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(1. sufflātus (subfl-), ūs, a false read. for si afflavit, Sen. Clem. 1, 25, 4.)

2. sufflātus, a, um, Part. and P. a., v. sufflo.

suf-flo (subflo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. (rare; not in Cic. or Cæs.).

  1. I. Act., to blow forth from below; to blow up, puff out, inflate.
    1. 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.
      1. 2. To blow upon: ignes, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 79: gladiatores decrepiti, quos si sufflasses, cecidissent, Petr. 45, 11: prunas, Vulg. Isa. 54, 16.
    2. * B. Trop.: nescio quid se sufflavit uxori suae, i. e. got enraged, Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 19.
  2. II. Neutr., to blow, puff at or upon any thing.
    1. A. Lit.: sufflavit buccis suis, Mart. 3, 17, 4: rubetae arrepentes foribus (alveorum) per eas sufflant, Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 62.
    2. * B. Trop.: suffla: sum candidus, puff yourself up, Pers. 4, 20.
      Hence, suf-flātus, a, um, P. a.
    1. A. Lit., puffed up, bloated: sufflato corpore esse, Varr. ap. Non. 395, 8.
    2. 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.