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Flāvĭus, a,

  1. I. the name of a Roman gens: gens Flavia, Suet. Vesp. 1; Mart. 9, 2, 8.
    So in partic. Cn. Flavius, the scribe of the pontifiex maximus, Appius Caecus, who published the Fasti, Liv. 9, 46, 1 sqq.; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 17; v. fasti. From the gens Flavia were descended the emperors Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian, Suet. Vesp. 1.
    Hence poet., Flavius ultimus for Domitianus, Juv. 4, 37.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Flā-vĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Flavius: templa, i. e. built by Domitian, Mart. 9, 4, 12; 9, 35, 2.
    2. B. Flāvĭālis, e, adj., of or belonging to the college of priests for the Flavian family, instituted by Domitian, Flavial-: FLAMEN, Inscr. Orell. 2220: PONTIFEX, ib. 3672: COMES, ib. 3162: SEXVIR, ib. 3726: XVVIRI, ib. 2375: assidentibus Diali sacerdote et collegio Flavialium, Suet. Dom. 4.
    3. C. Flāvĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Flavius, Flavian: jus civile, named after Cn. Flavius, the publisher of the Fasti, Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 7: partes, i. e. the adherents of Vespasian, Tac. H. 2, 67; 3, 1.

flāvus, a, um, adj. [for flag-vus from FLAG, flagro, burning, light-colored], golden yellow, reddish yellow, flaxen-colored, ξανθός (mostly poet.): color, Col. 4, 3, 4: mellis dulci flavoque liquore, Lucr. 1, 938; 4, 13: mella, Mart. 1, 56, 10: aurum, Verg. A. 1, 592: Ceres, id. G. 1, 96; cf. of the same: et te, flava comas, frugum mitissima mater, Ov. M. 6, 118: mare marmore flavo, Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 26 (Ann. v. 377 ed. Vahl.): arva, Verg. G. 1, 316: crines, id. A. 12, 605: coma, Hor. C. 1, 5, 4; cf.: Galanthis flava comas, Ov. M. 9, 307: flavus comarum Curio, Sil. 9, 414: Ganymedes, Hor. C. 4, 4, 4: Phyllis, id. ib. 2, 4, 14: Chloë, id. ib. 3, 9, 19: Tiberis, reddish yellow (from the puzzolan earth on its ground), id. ib. 1, 2, 13; 1, 8, 8; 2, 3, 18: Tiberinus multa flavus harena, Verg. A. 7, 31; Ov. M. 14, 447: Lycormas, id. ib. 2, 245: pudor, blushing, Sen. Hippol. 652: capillus in flavum colorem, Vulg. Lev. 13, 36; 30.
Subst.: an de moneta Caesaris decem flavos, gold pieces (cf. Engl. yellow-boys), Mart. 12, 65, 6.
Comp.: flavior, Boëth. ap. Porphyr. Dial. 2, p. 31.

flo, flāvi, flātum, 1, v. n. and a. [root fla-; Gr. ἐκ-φλαίνω, to stream forth; φλασμός, vain-glorying; hence, Lat. flatus, flabrum, etc., flos, flōreo, Flōra; Germ. blasen, blähen; Eng. blow, bloom, blast, etc., Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 301; cf. Grimm, Wörterb. s. v. blähen, blasen].

  1. I. Neutr., to blow (class.; cf.: spiro, halo): belle nobis flavit ab Epiro lenissimus ventus, Cic. Att. 7, 2, 1: corus ventus in his locis flare consuevit, Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 3; id. B. C. 3, 25, 1; 3, 26 fin.; Quint. 12, 10, 67; Ov. M. 7, 664: Etesiae contra fluvium flantes, Lucr. 6, 717: quinam flaturi sint venti, Plin. 3, 9, 14, § 94: inflexo Berecynthia tibia cornu Flabit, will blow, sound, Ov. F. 4, 181.
    Prov.: simul flare sorbereque haud factu facile’st: ego hic esse et illic simitu hau potui, i. e. to do two opposite things at once, as we say, to blow hot and cold with the same breath, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 104.
  2. II. Act., to blow, blow at, blow out, blow up, or blow away (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic.).
    1. A. Lit.: hieme anima, quae flatur, omnium apparet, which is emitted, Varr. L. L. 6, § 9 Müll.: Chimaera Ore foras acrem flaret de corpore flammam. Lucr. 5, 906: pulvis vento flatus, Auct. B. Afr. 52, 4: tibia flatur, is blown, Ov. F. 4, 341: Phrygius lapis flatur follibus, donec rubescat, is blown upon, Plin. 36, 19, 36, § 143.
      1. 2. Transf., to cast or coin metals by blowing: aes antiquissimum, quod est flatum, pecore est notatum, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 9: flata signataque pecunia, Gell. 2, 10, 3.
        Hence, the directors of the mint were called triumviri auro argento aeri flando feriundo (abbrev. III. VIRI A. A. A. F. F.), Inscr. Orell. 569; v. ferio.
    2. B. Trop.: omisso magna semper flandi tumore, of high-flown, bombastic talk, Quint. 12, 6, 5: spernere succina, flare rosas, Fulva monilia respuere, qs. to blow away, i. e. to despise, Prud. στεφ. 3, 21.