adflant
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;
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...vero magna pars est exhausta orationis, utique adflante fortuna, paene omnia decent, sudor ipse et fatigatio et neglegentior..."Liber XXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...erat cum aciem dirigerent, ipsi auersi terga tantum adflante uento in occaecatum puluere offuso hostem pugnaturi. Consules satis..."