adflante
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;
abl. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
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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..." - T
Liber XXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...erat cum aciem dirigerent, ipsi auersi terga tantum adflante uento in occaecatum puluere offuso hostem pugnaturi. Consules satis..."