(v. a.P. a.adv.) : suf-flo (subflo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. (rare; not in Cic. or Caes.).
* Act., to blow forth from below; to blow up, puff out, inflate.
* Lit.: age, tibicen, refer ad labeas tibias, Suffla celeriter tibi buccas, quasi proserpens bestia,Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 42: venae ubi sufflatae sunt ex cibo,Cato, R. R. 157, 7: sufflata cutis,Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 138.
* Neutr., to blow, puff at or upon any thing.
* Trop.: nescio quid se sufflavit uxori suae,i. e. got enraged,Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 19.
* Lit.: sufflavit buccis suis,Mart. 3, 17, 4: rubetae arrepentes foribus (alveorum) per eas sufflant,Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 62.—*
* Trop.: suffla: sum candidus,puff yourself up,Pers. 4, 20.—Hence, suf-flātus, a, um, P. a.
* Lit., puffed up, bloated: sufflato corpore esse, Varr. ap. Non. 395, 8.
* Trop., blown out, puffed up, bloated, inflated with anger or pride; of language, inflated, tumid, pompous, bombastic: sufflatus ille huc veniet,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 21: neque auro aut genere aut multiplici scientiā Sufflatus, Varr. ap. Non. 46, 31: (figura) recte videbitur appellari, si sufflata nominabitur,Auct. Her. 4, 10, 15; cf.: sufflati atque tumidi (in dicendo),Gell. 7, 14, 5.—Comp., sup., and adv. do not occur.