to toss grain into the air , in order to cleanse it from chaff, to winnow , Varr. R. R. 1, 55, 6; Col. 12, 30, 1; 1, 6, 16; Plin. 18, 30, 73, § 302; 18, 32, 75, § 322.—
II Trop., to set in motion , to move , disturo , agitate , disquiet : cujus lingua quasi flabello seditionis illa tum est egentium contio ventilata, * Cic. Fl. 23, 54: nomen alicujus pro tribunalibus, i. e. to bring forward , Ap. Mag. p. 337, 30: vitam insontium Manibus accitis, Cod. Th. 9, 16, 5; Cod. Just. 9, 18, 6.