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.—
2. In gen., to bring about, effect, accomplish, bring together, raise, procure; to produce, cause, occasion, etc. (a favorite trope in Cic. and the histt.): “quibus ex rebus conflatur et efficitur id, quod quaerimus, honestum,” Cic. Off. 1, 4, 14; cf. id. Cael. 5, 12: “ut una ex duabus naturis conflata videatur,” id. N. D. 2, 39, 100: “saepe ex Malo principio magna familiaritas Conflata est,” Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 36: “rem divitiasque sanguine civili,” Lucr. 3, 70: “sensum communibus motibus,” id. 3, 335; cf.: “consensus conspirans et paene conflatus,” melted together, united, Cic. Lig. 12, 34: “testes odio, invidiā, gratiā, pecuniā,” Quint. 5, 7, 23: “injuriam novo scelere,” Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 1: “exercitum,” id. Phil. 4, 6, 15; Vell. 2, 74, 2; Flor. 3, 19, 10: “pecuniam,” Cic. Sest. 30, 66: “aes alienum grande,” Sall. C. 14, 2; 24, 3: “accusationem et judicium,” Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 47, § 116; cf. “judicia,” Liv. 3, 36, 8: “egestatem rei familiaris luxuriā,” Flor. 4, 1, 1: “cladem hominum generi,” Lucr. 6, 1091: “alicui periculum,” Cic. Sull. 4, 13: “alicui negotium,” Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 135: “in se tantum crimen,” id. ib. 2, 2, 29, § 73.—
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.
