afflātus (adf-), a, um, Part., of afflo.

afflātus | adf- (noun M) : (), , afflo.
* A blowing or breathing on, a breeze, blast, breath, etc., as of the wind, men, or animals: afflatusex terrā mentem ita movens ut, etc.,Cic. Div. 2, 57, 117: adflatu nocent,by the effluvia,Ov. M. 7, 551: ambusti adflatu vaporis,Liv. 28, 23: ignes caelestes adussisse levi adflatu vestimenta,id. 39, 22: Favonii,Plin. 6, 17, 21, § 57: noxius,id. 4, 12, 26 al. —Of animals: frondes adflatibus (apri) ardent,by his breath,Ov. M. 8, 289: serpentis,Stat. Th. 5, 527: polypus adflatu terribili canes agebat,Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 92.—And of the aspiration in speech: Boeotii sine adflatu vocant collīs Tebas, i. e. without the h, Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 6.
* Esp., a flash or glow of light (cf. afflo, I.): juncturae leni adflatu simulacra refovent,Plin. 36, 15, 22, § 98.
* Fig., afflation of the divine spirit, inspiration: nemo vir magnus sine aliquo adflatu divino umquam fuit,Cic. N. D. 2, 66: sine inflammatione animorum et sine quodam adflatu quasi furoris,id. de Or. 2, 46.

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