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|lshtext=<b>afflātus</b>: (adf-), a, um, Part., of [[afflo]].<br /><b>afflātus</b>: (adf-), ūs, m. [[afflo]].<br /><b>I</b> A blowing or [[breathing]] on, a [[breeze]], [[blast]], [[breath]], etc., as of the [[wind]], men, or animals: afflatusex terrā mentem ita [[movens]] ut, etc., Cic. Div. 2, 57, 117: adflatu nocent, by the effluvia, Ov. M. 7, 551: ambusti adflatu vaporis, Liv. 28, 23: ignes caelestes adussisse levi adflatu vestimenta, id. 39, 22: Favonii, Plin. 6, 17, 21, § 57: [[noxius]], id. 4, 12, 26 al. —Of animals: frondes adflatibus (apri) [[ardent]], by his [[breath]], Ov. M. 8, 289: serpentis, Stat. Th. 5, 527: [[polypus]] adflatu terribili [[canes]] agebat, Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 92.—And of the [[aspiration]] in [[speech]]: Boeotii [[sine]] adflatu vocant collīs Tebas, i. e. [[without]] the h, Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 6.—<br /> <b>B</b> Esp., a [[flash]] or [[glow]] of [[light]] (cf. [[afflo]], I.): juncturae leni adflatu simulacra refovent, Plin. 36, 15, 22, § 98.—<br /><b>II</b> Fig., afflation of the [[divine]] [[spirit]], inspiration: [[nemo]] vir [[magnus]] [[sine]] [[aliquo]] adflatu [[divino]] [[umquam]] fuit, Cic. N. D. 2, 66: [[sine]] inflammatione animorum et [[sine]] quodam adflatu [[quasi]] furoris, id. de Or. 2, 46. | |||
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Revision as of 08:06, 13 August 2017
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
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P. ἐπίπνοια, ἡ, V. τὸ βακχεύσιμον.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
afflātus: (adf-), a, um, Part., of afflo.
afflātus: (adf-), ūs, m. afflo.
I A blowing or breathing on, a breeze, blast, breath, etc., as of the wind, men, or animals: afflatusex terrā mentem ita movens ut, etc., Cic. Div. 2, 57, 117: adflatu nocent, by the effluvia, Ov. M. 7, 551: ambusti adflatu vaporis, Liv. 28, 23: ignes caelestes adussisse levi adflatu vestimenta, id. 39, 22: Favonii, Plin. 6, 17, 21, § 57: noxius, id. 4, 12, 26 al. —Of animals: frondes adflatibus (apri) ardent, by his breath, Ov. M. 8, 289: serpentis, Stat. Th. 5, 527: polypus adflatu terribili canes agebat, Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 92.—And of the aspiration in speech: Boeotii sine adflatu vocant collīs Tebas, i. e. without the h, Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 6.—
B Esp., a flash or glow of light (cf. afflo, I.): juncturae leni adflatu simulacra refovent, Plin. 36, 15, 22, § 98.—
II Fig., afflation of the divine spirit, inspiration: nemo vir magnus sine aliquo adflatu divino umquam fuit, Cic. N. D. 2, 66: sine inflammatione animorum et sine quodam adflatu quasi furoris, id. de Or. 2, 46.
