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|lnetxt=afflo afflare, afflavi, afflatus V :: blow/breathe (on/towards); inspire, infuse; waft; graze; breathe poison on
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>af-flo</b>: ([[better]] adf-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.<br /><b>I</b> Lit., to [[blow]] or [[breathe]] on; constr. [[with]] acc. or dat.—Of the [[air]]: udam (fabam) [[ventus]] adflavit, Plin. 18, 17, 44, § 155: adflantur vineta [[noto]], Stat. S. 5, 1, 146: crinem sparsum cervicibus adflare, Ov. M. 1, 542: adflatus aurā, Suet. Tib. 72. —Also of [[other]] things [[which]] [[exert]] an [[influence]] [[upon]] bodies, [[like]] a [[current]] of [[air]]; e. g. [[fire]], [[light]], [[vapor]], etc.: et calidum membris adflare vaporem, and [[breathe]] a [[glow]] (lit. a [[warm]] [[vapor]]) [[upon]] [[our]] limbs, Lucr. 5, 508: veiut illis [[Canidia]] adflāsset, Hor. S. 2, 8, 95: nos ubi [[primus]] equis [[oriens]] adflavit anhelis, Verg. G. 1, 250; cf. id. A. 5, 739: ignibus (fulminum) adflari, Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 22: adflati incendio, touched, scorched, Liv. 30, 6: flammā ex Aetnā monte, id. Fragm. Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 472.—So, adflari sidere = siderari, to be seized [[with]] [[torpor]] or [[paralysis]] (v. [[sideror]] and [[sideratio]]), Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 108: odores, qui adflarentur e floribus, were wafted, exhaled, Cic. Sen. 17; Prop. 3, 27, 17.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to [[blow]] or [[breathe]] to or on.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> As v. [[act]]., to [[bear]] or [[bring]] to; constr. alicui aliquid: sperat sibi auram posse [[aliquam]] adflari voluntatis, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 13: rumoris [[nescio]] [[quid]] adflaverat, frequentiam non fuisse, id. Att. 16, 5: alicui aliquid mali faucibus adflare, Auct. ad Her. 4, 49.—So [[poet]].: adflare alicui honores, to [[breathe]] [[beauty]] [[upon]] one, i. e. to [[impart]] to, Verg. A. 1, 591: indomitis gregibus [[Venus]] adflat amores, Tib. 2, 4, 57.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> As v. neutr., to be favorable to, to be [[friendly]] or [[propitious]] to: [[Felix]], cui [[placidus]] [[leniter]] adflat Amor, Tib. 2, 1, 80.
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{{Georges
|georg=af-[[flo]] (ad-[[flo]]), āvī, ātum, āre, I) zu-, [[entgegen]]-, [[anwehen]], A) eig.: a) intr. v. [[Winde]], ne in eas partes spectet [[villa]], ex quibus [[ventus]] afflare soleat, Varr.: v. der [[Kälte]], afflabat [[acrior]] frigoris [[vis]], Liv.: v. [[Duft]], entgegenduften, afflabunt [[tibi]] [[non]] Arabum de gramine odores, Prop.: u. medial, odores, [[qui]] afflarentur e floribus, Cic. – b) tr. v. [[Feuer]], [[calidum]] membris afflare vaporem, [[Gluthitze]] [[anhauchen]], Lucr. – B) übtr.: a) intr. entgegenwehen ([[wie]] der [[Wind]], der die [[Segel]] schwellt) = [[günstig]] [[sein]], [[felix]], [[cui]] [[placidus]] [[leniter]] afflat [[amor]], Tibull.: afflante fortunā, Quint. – b) tr.: α) [[zuwehen]] = [[zubringen]], [[zutragen]], sperat [[sibi]] auram posse [[aliquam]] afflari voluntatis dissensionisque eorum, [[qui]] etc., Cic.: rumoris [[nescio]] [[quid]] afflaverat commissione Graecorum frequentiam [[non]] fuisse, Cic. – β) [[anhauchen]], [[eingeben]], ([[unvermerkt]]) [[mitteilen]], [[ubi]] indomitis gregibus [[Venus]] afflat amores, Tibull.: ([[genetrix]]) laetos oculis afflarat honores, hatte heitere [[Würde]] den Augen angehaucht, Verg.: u. vom Gifthauche [[des]] Neides, si quem reperiat, [[cui]] [[aliquid]] mali faucibus afflare possit, Cornif. rhet. – II) [[anwehen]], [[anblasen]], [[anhauchen]] (= wehend-, hauchend [[berühren]]), tr. u. intr., A) eig., v. [[Winde]], v. der [[Luft]], terga [[tantum]] afflante [[vento]], Liv.: [[afflatus]] aurā ([[Zugluft]]), Suet.: v. [[Atem]], [[Hauch]], taurorum afflari ore, Ov.: a serpentibus afflari, Col.: si [[serpens]] afflavit, Sen.: [[velut]] illis (Dat.) [[Canidia]] afflasset, jene (die Speisen) [[durch]] ihren [[Hauch]] vergiftet hätte, Hor.: v. [[Atem]] der Sonnenrosse (= Morgenluft), nosque [[ubi]] [[primus]] equis Oriens afflavit anhelis, Verg.: v. [[Blitz]] (s. Barth Stat. Theb. 2, 85), [[tribus]] modis urit ([[fulmen]]), [[aut]] afflat (versengt) et [[levi]] iniuriā laedit [[aut]] comburit (verbrennt) [[aut]] accendit (setzt in Flammen), Sen. nat. qu. 2, 40, 4: imbre orto [[fulmen]] decidens hostiam et victimarium sacrificanti afflavit, traf, Spart. Hadr. 14, 3: me [[divum]] [[pater]] fulminis afflavit ventis, [[mit]] anwehendem Strahle gerührt, Verg.: u. so fulminis [[telis]] od. fulminum ignibus afflari, vom Blitzstrahl berührt (versengt) [[werden]], Ov.: v. [[Feuer]] u.v. der [[Hitze]] übh., saucii afflatique incendio, [[von]] der [[Glut]] versengt, Liv.: afflari sidere = siderari (w.s.), Plin.; vgl. [[loquacitas]] animos iuvenum... pestilenti quodam sidere afflavit, Petr. – B) übtr., jmd. [[anhauchen]] = jmd. ([[mit]] [[Begeisterung]], [[Jugend]] usw.) [[erfüllen]], afflata est numine [[quando]] [[iam]] propiore dei, da vom mächtigen [[Hauch]] [[des]] nahenden Gottes [[jetzt]] [[mit]] [[Begeisterung]] [[sie]] erfüllt ward, Verg. – te... [[Gratia]] afflavit, Claud.: Romam meliore iuventā, [[ihr]] [[Jugend]] [[verleihen]], Claud. – Romam [[regius]] [[terror]] afflabat, befiel [[Furcht]] [[vor]] dem Könige, [[Flor]].
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