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ef-flo , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.,
I.to blow or breathe out (mostly poet. and post-Aug. prose).
I. Act.
A. In gen.: “(Sol) suos efflavit ignes,” Lucr. 5, 652; cf.: “ignes Aetnaeos faucibus,” Verg. A. 7, 786: “ignes ore et naribus,” Ov. M. 2, 85: “lucem elatis naribus (equi solis),” Verg. A. 12, 115: “mare patulis naribus,” Ov. M. 3, 686; cf.: “nimbos in sublime (balaenae),” Plin. 9, 6, 6, § 16: “pulverem,” id. 29, 6, 39, § 138: “vina somno,” Stat. Th. 5, 209: “omnem colorem,” i. e. to lose, Lucr. 2, 833 et saep.: “bestiolae si efflantur (vento),” Varr. R. R. 1, 12, 2.—
B. Esp. freq.: “animam,” to breathe out one's life, to expire, Cic. Tusc. 1, 9 fin.; Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 86: “a milite omnis spes,” id. Truc. 4, 4, 23; Cic. Mil. 18 fin.; Nep. Paus. 5, 4; Suet. Dom. 2; id. Aug. 99; “for which also: extremum halitum, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: vitam in nubila,” Sil. 17, 557; and absol.: (anguem) Abicit efflantem, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 47, 106.—
2. Transf. *
(α). Of wounds: “efflantes plagae,” deadly, which let out life, Stat. Th. 8, 168.—
(β). With an obj. acc. and inf., to say with one's last breath: “quam verum est, quod moriens (Brutus) efflavit, non in re, sed in verbo tantum esse virtutem,” Flor. 4, 7, 11.—
II. Neutr. (very seldom): “flamma,” Lucr. 6, 681; 699; Stat. Th. 10, 109; Ven. Fort. 4, 26, 128.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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