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con-flo , āvi, ātum, 1,
I.v. a., to blow together, to blow up, stir up.
I. Of fire, to kindle, light.
A. Prop.: “ignem,Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 59; Plin. 35, 11, 40, §§ “138 and 143: incendium,Liv. 26, 27, 6.—In medic. lang.: “intestina conflata,inflamed, Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 2, 18.—
B. Trop.
1. Of the passions, to kindle, inflame: “conflatus amore Ignis,Lucr. 1, 474: “invidiam inimico,Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 23; id. Cael. 12, 29; Sall. C. 49, 4: “conjurationem,Suet. Ner. 36: cf.: “ingens ac terribile bellum,Vell. 2, 55; cf. Flor. 1, 24, 1.—
II. Meton. (causa pro effectu), to melt, fuse metals, etc., to melt down (most freq. after the Aug. per.): “argentum, aes Cyprium et sulphur in fictili,Plin. 33, 9, 46, § 131; 7, 56, 57, § 197: “argentum (fulmine),Sen. Q. N. 2, 31, 1; Dig. 41, 1, 7, § 8: “simulacra ex argento et auro fabricata,Suet. Ner. 32: “argenteas statuas,id. Aug. 52; Plin. 34, 6, 14, § 30: “vasa aurea,Suet. Aug. 71: “coronam auream,id. Galb. 12: “falces in ensem,Verg. G. 1, 508: “victorias aureas in usum belli,Quint. 9, 2, 92: vitrum, i. e. make glass, Hadr. Imp. ap. Vop. Saturn. 8, 6.
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