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flātus , ūs, m. flo,
I.a blowing, breathing, snorting (mostly poet.; syn.: flamen, flabra, ventus, aura).
B. Transf., concr., the breath of life, the soul, Prud. στεφ. 3, 168.—
II. Trop.
A. A breath, breeze (the fig. being taken from wind): “cum prospero flatu fortunae utimur, ad exitus pervehimur optatos,Cic. Off. 2, 6, 19: “ad id, unde aliquis flatus ostenditur, vela do,id. de Or. 2, 44, 187. —
B. Pride, haughtiness (mostly in plur.): “det libertatem fandi flatusque remittat,Verg. A. 11, 346; Ov. A. A. 1, 715; Val. Fl. 3, 699; Stat. Th. 1, 321; 3, 192.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (13):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 13.418
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 15.302
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 11.346
    • Vergil, Georgics, 3.111
    • Vergil, Georgics, 2.339
    • Suetonius, Divus Claudius, 32
    • Horace, Ars Poetica, 205
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 14.226
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.44
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 2.6
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 3.699
    • Statius, Thebias, 1
    • Ovid, Fasti, 1
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