adflabat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adflo, adflare, adflavi, adflatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
blow/breathe (on/towards); inspire, infuse; waft; graze; breathe poison on;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- P
Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...certe sonitusque pedum terrebat et ingens crinales vittas adflabat anhelitus oris. fessa labore fugae "fer opem, deprendimur," inquam..." - T
Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...nihil caloris inerat, et quidquid aurae fluminis appropinquabant, adflabat acrior frigoris vis. Ut vero refugientes Numidas insequentes aquam..."