I. Act., to breathe out, exhale, evaporate (class.): “exhalantque lacus nebulam,” Lucr. 5, 463: “nebulam, fumos,” Verg. G. 2, 217; Ov. M. 11, 597: “caliginem,” Plin. 2, 42, 42, § 111: “mortiferum spiritum,” id. 2, 93, 95, § 208; cf.: “pruina jam exhalata,” Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 12: edormi crapulam et exhala, let the fumes pass off, i. e. get sober, Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 30: “crapulam,” Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 11, § 28; cf. id. Phil. 2, 17, 42; Lucil. ap. Non. 164, 33; cf. Amm. 14, 9, 1: “odores (ara),” Lucr. 2, 417: “flammam (Aetna),” Ov. M. 15, 343: “animam (i. e. vitam),” to die, id. ib. 5, 62; 6, 247; 7, 861; “11, 43: omni bellorum pompa animam exhalare opimam,” Juv. 10, 281; so, “vitam,” Verg. A. 2, 562: “supremam lucem,” Sil. 10, 154: “animas,” Vulg. Thren. 2, 12.—
II. Neutr.
A. To breathe out, i. e. expire: “hic illic, ubi mors deprenderat, exhalantes,” Ov. M. 7, 581: “invenitur aliquis qui velit perire membratim quam semel exhalare?” Sen. Ep. 101, 14.—
B. Transf., to steam (poet. and very rarely): “vapore altaria,” Lucr. 3, 432: “exhalant vestes,” Stat. Th. 10, 108.
