sufflamino
From LSJ
ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον → the thief knows the thief and the wolf knows the wolf, and thief knows thief and wolf his fellow wolf, set a thief to catch a thief
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sufflāmĭno: āre, v. a. sufflamen,
I to hold back by a clog, to clog, check. *
I Lit.: rotam Ixionis, Sen. Lud. Mort. Claud. (Apocol.) 14, 3.—*
II Trop., to stay, check, repress in speaking: tanta illi erat velocitas orationis, ut vitium fieret. Itaque D. Augustus optime dixit, Aterius noster sufflaminandus est, Sen. Exc. Contr. 4, praef. § 7.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
sufflāmĭnō,¹⁶ āre (sufflamen), tr., enrayer : Sen. Apoc. 14, 4 || [fig.] modérer [qqn] : August. d. Sen. Rhet. Contr. 4, præf. 7.
