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con-flo, āvi, ātum, 1
* V. a., to blow together, to blow up, stir up.
* Of fire, to kindle, light.
* Prop.: ignem,Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 59; Plin. 35, 11, 40, §§ 138 and 143: incendium,Liv. 26, 27, 6.—In medic. lang.: intestina conflata,inflamed,Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 2, 18.
* Meton. (causa pro effectu), to melt, fuse metals, etc., to melt down (most freq. after the Aug. per.): argentum, aes Cyprium et sulphur in fictili,Plin. 33, 9, 46, § 131; 7, 56, 57, § 197: argentum (fulmine),Sen. Q. N. 2, 31, 1; Dig. 41, 1, 7, § 8: simulacra ex argento et auro fabricata,Suet. Ner. 32: argenteas statuas,id. Aug. 52; Plin. 34, 6, 14, § 30: vasa aurea,Suet. Aug. 71: coronam auream,id. Galb. 12: falces in ensem,Verg. G. 1, 508: victorias aureas in usum belli,Quint. 9, 2, 92: vitrum, i. e. make glass, Hadr. Imp. ap. Vop. Saturn. 8, 6.
* Of the passions, to kindle, inflame: conflatus amore Ignis,Lucr. 1, 474: invidiam inimico,Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 23; id. Cael. 12, 29; Sall. C. 49, 4: conjurationem,Suet. Ner. 36: cf.: ingens ac terribile bellum,Vell. 2, 55; cf. Flor. 1, 24, 1.
* In gen., to bring about, effect, accomplish, bring together, raise, procure; to produce, cause, occasion, etc. (a favorite trope in Cic. and the histt.): quibus ex rebus conflatur et efficitur id, quod quaerimus, honestum,Cic. Off. 1, 4, 14; cf. id. Cael. 5, 12: ut una ex duabus naturis conflata videatur,id. N. D. 2, 39, 100: saepe ex Malo principio magna familiaritas Conflata est,Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 36: rem divitiasque sanguine civili,Lucr. 3, 70: sensum communibus motibus,id. 3, 335; cf.: consensus conspirans et paene conflatus,melted together, united,Cic. Lig. 12, 34: testes odio, invidiā, gratiā, pecuniā,Quint. 5, 7, 23: injuriam novo scelere,Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 1: exercitum,id. Phil. 4, 6, 15; Vell. 2, 74, 2; Flor. 3, 19, 10: pecuniam,Cic. Sest. 30, 66: aes alienum grande,Sall. C. 14, 2; 24, 3: accusationem et judicium,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 47, § 116; cf. judicia,Liv. 3, 36, 8: egestatem rei familiaris luxuriā,Flor. 4, 1, 1: cladem hominum generi,Lucr. 6, 1091: alicui periculum,Cic. Sull. 4, 13: alicui negotium,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 135: in se tantum crimen,id. ib. 2, 2, 29, § 73.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary