(verb) : prō-flo, āvi, ātum, 1
* To blow forth, breathe out.
* Lit. (poet.): leo proflat ferus ore calores, Q. Cic. poët. ap. Aus. Ecl.: flammas,Ov. F. 1, 573; Val. Fl. 7, 571: pectore sanguineos rivos,Stat. Th. 11, 266.
* Transf., to melt, liquefy by blowing (postAug.): massa proflatur in primis, mox in proflatum additur, etc., Plin. 34, 9, 20, § 97.
* Trop., to blow or breathe out (poet. and post-Aug.): noctem Tartaream pectore,Val. Fl. 6, 435: toto proflabat pectore somnum,i.e. was snoring,Verg. A. 9, 326: iras,i.e. to puff and blow, to fret, fume,Plin. 8, 4, 5, § 9.
* To puff out: nares,App. M. 7, p. 193, 29.

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