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|lshtext=<b>flātus</b>: ūs, m. flo,<br /><b>I</b> a blowing, [[breathing]], snorting ([[mostly]] [[poet]].; syn.: [[flamen]], [[flabra]], [[ventus]], [[aura]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[nondum]] spissa [[nimis]] complere sedilia flatu (sc. tibiae), Hor. A. P. 205; Phaedr. 5, 7, 14: flatuque [[secundo]], Carbasa mota sonant, Ov. M. 13, 418; so of the [[wind]], id. ib. 14, 226; Hor. C. 4, 5, 10; also in | |lshtext=<b>flātus</b>: ūs, m. flo,<br /><b>I</b> a blowing, [[breathing]], snorting ([[mostly]] [[poet]].; syn.: [[flamen]], [[flabra]], [[ventus]], [[aura]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[nondum]] spissa [[nimis]] complere sedilia flatu (sc. tibiae), Hor. A. P. 205; Phaedr. 5, 7, 14: flatuque [[secundo]], Carbasa mota sonant, Ov. M. 13, 418; so of the [[wind]], id. ib. 14, 226; Hor. C. 4, 5, 10; also in plur., Ov. M. 15, 302; Verg. G. 2, 339: ipsa sui [[flatus]] ne sonet [[aura]], cavet, of his [[breath]], Ov. F. 1, 428: (equi) humescunt spumis flatuque sequentum, [[with]] the snorting, Verg. G. 3, 111; in plur.: aestiferi, Cic. Arat. 111: ventris ([[with]] [[crepitus]]), a breaking [[wind]], Suet. Claud. 32: flatu figuratur [[vitrum]], Plin. 36, 26, 66, § 193.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf., concr., the [[breath]] of [[life]], the [[soul]], Prud. στεφ. 3, 168.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> A [[breath]], [[breeze]] (the [[fig]]. [[being]] taken from [[wind]]): cum [[prospero]] flatu fortunae utimur, ad [[exitus]] pervehimur optatos, Cic. Off. 2, 6, 19: ad id, [[unde]] [[aliquis]] [[flatus]] ostenditur, [[vela]] do, id. de Or. 2, 44, 187. —<br /> <b>B</b> Pride, [[haughtiness]] ([[mostly]] in plur.): det libertatem fandi flatusque remittat, Verg. A. 11, 346; Ov. A. A. 1, 715; Val. Fl. 3, 699; Stat. Th. 1, 321; 3, 192. | ||
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
flātus: ūs, m. flo,
I a blowing, breathing, snorting (mostly poet.; syn.: flamen, flabra, ventus, aura).
I Lit.: nondum spissa nimis complere sedilia flatu (sc. tibiae), Hor. A. P. 205; Phaedr. 5, 7, 14: flatuque secundo, Carbasa mota sonant, Ov. M. 13, 418; so of the wind, id. ib. 14, 226; Hor. C. 4, 5, 10; also in plur., Ov. M. 15, 302; Verg. G. 2, 339: ipsa sui flatus ne sonet aura, cavet, of his breath, Ov. F. 1, 428: (equi) humescunt spumis flatuque sequentum, with the snorting, Verg. G. 3, 111; in plur.: aestiferi, Cic. Arat. 111: ventris (with crepitus), a breaking wind, Suet. Claud. 32: flatu figuratur vitrum, Plin. 36, 26, 66, § 193.—
B Transf., concr., the breath of life, the soul, Prud. στεφ. 3, 168.—
II Trop.
A A breath, breeze (the fig. being taken from wind): cum prospero flatu fortunae utimur, ad exitus pervehimur optatos, Cic. Off. 2, 6, 19: ad id, unde aliquis flatus ostenditur, vela do, id. de Or. 2, 44, 187. —
B Pride, haughtiness (mostly in plur.): det libertatem fandi flatusque remittat, Verg. A. 11, 346; Ov. A. A. 1, 715; Val. Fl. 3, 699; Stat. Th. 1, 321; 3, 192.
