I. Act., to blow forth from below; to blow up, puff out, inflate.
A. Lit.: “age, tibicen, refer ad labeas tibias, Suffla celeriter tibi buccas, quasi proserpens bestia,” Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 42: “venae ubi sufflatae sunt ex cibo,” Cato, R. R. 157, 7: “sufflata cutis,” Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 138.—
2. To blow upon: “ignes,” Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 79: “gladiatores decrepiti, quos si sufflasses, cecidissent,” Petr. 45, 11: “prunas,” Vulg. Isa. 54, 16.—*
II. Neutr., to blow, puff at or upon any thing.
A. Lit.: “sufflavit buccis suis,” Mart. 3, 17, 4: “rubetae arrepentes foribus (alveorum) per eas sufflant,” Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 62.—*
A. Lit., puffed up, bloated: sufflato corpore esse, Varr. ap. Non. 395, 8.—
B. Trop., blown out, puffed up, bloated, inflated with anger or pride; of language, inflated, tumid, pompous, bombastic: “sufflatus ille huc veniet,” Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 21: neque auro aut genere aut multiplici scientiā Sufflatus, Varr. ap. Non. 46, 31: “(figura) recte videbitur appellari, si sufflata nominabitur,” Auct. Her. 4, 10, 15; cf.: “sufflati atque tumidi (in dicendo),” Gell. 7, 14, 5.—Comp., sup., and adv. do not occur.
