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
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..."Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...nihil caloris inerat, et quidquid aurae fluminis appropinquabant, adflabat acrior frigoris vis. Ut vero refugientes Numidas insequentes aquam..."