suf-flo (subflo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. (rare; not in Cic. or Cæs.). 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.— B.Trop.: nescio quid se sufflavit uxori suae, i. e.
got enraged
, Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 19.—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.— B.Trop.: suffla: sum candidus,
puff yourself up
, Pers. 4, 20.—Hence, suf-flātus, a, um, P. a.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.
