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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sufflāmen: ĭnis, n. id.,
I a clog, break, drag-chain, to check the motion of a wheel.
I Lit.: rotam astringit multo sufflamine, Juv. 8, 148: tardat sufflamine currum, Prud. Psych. 417.—
II Trop., a clog, hinderance, impediment (post-class.): nec res atteritur longo sufflamine litis, Juv. 16, 50; Inscr. Grut. 180, 3.