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in-flo , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I.to blow into or upon any thing, to inflate.
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: “age, jam infla buccas,Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 26: “ex ore in os palumbi inflare aquam,Cato, R. R. 90: “tumidoque inflatur carbasus Austro,is swelled, Verg. A. 3, 357: “merito quin illis Juppiter ambas Iratus buccas inflet,should in a rage puff up both his cheeks, Hor. S. 1, 1, 21: “inflant (corpus) omnia fere legumina,make flatulent, Cels. 2, 26.—
B. In partic., to play upon a wind instrument: “inflare cavas cicutas,Lucr. 5, 1383: “calamos leves,Verg. E. 5, 2.— Absol., to blow: “simul inflavit tibicen, a perito carmen agnoscitur,Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 86.— With cognate acc.: “sonum,Cic. de Or. 3, 60, 225. —
2. Transf., swelled up, swollen, puffed up: “serpens inflato collo,Cic. Vatin. 2, 4: “bucca inflatior,Suet. Rhet. 5: “inflatum hesterno venas Iaccho,Verg. E. 6, 15: “Volturnus amnis inflatus aquis,swollen, enlarged, Liv. 23, 19, 4: “amnes,id. 40, 33, 2: “capilli,hanging loose, dishevelled, Ov. A. A. 3, 145: “inflata rore non Achaico turba,Verg. Cat. 7, 2. — Comp.: “vestis inflatior,Tert. Pall. 4 med.
B. Trop.
2. In partic., of style, inflated, turgid: “Attici pressi et integri, Asiani inflati et inanes,Quint. 12, 10, 16: “inflatus et tumidus,Tac. Or. 18: “Callimachus,Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 32; Suet. Rhet. 2.— Hence, adv.: inflātē , only in comp., haughtily, proudly, pompously: “aliquid latius atque inflatius perscribere,Caes. B. C. 2, 17, 3: “inflatius commemorare,id. ib. 2, 39, 4: “inflatius multo, quam res erat gesta, fama percrebuerat,id. ib. 3, 79, 4: “fabulari inflatius,Amm. 22, 16, 10.
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