(v. a.P. a.adv.) : in-flo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
* To blow into or upon any thing, to inflate.
* Lit.
* In gen.: age, jam infla buccas,Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 26: ex ore in os palumbi inflare aquam,Cato, R. R. 90: tumidoque inflatur carbasus Austro,is swelled,Verg. A. 3, 357: merito quin illis Juppiter ambas Iratus buccas inflet,should in a rage puff up both his cheeks,Hor. S. 1, 1, 21: inflant (corpus) omnia fere legumina,make flatulent,Cels. 2, 26.
* Trop., to puff up, inflate: spe falsa animos,Cic. Pis. 36, 89: regis spem (with erigere animos),Liv. 35, 42, 5: animos ad intolerabilem superbiam,id. 45, 31, 31; 37, 26, 4: purpuratis solita vanitate spem ejus inflantibus,Curt. 3, 2, 10; 5, 10, 3: crescentem tumidis infla sermonibus utrem,Hor. S. 2, 5, 98: ipse erit glorià inflandus,Quint. 11, 1 med.—Absol., of speech: Antipater paulo inflavit vehementius,blew a little too hard,Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 6.—Of music: illi qui fecerunt modos, a quibus aliquid extenuatur, inflatur, variatur,id. de Or. 3, 26, 102 fin.: et ea (medicamenta) quae ob caritatem emendi mulo inedicorum cupiditas inflaverat,puffed, bepraised,Veg. Vet. 4, 7, 4.— Hence, inflātus, a, um, P. a., blown into, filled with blowing.
* Lit.: si tibiae inflatae non referant sonum,Cic. Brut. 51, 192: bucina cecinit jussos inflata receptus,Ov. M. 1, 340: nolo verba inflata et quasi anhelata gravius exire,with a too great expenditure of breath,Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 40.
* Transf., swelled up, swollen, puffed up: serpens inflato collo,Cic. Vatin. 2, 4: bucca inflatior,Suet. Rhet. 5: inflatum hesterno venas Iaccho,Verg. E. 6, 15: Volturnus amnis inflatus aquis,swollen, enlarged,Liv. 23, 19, 4: amnes,id. 40, 33, 2: capilli,hanging loose, dishevelled,Ov. A. A. 3, 145: inflata rore non Achaico turba,Verg. Cat. 7, 2. — Comp.: vestis inflatior,Tert. Pall. 4 med.
* Trop.
* In gen., puffed up, inflated, haughty, proud: quibus illi rebus elati et inflati non continebantur,Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97: inflatus et tumens animus,id. Tusc. 3, 9, 19: inflata spe atque animis,id. Mur. 15, 33: promissis,id. ib. 24, 49: laetitia atque insolentia,id. Phil. 14, 6, 15: jactatione,Liv. 29, 37, 9: assensionibus,id. 24, 6, 8: estne quisquam tanto inflatus errore,Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 116: opinionibus,id. Off. 1, 26, 91: his opinionibus animus,Liv. 6, 11, 6; 6, 18, 5: vana spe,id. 35, 49, 4: vano nuntio,id. 24, 32, 3: successu tantae rei,id. 37, 12, 4: legionum numero,Vell. 2, 80, 2: superbus et inflatus,Juv. 8, 72: elatus inflatusque,Suet. Ner. 37.— Comp.: juvenis inflatior,Liv. 39, 53, 8.
* In partic., of style, inflated, turgid: Attici pressi et integri, Asiani inflati et inanes,Quint. 12, 10, 16: inflatus et tumidus,Tac. Or. 18: Callimachus,Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 32; Suet. Rhet. 2.— Hence, adv.: inflātē, only in comp., haughtily, proudly, pompously: aliquid latius atque inflatius perscribere,Caes. B. C. 2, 17, 3: inflatius commemorare,id. ib. 2, 39, 4: inflatius multo, quam res erat gesta, fama percrebuerat,id. ib. 3, 79, 4: fabulari inflatius,Amm. 22, 16, 10.

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