I.to blow forth, breathe out.
I. Lit. (poet.): “leo proflat ferus ore calores, Q. Cic. poët. ap. Aus. Ecl.: flammas,” Ov. F. 1, 573; Val. Fl. 7, 571: “pectore sanguineos rivos,” Stat. Th. 11, 266.—
B. Transf., to melt, liquefy by blowing (postAug.): massa proflatur in primis, mox in proflatum additur, etc., Plin. 34, 9, 20, § 97. —
II. Trop., to blow or breathe out (poet. and post-Aug.): “noctem Tartaream pectore,” Val. Fl. 6, 435: “toto proflabat pectore somnum,” i.e. was snoring, Verg. A. 9, 326: “iras,” i.e. to puff and blow, to fret, fume, Plin. 8, 4, 5, § 9.—
B. To puff out: “nares,” App. M. 7, p. 193, 29.
